Manager – Policy & Controls

Location: Hybrid (1–2 days per week in Manchester or Peterborough)

About the business

Markerstudy Insurance Group is one of the UK’s leading insurance providers, supporting millions of customers across personal and commercial lines. As the business continues to grow, there is a strong focus on enhancing financial governance, strengthening controls, and building scalable, robust frameworks across the group.

The opportunity

We are looking for a Policy & Controls Manager to join Group Finance, reporting to the Senior Manager for Policy & Controls. This is a high-impact role where you’ll help shape and embed the Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework, while supporting the development of a sustainable first-line assurance function.

You’ll play a key role in driving consistency, strengthening financial discipline, and ensuring a robust control environment across a complex, multi-entity organisation.

What you’ll be doing

Support the strategic development and rollout of the ICFR framework across key finance processes
Lead workstreams across different business cycles and control areas
Design and deliver a sustainable first line assurance plan
Develop and maintain finance policies, standards, and governance frameworks
Review and assess control design effectiveness across business processes
Support the creation of high-quality process documentation, risk assessments, and control mapping
Lead governance forums, committees, and control-related meetings
Produce and present finance risk reporting to senior stakeholders, including SMF holders and Group leadership
Partner with Finance Systems to embed control improvements across ledgers and reporting platforms
Act as a key liaison with External Audit on internal controls
Support business change initiatives, ensuring control impacts are understood and managed

What we’re looking for

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
Experience in internal controls, ICFR, assurance, or internal audit within a regulated environment
Strong understanding of financial control frameworks and governance
Experience working within a large, complex organisation (insurance or financial services preferred)
Ability to review, challenge, and improve control design and effectiveness
Confident, engaging and influencing senior stakeholders
Proactive, self-sufficient, and comfortable operating in a changing environment

Desirable experience

Experience developing or implementing an ICFR framework
Exposure to finance risk registers and risk reporting
Experience with policy and procedure development
Strong process mapping skills (e.g. Visio)
Experience working with finance systems and control enhancements

Why join Markerstudy?

Opportunity to shape and influence a group-wide financial controls framework
High visibility role with exposure to senior leadership and key decision-makers
Broad scope across finance, risk, governance, and transformation
Flexible hybrid working model
Join a growing organisation investing in strengthening its controls and governance capability