Finance Control Manager
Leeds
The Opportunity:
Join our dynamic team in Leeds as a Finance Control Manager! This exciting role, reporting to our Data Control and Governance Manager, is part of our Line 1 team responsible for managing our Risks and Controls reviews of our Finance, Actuarial and Legal Business Functions. You will have the opportunity to engage with colleagues across QBE Finance, International Division and be responsible for providing valuable insights to key internal stakeholders.
As a Finance Control Manager, you will be a key influencer and contributor in the implementation of enhancements and process control improvements to our risks and controls framework across QBE Finance, International Division.
If you have experience from working with internal controls, risk or an audit function, ideally in finance or banking sector, we want to hear from you! Enjoy flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and become an integral part of our innovative team.
Your New Role:
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with 1st Line Stakeholders and wider Finance Business Functions, providing a flexible approach to internal control assurance that supports risk assessments, audits, and continuous improvement.
• Develop an active understanding of controls testing, act as an escalation point, and provide feedback to raise observations about potential issues or risks.
• Promote positive business change by identifying and documenting improvements in controls and challenging Finance functions to remediate deficiencies.
• Monitor and report changes, lead reviews of core business processes, and ensure mitigation activities are executed.
• Support timely issue raising, refine processes and systems, and drive a culture that encourages risk identification and mitigation.
• Participate in internal meetings, share control assurance best practices, and deliver against requests and enquiries.
• Focus on root cause analysis to reduce risk exposure
• Support the Data Control & Governance Manager with establishing robust risk management across Finance, Actuarial, and Legal functions.
About you:
• Previous experience in a similar role in an internal control, risk or audit function within financial services or insurance sectors. This can be internally or from a consultancy.
• Batchelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills – both verbal and written with experience of adapting style and approach to the audience and the message to be delivered.
• Ability to lead small team and work with interdependent teams.
• Ability to influence stakeholders to remediate control gaps and issues.
• Must be able to collaborate effectively, persuade others and obtain management buy-in for constructive change.
• Process minded with ability to explain business information and systems.
• Good understanding of risk and internal control concepts.
• Understanding of IFRS and GAAP accounting and financial reporting.
• Understanding of control management frameworks such as SOX and COSO
Why QBE? At My Best
At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.
We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.
QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://qbeeurope.com/careers/flex-qbe/).
With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.
To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.
At My Best - QBE Benefits
You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally. As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!
• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
• Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
• Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
• Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
• Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
• Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
• Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.
• Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.
To find out more visit our Reward Page
QBE Awards
Some of the award’s QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;
AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year
Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer
UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year
Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award
Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee
You can view all our awards here
Inclusion of Diversity
We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in. We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent. For more information on our strategy targets please take a look at our Careers Page
Accessibility
Here at QBE, we are promoting an accessible workplace for all, which includes supporting candidates to perform at their best during their recruitment process. If you require any accommodations, please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware.
ESG & Sustainability
At QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future. Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce, and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable, and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBE’s sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winning impact investment initiative ‘Premiums4Good’, please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report
What next? If you have a passion to contribute to QBE’s vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community, we encourage you to apply! Simply click the “apply” button to submit your CV and other relevant documents, and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.
We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too?
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Skills:
Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Critical Thinking, Data Quality Assessments, Data Stewardship, Financial Products, High Accuracy, Intentional collaboration, Internal Communications, Managing performance, Research Analysis, Risk Management, Security Policies, Stakeholder ManagementHow to Apply:
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.