Overview
Chartered Accountant – Controls & Compliance, Sunderland, UK
About the Role
As a Finance & Business Controls Manager, you will lead the design, execution, and continuous improvement of the SOX framework while supporting finance transformation and system development. This is a hands-on senior finance role responsible for owning and developing the UK SOX control framework, ensuring controls operate effectively, remain audit-ready, and evolve alongside business growth and finance transformation initiatives. You’ll work closely with Finance leadership, operational teams, auditors, and international stakeholders, helping embed a strong controls culture across the organisation.
Duties will include:
* SOX Control Framework Ownership – Taking full ownership of the SOX environment, documenting processes, identifying risks, designing controls, and ensuring ongoing compliance.
* Control Execution & Audit Readiness – Performing and reviewing recurring SOX controls, maintaining high-quality supporting evidence, coordinating testing cycles, and managing remediation of control deficiencies.
* Audit & Stakeholder Collaboration – Acting as the key contact for Internal Audit, External Audit, and Group SOX teams, ensuring control standards align with group and auditor expectations.
* Finance Transformation & Continuous Improvement – Supporting ERP and process transformation projects, ensuring systems and workflows are designed and implemented in a SOX-compliant manner while promoting a strong controls culture across the business.
About You
You are a qualified finance professional who combines strong technical accounting knowledge with practical controls experience. You enjoy improving processes, influencing stakeholders, and ensuring financial operations are robust, compliant, and scalable.
* Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
* PQE in financial reporting, internal audit, or business controls
* Experience documenting and testing processes and controls in line with audit standards
* Experience implementing and operating internal control frameworks
* Background in management accounts and statutory reporting
* Experience working with ERP financial systems
* Strong organisational skills with ability to meet deadlines
* Confident communication, able to engage senior stakeholders and business owners
Nice to Have:
* Experience working within a SOX-controlled environment
* Familiarity with AuditBoard, BlackLine, Sage 200, or Microsoft Business Central
* Experience within pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or regulated industries
About Us
At Curaleaf International, we're not just participating in the cannabis industry—we're leading it.
As part of the world’s largest cannabis company, Curaleaf Holding, Inc., we are powered by a strong presence at all stages of the supply chain. Our unique distribution network throughout Europe, Canada and Australasia brings together pioneering research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction, and production. Amidst a rapid growth trajectory, our emphasis on quality and expertise aims to deliver safe and legal cannabis.
Our Vision: To shape the future of cannabis through our commitment to research and product excellence
Our Mission: To be the world’s leading cannabis company consistently delivering superior products and services and driving the global acceptance of cannabis.
Our Values: Lead & Inspire • Commit to Win • Driven to deliver Excellence • Customer Obsession • One Curaleaf
Why Join Us?
Curaleaf Laboratories operates at the centre of a highly regulated, international supply network.
This role offers the opportunity to:
* Take ownership of a critical UK control framework
* Influence finance transformation and system development
* Work directly with senior leadership and international teams
* Build visible impact within a growing global organisation
* Develop toward future senior finance or controls leadership roles
Ready to Make an Impact?
If you’re a proactive finance professional who thrives on improving processes, strengthening controls, and partnering with the business, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and help shape the future of finance and governance at Curaleaf Laboratories.
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