About this opportunity

The position of the Compliance Manager has been created to ensure that all Shared Service Centre departments meet the company's policies, standards and with particular emphasis on Sarbanes Oxley controls. 

This role is based in Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK and reports into the European Shared Service Centre Manager. 

The purpose of this role is to identify and assess potential risks and develop remediation plans to manage any exposure and to implement an independent and a robust control and compliance function at Shared Services to build a reliable defence to protect and safeguard compliance thresholds.

Key Responsibilities

• Review SOX control evidence for completeness and compliance
• Organise the collection and custody of control evidence for SOX audits
• Manage SOX audits and conduct annual reviews to ensure compliance with SOX controls
• Organise and manage the audit process with divisional internal and external audit with PWC
• Review and standardise controls to simplify and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the controls in the shared services
• Maintain routine communication, feedback and reports to the SSC management team on the effectiveness of the SSC controls
• Proactively detect ethical violations, compliance issues and implement remediation plans in accordance with SSC management team
• Ensure that changes to governance requirements are communicated to all those affected within shared services and amongst businesses
   

Required Education and Qualifications
•    Bachelors degree or higher in a professional subject (Finance, Business, Law etc.)
•    Fully Qualified Accountant - CIMA/ACCA/ACMA or international equivalent 

Required Knowledge and Experience
•    Current experience working in audit, ideally within one of the 'Big Four' 
•    Experience in a governance function or compliance role
•    Exposure to Sarbanes Oxley requirements and US GAAP standards 

Required Skills and Competencies
•    Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within an organisation
•    Open to new ideas and able to learn new processes rapidly
•    Problem solving skills
•    Computer literate with an interest in finance systems
•    Diligence
•    Highly organised
•    Deadline focus

Beneficial 
•    Previous experience within a Shared Service Centre environment
•    Previous experience auditing manufacturing companies (not Crown!)
•    Experience with ERP systems (SAP, JDE etc.)
•    An additional European language