Senior Finance Risk & Controls Manager

Our Story

Hello there. We’re Zopa.

We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at Zopa.com!

We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces.

If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife

A day in the life

• Maintain and manage the internal control frameworks as well as the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of key controls across Finance & Legal (Financial Control, Management Reporting, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Financial Planning and Budgeting, Tax Reporting, Treasury and Legal).
• Continuous monitoring of the key Finance & Legal processes, delivering efficiencies and control automations where possible.
• Ensure Finance functions comply with operational risk framework and support leaders of each Finance function in carrying out their operational risk responsibilities. Liaise and work closely with Zopa 1 st Line Risk and Compliance to manage risk events and change initiatives, critically assessing their impact on Finance and leading on Finance-owned risk events and change initiatives. Periodic review of Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) across Finance & Legal function
• Forge a strong relationship with the first and second line risk community in the Bank
• Periodic review and testing of Finance End User Computing (EUCs).
• Educate and support teams in appropriate execution of internal controls and ensuring that controls and actions are appropriately evidenced and reviewed.
• Work closely with the first and second lines of defence and internal/external auditors as part of periodic reviews and audits.
• Prepare and present reports to senior management and Board committees.

About you

• You're ideally a qualified accountant with demonstratable post qualification experience in external/internal audit, risk or compliance, preferably gained within a Top 6 accounting firm or within a regulated financial services business.
• You are a fast learner who is hands-on, agile and adaptable, with the confidence to lead change management across Finance and help teams embed new processes, controls and ways of working.
• You have a proven track record in assessing the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of internal controls.
• You're highly organised, effective at stakeholder management, project management and can manage conflicting priorities.
• You're resilient under pressure, embrace change and can operate in a fast-paced environment.
• You’ll be energetic, motivated, and have a passion for excellence and innovation in pursuit of success.
• You may have experience of working within the US SOx control environment, but this is not essential.
• An understanding of bank regulatory (PRA/FCA) reporting and compliance requirements is preferred.