Hybrid Finance Analyst, Internal Controls – Risk Management

at Sheraton Heathrow Hotel

• Job title: Finance Analyst, Internal Controls – Risk Management
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Finance Analyst supporting Heathrow’s Internal Controls over Financial Reporting framework. Ensuring governance and financial resilience while improving processes and addressing control gaps.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the development and continuous improvement of Heathrow’s ICFR Framework, including sustainability reporting
• Identifying opportunities to streamline and strengthen the Framework, in line with best practice
• Assisting with the development of the ICFR Assessment guidance documentation with clear roles and responsibilities
• Support the Risk and Controls Matrices for all processes, testing of controls, including Entity Level Controls and working with Heathrow’s IT team on review of IT control framework
• Ensure the process narratives help identify significant risks and respective key controls are prepared, maintained and up to date
• Prepare templates for the Risk and Control Matrices, Process Narratives, Internal Control Gap Report
• Managing internal control gaps reporting and monitor remediation, including relevant internal and external audits gaps
• Ensure that management action plans and deadlines properly address identified internal control gaps
• Perform root cause analysis on internal control gaps and liaise with internal and external auditors
• Support the preparation of management reporting on internal control gap remediation status and areas of concern to the Finance Leadership Team and Audit Committee
• Support on internal controls for other internal control-related programmes such as Risk Management, Anti-Fraud, Senior Accounting Officer (SAO), Sustainability and Failure to Prevent Facilitation of Tax Evasion
• Acting as the subject matter expert to advise and recommend on internal controls with new financial system implementations, as needed

Requirements

• Either part of fully qualified ACA, CPA, CIA or Qualified by experience
• Demonstrable relevant internal controls and report writing experience
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, including senior management evidenced through working in a similar role
• Ability to work flexibly on own initiative and without close supervision
• Flexibility to move between business dimensions and subjects, running several parallel agendas in different subject areas whilst maintaining capability to support wider finance initiatives

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and excellent benefits to support now and in the future
• Performance-based annual bonuses
• Longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans
• Generous annual leave allowances
• Market-leading pensions
• Family friendly policies
• Access to private health insurance
• A wide range of wellbeing tools
• Learning and development opportunities