IT Controls Transformation Senior Manager (Italian Speaking)

IT Controls Transformation Senior Manager (Italian Speaking)

Role Purpose

At Flutter we are embarking on an ambitious global finance transformation programme over the next three years. The IT Controls Transformation Senior Manager will be responsible for delivering elements of the Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) pillar of the global finance transformation programme, as well as supporting the other finance transformation pillars (e.g. finance ERP implementation) by providing ICFR input and insight. The IT Controls Transformation Senior Manager will report to the Head of IT Controls Transformation.

The ICFR pillar includes the delivery of :

• Transformation of the ICFR annual cycle
• Transformation of how ICFR are designed, implemented and operated, across the global organisation
• ICFR support for the wider transformation being delivered through the finance transformation programme, which cover data, systems, people, organisation design, and global process owners.
• Project management and oversight for the implementation of deficiency remediation, for the purposes of SOX 404 (a) and (b) reporting.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Own the day to day delivery of specific short-term transformation and long-term transformation elements of the ICFR project plan, passionate about IT controls at the group and within the divisions. This includes IT general controls across the full spectrum of IT domains and IT automated controls.
• Where relevant, run the external support, to deliver the specific elements of the ICFR project plan according to the planned costs and timetable.
• Contribute towards regular project management reporting to the Head of IT Controls Transformation and the Head of Business Controls Transformation.
• Highlight potential challenges or revisions vital to scope, timetable, resources or dependencies.
• Identify improvement opportunities within the specific elements of the ICFR project plan that you are handling, both short-term and long-term, for example process changes or the automation of a particular control.
• Collaborate with Business Controls Transformation peers delivering specific business elements of the ICFR project and with the Internal Controls team, who lead management's testing activities.
• If vital, prepare briefing documents for the Group's external auditors on the elements of the ICFR project plan that you are handling.
• Collaborate with the teams of other key internal collaborators who have ownership in some or all of the ICFR project plan, 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.

Skills & Capabilities

• Good project management and organisation skills, in order to be able to handle the delivery of 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.
• 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 IT processes, is crucial.
• Able to operate in a fast-paced environment in a management role that is empowered to deliver change

Qualifications & Experience

• PCAOB audit experience and experience in a professional services or industry role
• Experience of delivering ICFR activities day-to-day, across at least one whole financial year cycle
• Experience of navigating material weakness or significant deficiency remediation is advantageous, but not essential.
• 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.
• Experience of betting, gaming or online entertainment businesses is advantageous, but not essential
• Experience of Oracle ERP and related Oracle systems is advantageous, but not essential.

Measures of Success

• Achieving an unqualified ICFR opinion from the external auditors for the year ended 31 December 2025
• Delivery of a transformed ICFR environment across the global organization by end of 2027
• Maintaining an unqualified ICFR opinion from the external auditors across the period of finance transformation, most significantly in 2026 and 2027.
• Building the foundations for a culture where ICFR is seen as a critical part of the Group's external financial reporting, and where roles contributing to ICFR are seen to be excellent progression opportunities into more senior finance roles.

About Flutter

Flutter Entertainment is the world's leading online sports betting and gaming company with a market capitlisation of c. $37bn operating some of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands in the sector.

A constituent of both the London FTSE 100 and New York Stock Exchange, Flutter brings entertainment to life for over 20 million customers in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.

We call this the Flutter Edge - the combined power of our talented people, market-leading products, smart technology and the financial capital to succeed.

Operating in 20+ regulated markets, through our Positive Impact Plan, we are committed to making a positive contribution for our customers, colleagues, communities and the planet that we play on.

The Group uses a divisional management and operating structure across its companies: each division has an empowered management team, which is responsible for maintaining momentum and growth in its respective markets.

On 14th May 2024, it was announced that Flutter would be moving its primary listing from the UK to the US, and its global operational headquarters from Dublin to New York (effective 31st May 2024).