Compliance Assurance Manager - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Sigma Financial Group

Sigma Financial Group

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location:
Home

Contract type:
Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary:
Competitive

DREAM Opportunity for a compliance specialist Are you frustrated at the confines of traditional audit rigour and wanting to experiment and do things a bit differently.

An amazing opportunity to shape the process from scratch. Working collaboratively with the team to support and help the business.

Can you rise to the challenge, can you bring energy and excitement to compliance and remodel the future of Auditing.

If you can, then this role is for you

Who are the Sigma Family?

At Sigma, we are different and recognised in May 2023 by the Sunday Times as one of the best places to work.

Our mission statement is to #ImproveEverythingAlways and at the heart of this is our People.

This is why we are looking for amazing individuals to join and work on behalf of our clients to provide high-level customer service across several industries.

What being a part of the Sigma Family means for you

33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, with additional days accrued the longer you have been a part of the Sigma Family.
Monthly, Quarterly and Annual awards with marvellous prizes.
Resources such as the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health First Aiders to support you when life might not be going quite as you expected.

- £250 bonus for each friend that you refer to join the Sigma Family who passes probation.

Receive a tree in the Sigma Forest when you pass probation. This will allow you to review how your tree is reducing your carbon footprint.
Discounted Pure Gym membership.
Working from the comfort of your own home.
An Employee Pension Scheme.
Join communities and collaborate with your colleagues on our internal Social Media platform.
The opportunity to be a part of an equal, diverse, and inclusive workplace all amazing people are welcome in the Sigma Family.

What Your Day-to-Day Will Look Like:

You will Support the Director of Compliance, Risk & Audit in the design and development of the 12 month and 3-year, 2nd line of defence audit programme.

You will Own Sigma's Audit Policy, Strategy, and framework, ensuring it is reviewed annually and approved by the Executive.

You will Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team, building strong stakeholder relationships and fostering an open, collaborative, 'audit friendly' culture to ensure full support of the audit process.

You will Ensure that Audit is a value-add exercise, that it is transparent and impartial, engaging, and free of fear.

You will work with the business to define innovative and positive solutions when addressing audit findings.

You will monitor and report on audit actions, supporting business areas and stakeholders in their timely delivery and closure, agreeing achievable timelines and milestones, and checking in regularly in a positive manner.

You will guide the Compliance Assurance Team to publish well written, well presented, succinct reports.

You will ensure that all reviews are followed up within 24 months to carry out attestation reviews and ensure that recommendations and action outputs have been adopted, embedded, and are functioning effectively.

You will work closely with the Director of Compliance, Risk and Audit, to provide monthly updates to the Executive and facilitate the Annual Audit Committee.

You will collate outputs from other Audit activity such as Client Audits, ISO9001, 27001, PCI, Financial etc to create a single view of assurance and will re-build the Audit Strategy from the ground up, taking on oversight for 3rd line reviews (such as external audit, ISO, client audits etc), supporting the supplier review process, and internal 2nd line audit and assurance.

What Amazing People Will Bring to the Role:
You are committed with an excellent attention to detail.

Not afraid of asking challenging questions, you are a calm leader and a balanced, thoughtful, and pragmatic decision maker who strives to deliver an exceptional service to all stakeholders.

You have a natural coaching instinct to help others find their own answers. You have proven experience in Audit or Compliance Assurance and experience of working with senior stakeholders. You are excited by change, challenge, and the prospect of building something from the ground up.

You have High personal impact, credibility, and ability to gain respect and influence with senior leaders whilst maintaining approachable and supportive style with all colleagues.

You have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to nurture strong working relationships with peers, stakeholders, and your team.

Simple and Straight Forward Recruitment.
If you like the sound of being part of the Sigma Family, then don't wait and get applying

You may have experience of the following: Project Compliance Officer, Strategic Development Fund, Project Support Officer, Financial Compliance, Project Officer, Compliance, Project Manager, SDF, Finance Officer, AAT, Finance Manager, Project Management, etc.

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