Projects & Change Controls IT Transformation Manager

Projects & Change Controls Transformation Manager
Location – London/ Dublin
Hybrid - 2 days per week (Dublin only)

About

Flutter consists of two commercial divisions (FanDuel and International) and our central Flutter Functions; COO, Finance & Legal. Here in Flutter Functions we work with colleagues across all our divisions and regions to deliver something we call the Flutter Edge.  It’s our competitive advantage, our ‘secret sauce’ which plays a key part in our ongoing success and powers our brands and divisions, through Product, Tech, Expertise and Scale.

In Flutter Finance we pride ourselves in providing global expertise to ensure Flutter is financially healthy. Utilising our Flutter Edge to turbo-charge our capabilities.

What you’ll do

At Flutter we are embarking on an ambitious global finance transformation programme over the next three years. This finance transformation programme includes an ICFR pillar, as we look to ensure we are well-controlled as a finance organisation, in a sustainable manner.

To be successful in our ambition it will be critical to monitor that the IT elements of the finance transformation programme itself are well controlled and delivered according to Flutter’s policies around change programmes.  The Projects & Change Controls Transformation Manager – IT will be responsible for supporting the programme to ensure that the relevant IT programme and change controls, are operated as and when required, providing a clear audit trail of how the transformational changes have been delivered in a well-controlled manner. The role also has a broader remit to ensure that other finance-impacting projects have appropriate change and programme controls in place for IT elements, ensuring that all relevant finance stakeholders are engaged at the right time. The Projects & Change Controls Manager – IT will principally report directly to the Projects & Change Controls Senior Manager.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Support leading the day to day oversight of IT programme and change controls for the IT elements of the finance transformation programme, as well as taking responsibility for the embedding of IT programme and change controls in other finance-impacting projects.
• Support the development of sustainable processes that will naturally embed IT programme and change controls into future finance-impacting projects, by refining existing processes and creating new processes, if required. You may also be asked to support the day-to-day delivery of some other short-term or long-term transformation IT elements of the ICFR project plan.
• Manage components of the internal and external support, if appropriate, to deliver the specific elements of the ICFR project plan according to the planned costs and timetable.
• Report on the status of IT programme and change controls for the finance transformation programme to the Projects & Change Controls Senior Manager, highlighting clear areas where improvements need to be delivered in order for the finance transformation programme to be compliant.
• Develop regular project management reporting on the status of IT programme and change controls for other finance-impacting projects.
• Represent the Internal Controls Transformation project team in stakeholder discussions on the topic of IT programme and change controls with the broader finance transformation programme, or with the leadership of other finance-impacting projects.
• Highlight potential challenges or revisions necessary to scope, timetable, resources or dependencies to the Projects & Change Controls Senior Manager.
• Identify improvement opportunities within the specific elements of the ICFR project plan that you are managing, both short-term and long-term, for example process changes or the automation of a particular control.
• Collaborate with IT Controls Transformation peers delivering other specific IT elements of the ICFR project and with the Internal Controls team, who lead management’s testing activities.
• If necessary, prepare briefing documents for the Group’s external auditors on the IT elements of the ICFR project plan that you are managing. Prepare, or review, the documentation showing the effective operation of programme and change controls for IT elements of the finance transformation programme and other finance-impacting projects.
• Collaborate with the teams of other key internal stakeholders who have ownership in some or all of the ICFR project plan, the finance transformation programme and other finance-impacting projects, to deliver the necessary transformation and address concerns they may have. This is likely to include teams reporting to Divisional CFOs and Divisional CIOs, and other senior members of the Group Functions such as Tax and Treasury.

How you’ll do it  

• Good project management and organisation skills, in order to be able to deliver one or several workstreams to short-term and long-term deadlines.
• Good management skills, for directing the day-to-day activities of the internal and external support, if appropriate.
• Strong communication skills, to be able to clearly articulate the status of work and the risks that may cause timetable or cost challenges.
• Good ICFR skills, covering controls relevant to large scale programme and changes essential.
• Understanding how IT support process are designed to sustainably implement IT controls by design
• Knowledge of program assurance approaches be desirable
• Some knowledge and skills to of business process controls would also be advantageous.
• Able to operate in a fast-paced environment in a management role that is empowered to deliver change.

Qualifications & Experience

• SOX/PCAOB experience in a professional services or industry role
• Some experience of significant finance transformation activities in ICFR or with ICFR impacts, such as a GRC implementation, global process owner deployment, an ERP implementation, or technology enablement of the annual ICFR cycle, is advantageous, but not essential.
• Being a qualified accountant is advantageous, but not essential.

What’s in it for you
We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work and feel empowered to do so. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. We have an excellent benefits package that can be personalised to you:

• Bonus scheme
• Uncapped holiday allowance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Hybrid working
• £1,000 annual self-development learning fund
• Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme
• Paid volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Wellbeing fund (£/€250 a year)
• Recognition programs
• Electric car scheme, gym membership, discounts, vouchers and much more!

About Flutter

We are a world leader in online sports betting and iGaming, with a market leading position in the US and across the world.

We have an unparalleled portfolio of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands including FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet.

With our global scale and challenger attitude, through which we excite and entertain our customers, in a safe and sustainable way. Using our collective power, the Flutter Edge, we aim to disrupt the sector, learning from the past to create a better future for our customers, colleagues and communities.

We’re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.