Salary:
Risk, Audit & Compliance Manager – Warwick (Hybrid) – Group Corporate Services
So, who are we? We are the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.
Also, did we mention? In addition to the competitive salary, there are also benefits on tap – including...
Annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), the potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity/adoption leave, and access to a great range of online and high street discounts.
We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!
What you’ll be doing in this role:
1. Designing, implementing, and embedding company-wide policies, procedures, and awareness initiatives to address key legal and regulatory compliance risks.
2. Developing, maintaining, and continuously enhancing the Group’s business continuity framework, ensuring effective plans are in place to mitigate major operational risks.
3. Leading whistleblowing investigations by gathering, analysing, and evaluating evidence, and producing clear, concise reports for stakeholders.
4. Delivering internal audit programmes that provide independent assurance on the design and effectiveness of controls, ensuring key risks are appropriately managed.
5. Partnering with the Senior Risk, Audit & Compliance Manager to strengthen and embed the Group’s risk management framework, ensuring robust processes exist to identify and manage risks across the organisation.
6. Facilitating risk meetings with business units, functions, and leadership teams to ensure risks are clearly understood, assessed, and addressed through targeted control improvement plans.
This is a full-time, permanent role. Working Monday - Friday, 40 hours a week, with flex to work remotely 2 days a week.
What we’re looking for:
7. Experience in an External Audit, Internal Audit, Risk Management or Assurance role.
8. A degree alongside a professional qualification in accountancy, internal audit, or risk management ( ACA/ACCA/IIA/IRM).
9. Knowledge of risk management techniques and internal control frameworks ( COSO).
10. Strong analytical skills, able to quickly identify and present key issues concisely and impactfully.
11. Strong stakeholder management, interpersonal and communication skills, capable of collaborating with and influencing stakeholders at all levels of the business.
12. Committed to developing and embedding best practice, innovation and continuous improvement.
We look forward to receiving your application.