Internal Control, Risk & Compliance Lead

• Design review and monitor financial control frameworks across the business
  
• Assess risks related to revenue recognition project costing margins and cash flow
  
• Review the effectiveness of controls around billing payments approvals and reconciliations
  
• Identify financial and operational risk exposures and escalate issues appropriately
  
• Support audit readiness and financial assurance processes
  

• Maintain and regularly update the firms enterprise risk register
  
• Identify and assess financial operational contractual and reputational risks
  
• Conduct risk assessments related to growth new clients and entry into new markets
  
• Track mitigation actions and provide regular risk updates to senior management
  
  

• Review client contracts funded projects and third-party agreements for control and compliance implications
  
• Monitor compliance with contractual regulatory and statutory requirements
  
• Maintain compliance calendars and obligation trackers
  
• Support external audits due diligence processes and client assurance requests
  
  

• Serve as custodian of internal policies and governance documentation
  
• Ensure policies and processes remain fit for purpose as the firm scales
  
• Lead the development documentation and maintenance of SOPs across:
  

• Procurement and contracting
  
• HR and people operations
  
• Governance and approvals
  

• Coordinating Board and committee meetings
  
• Preparing agendas board papers and supporting materials
  
• Recording minutes resolutions and action points
  
• Maintaining governance records and conflict-of-interest disclosures
  

• Maintain internal ethics and whistleblowing mechanisms
  
• Support investigations and issue escalation processes as required
  
• Promote a culture of financial discipline accountability and integrity across the firm
  
  

• Does not approve payments or contracts
  
• Does not manage day-to-day finance procurement or HR operations
  
• Does not replace functional or operational managers
  

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration or a related field
  
• Strong finance or accounting background is required
  
• 57 years experience in internal controls audit risk management compliance or financial assurance
  
• Experience in consulting professional services advisory firms or regulated for-profit environments preferred
  
• Professional certification is an advantage (ICAN ACCA or risk/compliance certification)
  

• Commercially minded and financially disciplined
  
• Strong attention to detail and sound professional judgment
  
• Comfortable operating in a fast-growing performance-driven organization
  
• Able to engage confidently and confidentially with senior management and Board members
  
• Systems-oriented proactive and discreet
  

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with performance-based bonuses.
  
• HMO.
  
• Career growth opportunities.
  
• Professional development allowance.
  
• The opportunity to play a pivotal role in our growth.