Job Description

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Job reference 328572
IT Financial Controls Manager
Competitive salary, plus 4,200 car allowance, fully family healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time
This role will be based out of London Farringdon 3 days per week.
At Royal Mail, we're a 7.8 billion turnover business with a national footprint and a proud heritage.
Our Finance team plays a pivotal role in driving growth and shaping the future of one of the UK's most iconic organisations. From strategic planning and forecasting to controls and company-wide transactions, this is a place where finance professionals can make a real impact.
We're looking for an IT Financial Controls Manager to lead critical controls testing and strengthen our risk management framework. If you have a finance background with experience in IT audit, risk, or controls testing and can confidently communicate risks and controls to senior stakeholders we want to hear from you.
About the Role
You will lead internal IT control testing to provide second-line assurance over control effectiveness--focusing on IT General Controls (ITGCs), application controls, and SAP S/4HANA and cloud-based systems.
You will support control remediation, manage the AuditBoard GRC platform, and contribute to the ongoing development of Royal Mail's IT risk and controls framework.
You will also:

• Plan and execute annual IT controls testing across SAP S/4HANA, cloud, and on-prem environments
• Assess ITGCs (e.g., change management, access controls, SOC reports) and application/interface controls
• Coordinate testing and evidence collection with control owners and SMEs
• Collaborate on initiatives to improve control processes
• Support stakeholder reviews and approvals
• Promote IT controls awareness and training
• Mentor team members and control owners

About You

• At least 3 years' experience in IT audit, risk management, or controls testing within a large corporate or Big 4 consultancy.
• Strong knowledge of ITGCs, application controls, and internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).
• At least part qualified CIMA or ACCA.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA, including security roles, automated controls, and change management.
• Familiar with GRC platforms such as AuditBoard, SAP GRC, or similar.
• Up to date with key frameworks like COBIT and COSO.
• Excellent communicator - able to clearly convey risks and controls to senior stakeholders.
• Skilled at summarising complex information with impact.

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.

*Available only to perm employees
Next Steps
The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face or virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.
Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we'll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.
We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we'd love to hear from you.
Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.
We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.
We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here:
Closing Date: Sunday 28th September. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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