Finance Controls and Assurance Analyst
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Job Summary
| Job Requisition Number | 8445 |
| Work Type | Temporary 2 Years Contract (Secondment) |
| Job Function | Finance |
| Salary Range | 34566 - 40821 per annum |
Base | Ty Awen - Newport |
Closing date | 23rd July 2026 |
Qualifications Required
- AAT or part-qualified CIMA or ACCA or a similar standard is considered
Experience Required
- Experience with SAPora comparable ERP system or experience working with any other relevant systems
- Previous experience of working in an accounts/financial/bookkeeping role
- Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and written form
- Ability to multitask
- Proficient in both Word and Excel
Knowledge & Skills
- Critical Thinking - The ability to gather understand analyse and interpret information & concepts verbal or numerical about people or situations quickly.
- Initiative - The ability to actively influence events rather than passively accept them. The ability to see opportunities and to act on them to originate action.
- Communication skills The drive and ability to exchange appropriate information with relevant people at the right time. The desire and skills to seek first to understand as well as to be understood. To be as open as confidentiality allows.
- Resilience Tenacious and goal orientated with the ability to keep moving forward despite system people and organisational inertia.
- Ownership and reliability The readiness to take responsibility for projects or issues and to be accountable for their timely delivery and quality. The capacity and motivation to fulfil consistently any undertakings made. The habit of never letting people down or promising what cant be done.
- Teamwork - The belief in the value of synergy; the drive and ability to work with others to achieve a common goal in an optimally effective way.
As aFinance Controls and Assurance Analyst youll help protect the organisations financial integrity by strengthening internal controls supporting regulatory and statutory reporting and providing insight that drives continuous improvement. Working closely with finance audit and wider business teams youll play a visible role in assurance risk management and sustainable investment decisions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design assess and challenge financial controls to ensure risks are effectively mitigated and controls remain fit for purpose in a changing regulatory environment.
- Plan and execute control testing identify and remediate deficiencies and escalate key findings with clear recommendations to senior management.
- Deliver insightful reporting and analysis from control activity to support risk management process improvement automation and audit engagement.
- Work closely with business stakeholders to document review and maintain accurate process documentation aligned to operational policy and regulatory changes.
- Design and implement robust processes and controls to ensure spend categorisation meets all regulatory and reporting requirements including Ofwat sustainability and ESG.
- Provide flexible support across the team undertaking additional duties as required to meet business objectives.
- 2 year secondment opportunity
- Currently hybrid working
As well as a market competitive salary 34 days annual leave (pro rata 26 days 8 public holiday days) we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same but performance depending you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
Enhanced employer pension contributions Up to 11% employer contributions
Free Mortgage Brokering Services
Enhanced family friendly policies
Progression opportunities including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
Cycle to work scheme
Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
Many more can be found on our website!
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe reliable water and take away wastewater to clean before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.
To be able to deliver high quality essential services which help to protect the health of our customers colleagues and our environment we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people assets and information is key to us so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the companys required security objectives.
We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.
To ensure an improved representation in our workforce applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black Asian and Minority Ethnic people Females LGBT Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.
In essence ours is a company based on trust openness respect commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.
Dŵr Cymru Cyf a limited company registered in Wales No.. Registered office: Linea Fortran Road St. Mellons Cardiff CF3 0LT
Dŵr Cymru Cyf 2019.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
We provide water to keep you healthy and clean waste water to protect your environment. We’re a not-for-profit water company which serves 3 million customers in Wales and parts of England every day.
