Head of Internal Controls and Assurance

Your Influential Mission: You Will…

• Develop and maintain Playtech’s assurance and internal control strategy, framework and operating model.


• Lead financial, operational and technology control transformation programmes, including preparation for evolving governance, regulatory and reporting requirements.


• Oversee the design, implementation and ongoing operation of a robust financial reporting control framework with clear ownership, documentation, evidence and management accountability.


• Establish proportionate, risk-based scoping, testing, remediation, certification and ongoing monitoring processes.


• Prepare clear, accurate and concise draft reporting on control effectiveness for senior management and Board-level audiences.


• Drive timely remediation of control deficiencies and sustainable improvements to underlying processes.


• Partner with Finance, Technology, Internal Audit, Risk, external audit and business leaders to align assurance activity and minimise duplication.


• Strengthen controls over financial reporting, consolidation, access management, segregation of duties, system-generated reports and third-party assurance.


• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise, centralise and automate controls while maintaining appropriate assurance.


• Use AI, data analytics and automation to enhance processes, improve control effectiveness and strengthen assurance outcomes.


• Build, lead and develop a high-performing assurance team with clear accountability and a strong culture of continuous improvement.

Components for Success: You…

• Bring significant senior-level experience in assurance, internal controls, external audit, financial controls or a closely related discipline within a large, complex organisation.


• Have designed, implemented or transformed enterprise-wide control frameworks and can demonstrate sustained improvements in control maturity.


• Understand financial reporting control frameworks, including entity-level controls, process and risk scoping, control documentation, management certification and evidence standards.


• Have led risk-based scoping, control design, operating-effectiveness testing, deficiency evaluation, remediation and ongoing monitoring.


• Bring a strong understanding of financial reporting, consolidation, close processes and complex accounting judgements.


• Have practical experience of General IT Controls, access governance, segregation of duties and assurance over system-generated information.


• Have provided assurance over major systems or finance transformation programmes.


• Build credibility with senior stakeholders and work effectively across Finance, Technology, Risk, Internal Audit and external audit.


• Balance assurance requirements with proportionality, cost and operational practicality, applying sound judgement in complex or ambiguous situations.


• Hold a recognised professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent, supported by degree-level education or equivalent professional experience.

You’ll Get Extra Points for…

• Experience in a listed or multinational organisation.


• Experience supporting major regulatory change or a significant financial control maturity and readiness programme.


• Big Four or equivalent external audit experience.


• Experience establishing centres of excellence or centralised assurance activities.


• Experience developing or implementing control technology, data analytics or workflow solutions.


• Experience identifying and applying AI-enabled solutions to improve controls, assurance activity, process efficiency and insight generation.


• Exposure to shared services, complex third-party environments or international operating models.


• Thrive in a culture that values…