Finance Risk and Control Manager

4 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Robert Walters Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Risk and Controls Manager to join a leading global investment manager. This role is pivotal in ensuring an effective and efficient framework of controls is in place to mitigate risk across the firm's finance functions. The successful candidate will have the chance to work closely with regions/platform Heads of Finance and the Group Risk Team, driving an ethos of risk management discipline and providing leadership and direction.

What you'll do:
As a Finance Risk and Controls Manager, you will play a crucial role in identifying risks within the finance function, designing strategies to mitigate these risks, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. You will be responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of the control framework, identifying potential financial risks across various areas of the activities, and ensuring these risks are adequately addressed. Your role will also involve automating existing manual controls to improve efficiency, owning and developing our internal controls framework, and liaising with both internal and external auditors.

  • Identify risks in the internal control environment within Finance, designing and implementing appropriate mitigating controls in partnership with key stakeholders.
  • Advise on and assess risks, prioritisation and deployment of the Finance resources and compliance with regulatory/contractual requirements.
  • Monitor the ongoing effectiveness of the firm's control framework within the Finance function.
  • Identify key financial risks across other areas of the firm's activities and ensure that they are adequately mitigated.
  • Work with key stakeholders and SMEs to scope, design, and implement controls to address key risks.
  • Automate existing manual controls, enhancing and continuously improving the design and effectiveness of controls.
  • Own and develop the internal controls framework, working with both internal and external audit to ensure the effectiveness of the controls are tested.


What you bring:
The ideal candidate for this Finance Risk and Controls Manager position will bring a wealth of experience in financial controls and accounting.

  • A relevant accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) is essential with experience in financial controls and accounting.
  • Experience of financial controls audits in a listed environment, good working knowledge of SOX requirements.
  • Experience managing projects, communicating effectively with a range of stakeholders.
  • Ability to understand root cause of issues and identify right course of action.
  • Strong planning and organisational skills, excellent attention to detail.
  • Experience using innovative technical solutions to solve problems.


What sets this company apart:
Our client is a leading global investment manager with an international network of offices. They have a performance-driven culture built around the goal of delivering exceptional returns for their clients. Their ability to bring to bear the full extent of their global resources on any situation gives them a competitive advantage when sourcing new investment opportunities and creating value during their funds' investment period.

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