Internal Controls Accountant

Internal Controls Accountant

Based in Manchester City

5 days a week on site, Monday - Friday

Paying up to £55k DOE

We are looking for a qualified Internal Controls Accountant to join our client's Group Finance team. This role plays a key part in strengthening and embedding a robust financial control environment, helping to ensure controls are compliant, effective, and fit for purpose as the organisation continues to grow.

Working closely with the Head of Financial Reporting & Controls, you will be involved in documenting, testing and reviewing financial controls, supporting statutory reporting, and helping navigate the annual external audit process.

As a core member of Group Finance, you will:

• Document and maintain the Group's financial control risk register, covering all areas of financial management, including taxation.
• Support the onboarding of subsidiary finance teams into the Group's control framework.
• Deliver a rolling programme of control testing and reviews, identifying opportunities to strengthen and improve the control environment.
• Report clearly and effectively to senior management on control effectiveness, findings and recommendations.
• Work collaboratively across teams to promote best practice in financial controls.
• Provide input into systems development projects, with a focus on financial reporting, KPIs and control requirements.
• Support the preparation of year-end statutory accounts and assist with the external audit process.

You will be a qualified accountant with a strong interest in financial controls, governance and risk. You will bring a structured, detail-focused approach and be comfortable working to tight deadlines in a Group environment.

You will ideally have:

• Solid knowledge of financial control frameworks and control testing.
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to work.
• The ability to organise and prioritise workload in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills (Power BI experience is an advantage but not essential).
• Confident communication skills, with the ability to engage constructively with stakeholders across the Group and produce clear, concise written reports.