Finance Governance Manager

Job Title: Finance Governance Manager
Salary: £45-50k + Corporate Benefits 
Location: Global - Virtual
Location Type: Remote
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

Job Summary:

The Financial Governance Manager role is situated within the WMFTS Global Finance Team, a central team responsible for maintaining effective financial processes and governance across the global organisation. The role will focus on continuing to maintain an effective control environment across all WMFTS operating companies, building on existing good practices and enhancing them further. The role is an excellent opportunity to take up a compliance-based role in a thriving commercial environment and to be a part of a proactive and supportive team committed to delivering high standards and making continuous improvements. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviewing internal control documentation prepared by WMFTS operating companies as part of UK SOX requirements.
• Work closely with WMFTS operating companies to understand their internal controls and to deliver constructive feedback on process improvement. 
• Maintaining and documenting Internal Controls for which the WMFTS Global Finance Team is centrally responsible. 
• Assisting with continuous improvement of Internal Controls maintained within the central function. 
• Carrying out testing of WMFTS operating companies’ Internal Controls and preparing reports of findings for key stakeholders. 
• Instrumental to delivering improvements in global financial processes, internal controls and general compliance, identifying and focusing on key process shortfalls.
• Assisting WMFTS operating companies with internal and external audit-related processes and a key source of expertise to help clear audit actions. 
• Using knowledge obtained in the role to set consistent global best practices and inform policies for WMFTS operating companies.
• You will develop and maintain guidance materials for use by the WMFTS global finance community. 
• You will be a reliable and trusted expert, able to provide expert technical accounting and control-based guidance to multiple WMFTS stakeholders with differing levels of financial expertise and knowledge.
• You will deliver valuable insights to the Spirax Group Finance Team to help shape future priorities, initiatives and policy. 
  
  

•  A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Comprehensive private healthcare
• An enhanced retirement plan
• Life assurance
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more

Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Company Overview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.