Internal Controls Consultant

Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you're close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

We are looking for an experienced Internal Controls Consultant to join our team on a fixed term contract, reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer. In this role, you will be instrumental in monitoring and ensuring compliance with SOX financial controls, contributing significantly to the Glasgow Accounting Centre of Excellence. Your expertise will help maintain the integrity of our financial processes and support our commitment to regulatory compliance.

How you'll make an impact:

• Work with the various teams in the Glasgow Accounting Centre of Excellence to ensure compliance with SOX financial controls and ensure teams are complying with all financial controls. This includes conducting walkthroughs to understand how the processes operate.
• Perform monthly testing of key and non-key SOX controls for reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer.
• Assist with monitoring risk events that are raised relating to Finance. Produce KPIs and key themes of risk events for the Financial Risk & Controls Manager to present to relevant CFOs and other stakeholders.
• Work with lead contacts for relevant teams to ensure remediation plans are put in place to avoid reoccurrence of the risk event.
• Assist with coordinating the quarterly Internal Audit. Collate evidence from the various teams to provide to Internal Audit for their testing.
• Develop a detailed understanding of all financial policies to allow the identification of instances where policies are not being appropriately followed.
• Work with the Integrations team to ensure that new acquisitions are SOX compliant.
• Assist the US SOX department with quarterly SOX certifications, annual controls review and other ad hoc projects.
• Other tasks include segregation of duties reviews, feeding back on new controls/policies to Corporate and filtering down any changes to the relevant Finance teams.
• Build relationships within the Glasgow Accounting Centre of Excellence, Internal Audit and other stakeholders and establish as a key point of contact for risk & controls matters.
• Through understanding financial policies and controls, determine potential process improvements to be rolled out across Finance.
• Assist with producing ad hoc reports and completion of technical tasks for the CAO and Senior Management team.

About You:

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CA/CIMA or equivalent)
• SOX and regulatory/control based environment experience
• Experience of implementing new processes and/or controls
• Strong organisational/influencing skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to adapt to change
• Attention to detail
• Eligibility to work in the UK

Compensation and benefits:

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you'll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to 'buy' extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we'll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more...

We value inclusion and diversity:

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it's embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees' diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don't worry, we're here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know. Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com. If you'd prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.