Financial Risk and Compliance Department Manager

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At Honda we embrace inclusion in our various policies, so whilst our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfil the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week, we offer flexibility for when you work. The regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break & 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday.

However, we offer flexibility of when you work with our daily flex-time start of between 07:00 and 11:00 providing that there is no business requirement.

Whilst there is no contractual right to work from home, the flexibility we offer is that you can request to work from home 2 days per week, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.

Role: Reporting to the Head of Group Finance, this is a key position within the Finance team, with pan-European responsibility for managing financial risk and compliance activities across the UK and Europe. The role requires a high level of credibility and influence across the organization, as well as a strong understanding of the strategic business direction and the ability to clearly articulate it.

The role must be capable of building trust and fostering strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including business leaders, functional heads, and cross-functional teams, across various Honda entities in the UK and Europe, external finance partners, and headquarter in Japan. Key stakeholders include Business General Managers, Functional Heads, and counterparts across branches and regional entities.

• Oversee the SOX compliance program across the region, partnering with business process owners and control owners to ensure effective implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of internal controls.
• Collaborate with senior management to define control objectives and monitor compliance performance, covering both Entity-Level Controls (ELCs) and Process-Level Controls (PLCs).
• Maintain and update the Risk & Control Matrix (RACM) and related control documentation to align with processes documented in SAP Signavio. Ensure business process owners and control owners are fully aware of their responsibilities.
• Coordinate with IT associates to plan, execute, and complete all phases of IT SOX compliance.
• Work closely with internal and external auditors to review test findings, support remediation of control gaps, and elevate critical issues to senior management.
• Following each audit cycle, engage external and internal auditors and key stakeholders to review results, evaluate successes and improvement areas, and integrate lessons learned into future compliance activities.
• Support and advise business process owners and control owners:
  1. Providing training and guidance on internal control ownership and expectations.
• Reviewing control design proposals and make recommendations to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
• Coordinate control testing plans, ensuring proper timing, ownership, and follow-up—while not performing control activities.
• Communicate and explain audit findings to control owners and help build practical and timely remediation plans.
• Act as a partner and advisor to the business, empowering ownership while maintaining independence.
• Act as a key advisor to business process and control owners on the design, implementation, and execution of internal controls, offering guidance, training, and best practices.
• Support internal audit processes for the Finance Division by coordinating responses before, during, and after audits, ensuring engagement of relevant departments, and assisting in countermeasure planning and remediation efforts.

• Complete the annual HCG and risk questionnaires.
• Own and manage the department’s Business Continuity Plan (BCP), including training and performing drills on BCP for the team.
• Facilitate and coordinate Steering Board and Regional Operating Committee meetings.
• Ensure that financial risks are assessed and effectively addressed in broader business projects (e.g., on-line sales).
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