Overview
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About the role
We’re looking for a Functional Compliance Lead to join our ERP (Business Systems) team at West Northamptonshire Council. This is a key role in a complex, multi-organisation environment where compliance, transparency, and audit readiness are vital. You’ll act as the subject matter expert on statutory, financial, and audit compliance within our shared ERP environment, ensuring our systems meet legislative and regulatory expectations.
Reporting to the Compliance & Improvement Manager, you’ll be responsible for compliance assurance, risk identification, audit preparation and responses, and system integrity. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across Finance, Audit, and IT, as well as providing technical support and leadership to Compliance Officers and Analysts.
This is a great opportunity for someone with strong ERP compliance knowledge, a practical understanding of financial control frameworks, and an analytical mindset who’s confident working with stakeholders and complex audit challenges. If you’re looking for a high-impact role in a collaborative team, this could be the right fit.
What will you be doing?
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Responsible for statutory, financial and audit compliance within the Business Systems team
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Interpreting financial regulations and ensuring ERP configurations align to audit standards
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Designing, testing, and implementing controls to protect data integrity, access, and traceability
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Responding to internal and external audit queries and ensuring timely, accurate evidence is provided
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Supporting system changes and upgrades by overseeing compliance testing and risk assessments
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Driving improvements to compliance workflows in collaboration with Finance, Audit, and IT
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Providing day-to-day support, guidance and escalation for Compliance Analysts and Officers
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Supporting onboarding of new entities/systems from a compliance and governance perspective
About you
You’ll bring:
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Strong experience of compliance or audit workstreams within ERP or finance systems
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A deep understanding of financial controls, audit expectations and statutory frameworks
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Confidence working across functions and with stakeholders including auditors and IT
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The ability to interpret complex regulations and apply them in a system context
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Proactive problem-solving, with a mindset focused on improvement and assurance
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Ideally, professional qualifications (e.g. AAT, ACCA, CIPFA, CISA, ITIL) or significant equivalent experience
You’ll be comfortable working in a multi-stakeholder environment and motivated by the challenge of protecting system integrity and driving up compliance standards across a shared service landscape.
About us
We’re a new council, following one of the largest shake-ups in local government
reform in recent history. As a new authority, we’re embarking on an exciting journey
to deliver exceptional services for our residents, customers and
communities.
Our vision at West Northamptonshire Council is ‘to make West Northants a great
place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to
make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance,
Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver
services.
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with
ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail,
and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A
place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-
minded people.
When potential is unlocked, talent thrives.
Choose a career that offers you a true sense of achievement, fills you with pride and
challenges you in a positive way, every day.
West Northants Council, where careers thrive.
