Internal Controls Senior Manager

At Rolls-Royce, we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Internal Controls Senior Manager to join the Group Internal Controls team, with a specific focus on financial reporting risk and controls. The Internal Controls Senior Manager forms part of the Group Internal Controls team, reporting to the Group Head of Internal Controls and is required to work closely with the Group Internal Controls Assurance team (Delhi), key stakeholders in divisional and functional finance teams and with our external auditors.

The role requires a seasoned and experienced Internal Control subject matter expert, with excellent technical knowledge of US SOX (or equivalent), strong experience of financial processes, risks and controls and assurance in a Global environment.

What you will be doing:

• Influence and work with employees at all levels, and particularly senior management to clearly explain the importance of good internal controls and opportunities for improvements.
• Partner with the business to assess the impact of change initiatives (including simplification, automation, offshoring, etc) on risk and controls.
• Oversee the work performed by the Group Internal Controls Assurance team (Delhi), to ensure that assurance activities are performed to the required standard and in line with the annual plan. This will include performing quality reviews of work performed and providing coaching and training as necessary.
• Proactively highlight the key control themes, systemic issues and reporting findings to management, Risk and Audit Committees and the CFO Leadership Team.
• Using your specialist knowledge, and previous experience, to provide the business and internal control colleagues with technical support on internal controls best practice.
• Offer specialist insight, expertise and advice to the business to lead the development of improved internal controls that operate in the most efficient and effective way.
• Constructively challenge current internal controls and work with the business to support them to remediate testing actions to improve the internal control environment.
• Work with customers (internal and external) to resolve control problems, answer questions, review processes and provide control improvement suggestions to support improvement initiatives.

Preferred qualifications:

• A professional accountancy and/or audit qualification.

Preferred requirements:

• Experience of developing an effective internal control system within an organisation.
• Knowledge implementing SOX controls and a SOX compliance programme or equivalent is highly desirable.
• Good knowledge of internal control frameworks (such as COSO).
• Strong commercial acumen, verbal and numerical analytical ability.
• Resilient, self-motivated and accomplished at forming relationships and influencing people at all levels in the company.
• Ability to plan, oversee and deliver work to required deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, with an ability to question, interpret and explain control concepts in a simple and concise manner.
• The ability to travel to our operations in Poland, India and North America from time to time (if required).

Regional benefits:

• Generous Annual Leave.
• Retirement Savings through the Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust.
• Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce.
• Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury.
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Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.