A global financial services client is looking for an experienced contractor to lead their testing and controls programme within SOX, to a US standard and beyond.

The Role

Build the ICFR testing team and programme to a full team capability from the current 2 FTE's today to up to 10 FTE's across Bulgaria, Costa Rica and India. The goal is to transition its controls programme to benchmark against a US SOX standard which will require a significant improvement in documentation and quality of control execution. The testing team will be required to support this transition over the next several years.

Lead the Group's programme of ICFR testing (including ITGC) overseeing the planning and execution of control tests including the coordination with key stakeholders, managing the activities of control testing team in off-shore locations and building strong capability for reviewing the quality of work performed.

Prepare summary and progress reports for executive management on the board on the status of the programme, including key findings and areas of focus and the progress on transitioning to a US SOX equivalent programme.

Act as the primary liaison between the 2LOD Group Risk Controls & Testing team and 1LOD ICFR Controls team to ensure activities are aligned with Global Finance requirements and coordinated with ICFR activities.

Skills

Experience in building and running global assurance programmes ideally in an audit and accounting firm. Experience in running a large SOX testing programme in a complex multinational organisation would be desirable.

An understanding of IT systems and operation, experience in testing ITGC and IT Application controls would be an advantage including overseeing the complexity associated with deciding which systems /applications are in scope for testing.

Info

The role will be based out of London or Nottingham 1 day a week, with remote working for the rest of the week.

Day rate is £885 per day, inside IR35, with initial contract length 6 months. Programme of work is expected to last 18 months, potentially further.

If you have significant global SOX experience and are willing to be hands on with this transformation, please submit a CV.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.