Financial Controls Testing Manager

at  St Jamess Place

St. James’s Place (SJP) works in partnership to plan, grow and protect our clients’ financial futures. We deliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trust us to manage their money to reach their goals. We provide this service via the Partnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financial wellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do. We believe in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help us problem solve and innovate for clients.
We look for people to join SJP to make an impact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long term relationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.
Location: Cirencester Office
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Permanent
Seniority: Mid-Senior Level
What you’ll be doing:
The focus of this role is to lead and manage on a day-to-day basis the testing of key financial controls, working with the Head of Financial Controls, the Financial Controls Testing Lead and Control owners to test the key controls, develop the annual testing plan and report progress and controls weaknesses to key stakeholders. The Testing Manager will also look for, agree, and implement efficiencies in the testing process that reduce overall effort for all Involved.
You will work closely and supportively with control owners and projects to ensure control is maintained as processes evolve, providing timely and practical advice to stakeholders to help them strengthen the financial reporting framework, making financial controls more efficient and effective to both operate and test.

• Review controls testing performed by Controls testers and take accountability for complex control tests.
• Oversee the update of process flows, and of the risks, controls, and action plans on the risk management system, working with stakeholders to create and update process flows as required.
• Coordinate controls attestations at half year and full year.
• Create the annual controls testing plan and report on progress to stakeholders.
• Provide proactive advice to control owners and projects to strengthen the financial controls framework and improve controls efficiency and effectiveness.
• Lead Initiatives to strengthen financial controls across Finance and other reporting teams.
• Provide ad hoc assurance over controls/processes in areas outside Finance.
• Provide support and coaching to controls testers.