What you'll be doing
- Maintain and refine the Balfour Beatty (BB) internal control framework in line
with organizational changes and changes to BB’s risk profile, with a goal of
maturing the control environment through ongoing collaboration with control
owners.
- Responsible for internal control procedures and standards that align with
industry best practices to strengthen the control environment and ensure control
systems are designed to provide reasonable assurance in achieving
operational, financial reporting, and compliance objectives.
- Maintaining ongoing Compliance with Provision 29 Requirements through
oversight of 1st line self-assessment and 2nd line testing programs to provide the
Audit & Risk Committee with assurance material controls are operating
effectively.
- Provide support to the Group Head of Internal Controls with a variety of
reporting including to Audit and Risk Committee on control effectiveness,
significant risk exposures, control test results, and status of remediation plans.
- Ensures that control deficiencies are identified and documented, and that there
is a robust process for following up on and remediating any weaknesses or
gaps in controls. Where the deficiency relates to a material control, ensuring the
weakness is escalated and resolved quickly and in line with the requirements of
Provision 29.
- Promote a strong control-conscious culture across the organization through
active collaboration with control owners and delivering training programs and
awareness initiatives to educate management and staff on internal control
principles, policies, and their own responsibilities in the internal control process.
- Act as a liaison between various stakeholders to ensure an integrated approach
to governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). Working closely with first-line
process owners to support them in implementing effective controls, with Risk
Management and Compliance functions (second line) to align controls with
enterprise risk management programs, and with Internal Audit (third line) to
coordinate efforts and reduce duplication to create a unified risk management
framework and ensures that control issues identified by internal or external
audits are quickly addressed.
Who we're looking for
Experience:
- Experience in internal controls, external or internal audit.
- Ability to build strong relationships with multiple stakeholders at various
levels
- Strong organisational skills with ability to multitask and prioritise workload
- Proficiency in excel
- Prior experience utilising Optro is desirable, but not essential.
- Experience working with regulatory standards (e.g. Provision 29, Sarbanes-
Oxley or equivalent frameworks in other jurisdictions) and cross-functional
projects is valuable.
- Experience of working in the Engineering and Construction Industry preferred, but not essential.
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of internal control frameworks and industry regulations,
specifically Provision 29 of the UK Corporate Governance Code. Familiarity
with global best-practice models like the COSO Internal Control – Integrated
Framework (which encompasses control environment, risk assessment,
control activities, information & communication, and monitoring)
Skills:
- Has good interpersonal and communication skills and acts in an
independent and professional manner with the ability to influence others
- Is a self-starter who manages their own time and workload and brings ideas
to add value to the function with strong task management, prioritisation and
planning skills.
- The internal control framework covers a wider breadth of areas and requires
flexibility and curiosity to understand all areas of business operations and
functions.
- Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail to analyse complex
processes and data to detect weaknesses or trends, perform root-cause
analysis on control failures, and develop practical solutions.
- A strong sense of ethics, integrity, and professional scepticism. The role
handles sensitive information and is entrusted with ensuring honesty and
compliance throughout the organization
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.
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