Financial Controls Accountant

Job description

Financial Controls Accountant Department: Finance: Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time Location: UK - London: Reporting To: Kris Roepke: Description: We’re looking for a Financial Controls Accountant to support the design, operation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of our financial control environment. Working closely with Finance and stakeholders across the business, you’ll help ensure accurate financial reporting, robust balance sheet governance, and strong compliance with internal policies and external requirements. About the role: Your main responsibilities for this role will involve but are not limited to: - Maintain and improve the financial controls framework (e.g., risk & control matrices, process narratives, control registers). - Support period-end close controls, including review of journals, reconciliations, and key estimates (as applicable). - Oversee balance sheet integrity through strong reconciliation governance, ageing analysis, and action tracking. - Test and monitor controls (design and operating effectiveness), document outcomes, and agree remediation with control owners. - Lead remediation of control deficiencies, including root-cause analysis and sus...