ABOUT YOU

• Qualified accountant/ auditor (ACCA, ACA, and/or CIA) or working towards an appropriate qualification
• Knowledge of and experience with internal controls over financial reporting, preferably including experience working with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) internal controls requirements
• Detailed understanding of risk and control frameworks through prior work experience
• Excellent project management skills and coordination with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work with individuals across all levels of the business
• Language capabilities in French or Spanish would be desirable but not essential

The Group Assurance department delivers risk management activities across the Group and provides assurance via delivery of an annual audit plan.
Following the acquisition by Brookfield in January 2023, HomeServe is implementing a SOx compliance framework with the expectation for first year attestation in 2024.
The role will be expected to spend time working in the UK, Europe and wider EMEA region as needed reflecting where the key risks are. In addition to perform business improvement assignments as requested by the business.
The role will be expected to assist with the SOX testing programme, including remediation of controls with the relevant stakeholders in the business.
These activities will include working with the EMEA Group Risk, Assurance, Finance and IS teams to provide support and subject matter expertise in order to drive the development and continual improvement of the HomeServe business controls framework across a number of territories including the UK, France and Spain.
About the role:

Your key responsibilities will be

• Supporting the design, implementation, and documentation of the Group’s internal controls over financial reporting.
• Support with the Risk & Control Matrix (RACM), process flowcharts and other procedural documentation.
• Perform testing to evaluate the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting for in-scope business processes.
• Provide testing updates over SOx compliance within the GRC tool.
• Provide support and guidance to Control Owners and Operators.
• Support the internal and external SOx audits, assisting to coordinate walkthroughs, testing and progress in line with agreed timelines.
• Evaluate control deficiencies and work closely with the business to identify remediation actions, compensating controls and areas for improvement.
• Assist with the delivery of the internal audit plan as required.
• Drive consistency, quality and continuous improvement of business processes and controls.
• Identify controls required in new product development.
• Other ad-hoc duties as required.