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Group Compliance Project Lead (SOX framework) — 9-12 months FTC

location:

Fruit Towers - London

team:

Finance
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Here at innocent, we’re on a mission to make it easier for everyone to get more fruit and veg into their bodies. We started back in 1999 and since then we’ve gone from selling a few smoothies at a music festival to becoming one of Europe’s biggest drinks companies with around 1,000 people (and the B Corp seal of approval).

It’s nice to be able to say things like that but we’re not patting ourselves on the back just yet. We want to show everyone that it’s possible to be a successful business while looking after people and the planet too, so we’re trying to get better in pretty much every way. And that’s where this job comes in.

what you'll be doing

A bit about the role

Innocent is growing up and maturing from a big little company to a little big company. With greater size comes greater responsibility. It is an exciting time of change with having gone live with our first factory and new ERP systems in the past few years.

We have a great opportunity for someone to support us on our journey in implementing a full SOX framework at innocent and become our SOX Compliance Lead (9-months FTC). This role is key in enabling innocent to be a responsible business and ensure we are reporting the right things in the right way.

This person will ideally be familiar with manufacturing and FMCG companies with a developed compliance framework on a medium to large scale.

In this role, you will:
  • Implement the full Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance framework across the whole business, adapting from our current SOX-lite framework. 
  • Working with shareholder compliance and controls teams (The-Coca-Cola Company) on framework best practice, compiling training materials and tools and managing timings of roll-out.
  • Working with internal technology teams to automate and systemise controls. 
  • Steer the updating of processes documentation and narratives as required from framework
  • Provide trainings to broader business on our Risk & Control Matrix requirements, roles and responsibilities
  • Work with teams across innocent on process and organisational change to ensure compliance requirements are captured.
  • Support our Group Compliance Manager on business support and ongoing control adherence and improvement.
  • Partnering with the business to improve culture of controls, increase effectiveness and land change to embed and improve compliance framework.

you'll have

What we're looking for:

  • A compliance legend – someone who has previous experience of implementing a SOX compliance framework, and solid compliance knowledge.
  • Strong project management skills – being able to finish what they begin and deliver on time.
  • A great communicator with a technical mindset but can communicate the message simply to a range of audiences including our shareholder.
  • A keen eye for detail, with a questioning mindset who can get out identify and shore up processes.
  • A structured approach to workload, who can tackle multiple streams of work and improvements in a sensible and timely way and distribute the work sensibly around the team to drive proactive management of this area.
  • Someone who is happy to get hands-on with tools and the systems to understand how we can make our processes simpler, compliance integrated and reporting easier.
  • An influential leader within Finance and beyond Finance promoting and affecting change.

you'll get

  • Be a key part in establishing the future of the innocent’s compliance framework
  • An exciting chance to work in collaboration with the business and our shareholders on this change
  • A chance to support and understand the wider business in improving understanding and execution of compliance requirements

We want innocent to be a great place to work, so we do lots of stuff to make people feel at home and try to make sure everyone’s career is shaping up the way they want it to. There are plenty of opportunities to have a go at something new or take things further.

In exchange for helping us do business in the right way, you’ll get a solid rewards package that includes a salary (phew), private healthcare, a target-based bonus, and a bunch of other nice things like a day off on your birthday. And yes, you get free smoothies.

We also know that not all our drinkers come from the same background, or think the same – so why should we? At innocent, we want to be a great place to work where a diverse bunch of people from all backgrounds can turn up and thrive. When we hire, we want all the juice, bits, and pulp that make you who you are.

Even if you don’t think you can tick all the boxes, if the job sounds right for you, come and throw your hat in the ring.

Probably best to get your skates on though, as we might close this early if we get loads of applications.

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