Manager Internal Controls

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
- The position is integral to the on-going focus on Corporate Governance. It aims at:
- Improving internal controls framework and its effectiveness on Market/Cluster level
- Identifying governance and efficiency gaps in Market Europe
- Ensuring compliance with established processes and driving continuous improvement of those processes
- Primary objectives are the protection of company assets as well as ensuring effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of reporting and compliance with applicable external laws and internal regulations
- Leading initiatives focused on improving the efficiency, transparency and effectiveness of business processes
- Responsible for working with management throughout the risk management lifecycle (e.g., how to identify and quantify risk as well as guidance during the decision-making process on how to manage identified risks and monitor the risk mitigating measures)
- Participation in local Supervisory Board meetings or similar committees while maintaining the function’s status as independent 2nd line of defence for the company
- Key Responsibilities:
- Raise awareness/maintain knowledge of the Global Policy Manual on local level incl. an understanding of emerging developments and addressing of recommended policy changes to Group Policies Team
- Enable local and cross-border functions to implement controls, processes and policy in an efficient, effective and legally valid manner
- Timely coordination/execution of all ICS relevant processes (e.g. testing, self-assessment training) incl. the mandatory documentation in all relevant systems and monitoring remediation of all identified control deficiencies in collaboration with local senior management
- Support/follow Group Internal Controls requests on various ICS topics
- Immediate communication of major control deficiencies to relevant stake holders
- Assist in the directing, coaching, advising and supporting of Market/Cluster teams in all aspects of Corporate Governance
- Work in close relation with the Market/Cluster teams to review, improve and harmonize processes and update policies and controls accordingly
- Monitoring of the timely implementation of needed risk mitigation measures
- Risk oriented analysis for relevant topics and processes based on issues as so-called root cause analysis or based on other relevant information
- Triggering decision processes by relevant stakeholders and upper management respective identified risks and handling of potential mitigation measures
- Develop relationships with stakeholders across all relevant functions and markets to support appropriate best practice knowledge sharing and implementation for all relevant processes
- Supporting and enabling constant improvements focusing on efficient and effective governance for the company
- Key Relationships:
- Market Europe management; business and supporting functions
- Governance functions globally
- IC & PP community globally
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Experience in performing risk assessments and identifying key business and financial risks
- Effective communication and teamwork skills
- Strong project management and process management skills
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, negotiation and resolution skills.
- Fluent in English and Spanish (advanced level)
- Previous exposure to Finance with understanding of financial processes
- Strong communication skills and high degree of stakeholder orientation
- Strong business acumen
- MS office suite of products - upper intermediate to advanced
- Travel time max. 10%
- Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- Financial Audit or Business specialty - CIA/CPA/CMA qualification preferred
- University degree or tertiary education
- 4 years + professional experience in multi-national business environment
- 2 years + experience in process optimization and risk management areas

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