Director, Audit Risk & Compliance in City of London

Reporting into MD Blume Business Solutions, the Director for Audit Risk & Compliance (ARC) provides leadership and direction for Liberty Blume’s ARC department within Blume Business Solutions (BBS). The primary aim will be to ensure a quality customer service focussed delivery of these products while leading the strategy for expansion into internal and external markets.

The primary purpose of this role is to provide:

• Quality customer service for each of the ARC pillars
• Optimal efficiency of service for each pillar of the operation; working closely with the technology and transformation team to ensure customer focussed transformation
• Management of end to end customer change, carrying the voice of the customer into the Blume central transformation team
• Deep strategic oversight of operational excellence across the pillars of Blume.

Together with the team across Blume, this role forms the Blume senior leadership team led by the MD of Blume Business Solutions.

As the Director of ARC you will be critical in delivering the BLUME Operating model and ensure strategic ownership of customer transformation within significant areas. The role also has lead responsibility for growing profitable revenue in these functions across the federation and to third party customers.

You play a key role in delivering the services across our customer and supporting growth in customer value in the ARC area, both with upselling of existing customers and cross selling within the business.

As a leader, you create a positive and supportive culture that encourages individual development, knowledge transfer and succession.

Reporting to the MD of Business Solutions, you will work across Audit Risk & Compliance, split into Internal Audit, IT Audit and SOX compliance. The team will serve large customers across Europe, managing their end to end internal audits, IT and Sox Compliance.

You will be responsible for expanding this customer base and offering compelling cross and up selling solutions. This may require significant travel to European headquarters.

You will be responsible for maintaining key relationships and ensuring consistent dialogue with Liberty Global’s central function where there will be dotted line reporting.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

The Director of ARC will lead the relevant service offerings across Blume and will be responsible for:

• Ensure all internal audit activity complies with relevant country practices
• Oversees the planning, execution and reporting of internal audits conducted by the team, while maintaining a formal programme to ensure consistency in audit methodology, tools & documentation
• Identifies and prioritises high-risk and emerging risk areas while identifying themes across the organisation, ensuring continuity, controls and governance.
• Reviews and approves all internal audit reports prior to presentation to VP & MD of ARC in Liberty Global.
• Ensures all findings and recommendations are articulated clearly, actionable and aligned with the respective organisation’s risk appetite.
• Champions evolution of audit methods, data points and automation
• Closely reviews and implements areas of technology that will enhance efficiency, effectiveness and insight for Internal Audit
• Retains the independence of the Internal Audit function and executive management, external auditors and the Audit & Risk committee.
• Provides regular updates to the LG Audit committee to identify emerging risks, trends and any outcomes from ongoing audits.
• Ensures robust processes are in place for tracking, validating and reporting remediation of findings to the Audit Committee and Senior Leadership for customers, Liberty Global and Liberty Blume.
• Principal liaison between internal audit function and Liberty Global VP & MD of ARC.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

PREFERRED EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS:

• University degree with accounting, finance or business administration emphasis or equivalent. Public accounting professional qualification (preferably ACA, ICAEW)
• CPA, ACA, CIA, CIPM, CISA or equivalent certifications
• Proven delivery in a shared services-like and/or BPO operating model
• Excellent leadership, change management and decision making skills.
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across the company – build bridges.
• Ability to be supportive, consultative and collaborative and to work effectively across national boundaries.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to translate complex system terminology into business lexicon and vice versa.
• Strong interest in technology and innovation with a keen eye for detail in process improvement and automation
• Strong background in budgeting and general accounting

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Co-creates and executes strategy
• Entrepreneurial driver for results
• Innovates with customer focus
• Analytical and decisive leader
• Lives one company
• Leads and Inspires
• Develops a winning team
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex issues, both logical and interpersonal

KEY MEASURES

• Creating an integrated finance vision across the group, and delivering the target operating model;
• Implementing a common set of standards across group.
• Timely and satisfactory responses to support issues.
• Setting, maintaining and improving operational standards
• Direction and control of overall quality, stability and integrity of system implementations across the Group
• Credible – building trust at all levels from board/MD to operational employees.
• Flexible, Hands-on, can-do attitude.
• Financially astute delivering innovation in a cost-focused environment.
• Leading, Motivating and Developing the teams
• End user focus leading teams to deliver high value for money
• Regulatory compliance with group-wide policies.
• Accurate and timely assessments of ongoing activity provided to management and the user community.

Competitive salary + Bonus where applicable

25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more

Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance

Matched pension contribution up to 10%

24 hours of paid Volunteer Time Off

Discounted gym and wellness memberships

Access to our car benefit scheme

Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us

The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team

Who we are:

Liberty Blume, a Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you’re curious, customer centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale up journey and unlock your freedom to grow!

Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer. If you are curious and resilient with a limitless mindset, we’re eager to hear from you, no matter your background.

We’re building Tomorrow’s Connections Today, bringing people together through the power of our technology. Liberty Global is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications and an active investor in cutting-edge infrastructure, content and technology ventures. With our investments in fibre-based and 5G networks we play a vital role in society, currently providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections and rolling out the next generation.