Arriva Hiring for Compliance Business Partner Accounting, Controlling &Finance (12Months FTC) Job at London, England Full Time

Arriva is one of the largest transport services organisations in Europe, employing 44,000 people and delivering more than 2.2 billion passenger journeys across 14 European countries every year. With our focus firmly set on delivering excellent services and value for our passengers, transport authority partners, and other transport clients, there is no better time to join us!

Arriva UK Bus are looking to engage a passionate and experience Compliance Business Partner reporting to our Head of Assurance.

You will be responsible for supporting Accounting, Controlling and Finance areas in complying with the German Corporate Governance standard (BilMoG – accounting law) for entities within Arriva UK Bus. The role holder will be responsible for carrying out local testing, updating documentation, providing updates at local meetings, and submitting evidence on the DB IKS Platform in a timely and accurate manner. A key part of the role will be travelling to various locations within the UK so flexibility is a must, working in a hybrid environment of home-working and working from their local office or depot (as appropriate). The role holder may also be required to support other Accountable Owners under the BilMoG process from different areas of the business and undertake other compliance projects (e.g., new policy deployments) as and when capacity allows.

Responsibilities

Support the Head of Assurance & Accountable Owners, taking an active part in the relevant working groups to ensure compliance with DB minimum requirements

Liaise with various internal and external stakeholders to both request and provide key information in a timely manner

Perform regular reviews including walk throughs to ensure they are still compliant with actual processes and policies in place. Where discrepancies are identified (lack of written instructions etc.), documentation to be updated with the support of the Accountable Owners and communicated to relevant stakeholders

Liaise with the Group Assurance Team and Group Legal and Governance Team to ensure all documents in use are the latest version and maintain a catalogue of policies and procedures

Ensure documentation is consistent and aligned with DB / UK Bus / Group policies and updated on an annual basis

To be responsible for closing out audit actions by liaising with Accountable owners ensuring they are delivered within the specified timeframe.

Perform local independent testing of the DB minimal controls and collate evidence monthly

Continuous monitoring of KPIs and reporting any weaknesses identified to Accountable Owners so appropriate action can be taken. Management of residual risks

Managing accounting, controlling and finance section of BilMoG Teams drive to ensure all the latest SOPs, Directives, policies as listed in the ICS are present

To ensure sufficient evidence has been uploaded into the evidence packs by end of November and testing undertaken by calendar year-end for submission to DB

Manage, monitoring and supporting the Accountable Persons in relation to CMS Tax

IT controls – Liaise with relevant internal contacts to perform annual testing and maintaining documentation and document the output of any testing into the Information Security Risk Register for UK Bus

About you

Previous experience of performing internal audit related tasks with the ability to work to tight deadlines

Ability to assimilate information quickly and translate business and functional needs into policy / process requirements

Attention to detail and good retention skills to ensure consistency of policy on long running subjects

Proactive, change oriented, driven, organised and able to communicate effectively across UK Bus

Ability to identify areas to improve processes and follow these successfully through to completion

Lateral thinker, with excellent analytical and investigative skills

Effective written and verbal communication

Computer literate and a proficient user of Microsoft Office applications

Large company experience preferred

Work well as part of a team and on own initiative

At Arriva we acknowledge the importance of our people’s diverse experiences, talents, and cultures. Embracing diversity and inclusion is a key component of our talent strategy. The creation of a diverse, inclusive workforce is central to our ability to unlock potential and enhance our success.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Salary: £25,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application deadline: 08/07/2022
Reference ID: R-022707