Internal Controls Lead - IT

Job Title – Internal Controls Lead - IT
Location – London/Dublin/Leeds
Hybrid  - 2 days per week (Dublin only)

Permanent

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.

At Flutter, you will have an outstanding opportunity to build and define our IT control environment as we progress through our SOX journey. In 2025, we will have our first year of external auditor testing. Your expertise will be essential to our success. You will lead a team of 35 professionals delivering the SOX control testing program across our major brands. You will collaborate closely with senior technology team members. This role allows you to work in a global environment with colleagues from the US, UK, Ireland, Italy, Australia, and potentially more.

What you’ll do

• Working closely with external audit and the Controls transformation team, coordinate the creation of the IT SOX testing scope including ITGC, IT Automated Controls, interface and system reports.
• Collaborating with the PMO support, lead the development of the annual IT controls testing plan, with timings aligned with external audit and 1st line collaborators.
• Understand at a high-level any IT remediations plans, from inception to conclusion, so that impacts can be captured into the annual IT controls testing plan
• Define clear ways of coordinating efforts with the team to drive a structured and consistent approach to delivery of the plan through the different phases of work.
• Manage the delivery of the plan governance around any necessary plan changes, with PMO support.
• Drive clear and timely reporting of findings to 1st line stakeholders
• Oversee working paper review processes to ensure that testing and documentation are delivered at the right level of quality.
• Work closely with our external auditors to maintain alignment and resolve issues and roadblocks to plan delivery
• Support the year end deficiency aggregation process for IT controls
• Prepare and present status reports for key stakeholders and governance forums, including providing input into reports for the Audit Committee and SOX Steering Committee.
• Lead a team of 35 to deliver the annual SOX testing plan in an environment that continues to evolve as the organisation matures its technology operations and teams
• Effectively manage a team based in 5 different locations including a delivery centre in Hyderabad
• Drive a culture of high performance and accountability for delivery balanced with strong levels of team engagement
• Focus on talent development to support effective succession planning within the ICA team
• Grow the controls culture in the wider organisation and develop our people strategies by actively looking to develop and place suitable talent into 1st line teams.
• Build a culture of partnership and trust with key frontline contacts. This group includes SOX champions, critical application owners (for example, Oracle finance system), and senior technology leaders, including CTOs and CISOs.
• Provide constructive input to 1st line stakeholders to support a better understanding of control requirements and risk management, as well as more strategic feedback focused on comparing and contrasting technology team operating models across the different brands
• Where controls fail help management to understand the risk associated with the failure and the implications, informing the prioritisation needed for remediation
• Working with the controls transformation group to support management in development of remediation action plans that are practical, achievable and address the risk
• Provide input into the overall Flutter-wide ITGC framework being created as we increase our overall SOX maturity, including as we build-out AI deployment across finance and technology  

Experience required:

To succeed in this position, you should possess the following qualifications and experience:

• Minimum of 12 years of IT audit experience in external audit or an internal controls function, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
• Experience in a global business with significant off-shore testing efforts.
• Comprehensive understanding of various testing methods for ITGCs, ITACs, interfaces, and system reports.
• Proficient in control build approaches for databases, operating systems, infrastructure, cloud, and SaaS platforms.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion and AWS technologies is helpful though not essential.
• Background in betting, gaming, or online entertainment is beneficial but not mandatory.
• Degree in IT or Finance, or equivalent experience.
• IT Audit (e.g., CISA, CRISC) or IT Security qualifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM) required.
• Having qualified accountant credentials is a plus but not required.

How you’ll do it

• Outstanding project management and organizational skills to balance multiple workstreams with varied deadlines.
• Strong leadership capabilities to guide team activities and foster a trust-based environment.
• Effective influencing skills to educate and engage 1st line collaborators.
• Strong knowledge of IT processes, ITGCs, ITACs, interfaces, and system reports.
• Adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced, empowered leadership role.

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
• Uncapped holiday allowance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Hybrid working
• £1,000 annual self-development learning fund
• Paid volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Wellbeing fund (£/€250 a year)
• Recognition programs

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.