Job Introduction
Are you ready to help shape the future of Finance controls? Our Finance Transformation programme is looking for a Business Process Manager - Controls Workstream to help design, strengthen and embed a smarter, more sustainable control environment across Finance.
Reporting to the Group Financial Controls Leader, this role will translate programme objectives into clear controls requirements, practical workstream outputs and delivery plans that support better decisions, stronger governance and more efficient ways of working.
Working with autonomy and influence, the successful candidate will partner across Finance, process workstreams, audit, risk and the wider business to create controls that are easier to operate, clearer to evidence and better aligned to a modern finance function.
This is a 2 year fixed-term contract to support the delivery of our Finance Transformation Programme.
Main Responsibility
- Own key Controls workstream deliverables, from planning and analysis through to recommendations, delivery actions and stakeholder engagement.
- Analyse current control and compliance effort to baseline activity, diagnose friction points and translate findings into prioritised recommendations.
- Build and maintain core workstream materials, including control inventories, process and control taxonomies, KPI definitions, implementation plans and governance packs.
- Shape future-state controls across key finance processes, ensuring ownership, frequency, evidence, escalation, monitoring and governance are clearly defined.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and strengthen controls while reducing manual effort, rework, chasing and approval delays.
- Act as a key interface between Controls and process workstreams, IFSERP upgrade/rollout, BI/data/reporting, risk and audit stakeholders.
- Lead or support controls assessment activity, including risk register updates, control self-assessment, issue tracking, remediation planning and follow-up.
- Prepare high-quality papers, reports and decision-support materials for governance forums and senior stakeholders.
- Support agreed controls changes through detailed design, readiness, go-live, hypercare and smooth transition into business as usual.
- Influence stakeholders across Finance and the wider business to improve ownership, consistency and discipline in control operation, evidence and compliance activity.
Our Ideal Candidate
You will bring credible experience in controls, risk, compliance, business process analysis or finance transformation, alongside strong problem-solving skills and the confidence to lead through ambiguity. You will be comfortable working with senior stakeholders and turning complex control and process information into clear recommendations, practical outputs and high-quality papers.
Who Will Thrive in This Role
- Someone with experience in controls, risk, compliance, audit, finance transformation or process improvement.
- A colleague who understands control design, operation, evidence, remediation and governance expectations, ideally with experience of SOX implementation.
- Someone who can lead complex analysis, manage ambiguity, make clear recommendations and escalate key risks or decisions appropriately.
- A confident stakeholder manager and influencer who can work effectively with senior finance leaders, cross-functional teams, audit partners and programme leadership.
- A colleague motivated by the chance to make a lasting impact on how Finance manages risk, operates controls and supports the wider business.
If you want to help shape a stronger, simpler and more future-ready Finance control environment, this is your opportunity to get involved. Join our Finance Transformation programme and play a visible, influential role in creating controls that make a real difference to Finance, the wider business and the way we work.
What we can offer you
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
- Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
- Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
- Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
- Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
- Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
- Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
- Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
- Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
- Learning resources to help you be your best self.
About William Grant & Sons
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.
We want to make sure that all applicants are treated equally. To support this we will anonymise all applications during the screening stage. Details such as name, dates and educational establishments will only be visible to the recruitment team and hiring leader once an applicant is invited to interview, these details are hidden during the screening stage. To be able to anonymise applications they all need to be in the same format. You can upload a CV but we would also ask you to complete an application form – your CV will not be visible during screening. We hope you agree that this is good use of your time to help ensure a fair recruitment process.
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