The Role

This role leads Financial Compliance activities for a designated business unit (Exams, Teaching, Cultural Engagement and Professional Services) and two regions of the British Council, ensuring the financial internal control environment is effective and fit for purpose. As a key second line-of-defence role, the postholder will lead financial risk management, compliance monitoring, controls testing and assurance, identify risks and control gaps, develop remediation plans, and provide clear insights and assurance to senior stakeholders.
The role will act as the main point of contact for financial risk, compliance and control, working closely with Global Finance, business units (Exams, Teaching, Cultural Engagement and Qualified Services), regional teams, process owners, Internal Audit, Counter Fraud, regulators and other specialist functions. The postholder will use strong analytical, data visualisation, financial controls and business partnering skills to identify trends and hotspots, strengthen compliance, embed a culture of continuous improvement,



and ensure global standards are consistently applied.

The Finance function is structured along the ‘three lines of defence’ model, clearly separating the operation of controls and governance (first line) from compliance monitoring, testing and assurance (second line) functions, and linking into internal audit (third line).

This is the main second line of defence role within the operational structure, linking the ‘first line’ activity (Financial Control) with third line (Internal Audit). Part of the post-holder’s role is to ensure the integrity of the second line function, educate others on the roles and responsibilities of each line of defence and ensure that the lines are not blurred.

The post-holder will need to understand the relevant local operating environment including risks of bribery and corruption, money laundering, sanctions, the regulatory environment, and the maturity of the banking and financia

📌 Head of Compliance Teaching (Noida)
🏢 British Council
📍 Noida