Manager - Policy and Controls

About the business

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Group is one of the UK’s leading insurance providers, supporting millions of customers across personal and commercial lines. As the business continues to grow, there is a strong focus on enhancing financial governance, strengthening controls, and building scalable, robust frameworks across the group.

The opportunity

We are looking for a Policy & Controls Manager to join Group Finance, reporting to the Senior Manager for Policy & Controls. This is a high-impact role where you’ll help shape and embed the Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework, while supporting the development of a sustainable first-line assurance function.

You’ll play a key role in driving consistency, strengthening financial discipline, and ensuring a robust control environment across a complex, multi-entity organisation.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the strategic development and rollout of the ICFR framework across key finance processes
• Lead workstreams across different business cycles and control areas
• Design and deliver a sustainable first line assurance plan
• Develop and maintain finance policies, standards, and governance frameworks
• Review and assess control design effectiveness across business processes
• Support the creation of high-quality process documentation, risk assessments, and control mapping
• Lead governance forums, committees, and control-related meetings
• Produce and present finance risk reporting to senior stakeholders, including SMF holders and Group leadership
• Partner with Finance Systems to embed control improvements across ledgers and reporting platforms
• Act as a key liaison with External Audit on internal controls
• Support business change initiatives, ensuring control impacts are understood and managed

What we’re looking for

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• Experience in internal controls, ICFR, assurance, or internal audit within a regulated environment
• Strong understanding of financial control frameworks and governance
• Experience working within a large, complex organisation (insurance or financial services preferred)
• Ability to review, challenge, and improve control design and effectiveness
• Confident, engaging and influencing senior stakeholders
• Proactive, self-sufficient, and comfortable operating in a changing environment

Desirable experience

• Experience developing or implementing an ICFR framework
• Exposure to finance risk registers and risk reporting
• Experience with policy and procedure development
• Strong process mapping skills (e.g. Visio)
• Experience working with finance systems and control enhancements

Why join Markerstudy?

• Opportunity to shape and influence a group-wide financial controls framework
• High visibility role with exposure to senior leadership and key decision-makers
• Broad scope across finance, risk, governance, and transformation
• Flexible hybrid working model
• Join a growing organisation investing in strengthening its controls and governance capability