Job Description

This is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work both virtually and from our London /or one of our offices in the South East. Aon is in the business of better decisions
Day to day tasks involve:
Responding to emerging risks and support Controllership and compliance projects by

1. Data mining and analyzing relevant financial data from key ledgers and other systems.
2. Providing finance and audit insight to address critical finance requirements and objectives. and
3. Promoting the implementation of key finance systems and controls in response to compliance concerns.

• Preparation of Quarterly Committee and Board Papers and establish regular reporting to governance committees
• Engaging with colleagues around the world in country, regional and global projects to identify and address key finance/payment risks and work with the appropriate teams to develop and implement the necessary controls.
• Working with Business operations, HR, and Global Spend Management to enhance payment controls.
• Yearly scoping review and development of the payment assurance plan
• Conducting training to all control owners on payment controls
• Ongoing business and process analysis to identify risks and control weaknesses
• Preparing/updating process flows/ narratives, risk, and control matrices by collaborating with the process owners (Business/Operations/Controllership) and control performers to ensure that the documentation is accurate in the Workiva Wdesk testing tool
• Reviewing controls self-certifications and conducting controls testing (design, operating effectiveness and roll-forward) of complex areas
• Developing and delivering presentations, tailored to audience at various levels and business function regarding payment controls and impact of the control deficiencies if remained opened.
• Effective partnering with Process Owners to ensure that remediation plans are implemented on a timely basis for any deficiencies found.
• Conducting debrief meeting with all the key business leads to discuss lessons learned and closing report.
• Documenting emerging risks impact assessments that include detailed walk through of what went wrong, impacted risk, potential exposure, and mitigating actions
• Documenting an overall Segregation of duties memo across all systems in scope
• For new systems implementation, pro-actively partnering with the Project Team, to act as a line of UK Payment Controls team representative i.e., to ensure that the key payment controls are designed as part of the implementation and adequate user acceptance testing are conducted
• Evaluating the overall payment controls maturity and work to achieve best practice
• Understand and follow the Aon Leadership Model and take ownership of personal development
• Responsible for working in accordance with theRisk Management Framework, and compliance with our policies, including participation in the management of risks (including completion of mandatory training) that may adversely affect the business, interests, or reputation of any Group Company.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong accounting and audit experience
• Insurance/insurance broking industry preferred
• People management and leadership skills
• Working knowledge of Fiduciary payments, Internal audit and SOx audits would be an advantage
• Prepared to meet a challenge and with a track record of managing change and delivering process improvements
• Skilled and confident communicator within and across disciplines, including dealing with Senior Finance leaders and auditors (external and internal)
• Ability to document and analyze processes, both manual and automated using the MS Visio.
• Ability to identify process gaps and recommend solutions
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability