Internal Controls Manager - Americas Commercial

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually job description includes intro about company, then responsibilities, qualifications, work environment, pay. We need to use

for section headings (e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We should only include sections that have real content. The posting includes: About the role? Not explicit heading but we have a paragraph describing company and role. Could treat as "About the role". Responsibilities: long list. Qualifications: includes Experience, Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. Could combine as Qualifications. Also Work Environment: maybe not a standard heading but could be "Work Environment" but not in list; we could omit or treat as part of Qualifications? The instruction: Use headings from list; we can add others? It says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings but suggests using those. Probably we should stick to those. So we can have About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Pay. Also maybe Skills? But Qualifications already includes skills. Could separate Skills but not needed. We'll include About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Pay. Also maybe Work Environment not needed. We'll not include Benefits or Schedule as not specified. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include the intro paragraph about CooperVision, purpose, values, etc. Also note about work authorization, location, onsite, no relocation assistance. That's part of About the role? Could be included. Responsibilities: we need to list each duty as

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. The responsibilities paragraph is a long sentence with many duties separated by periods. We need to split into list items. We should preserve all substantive information; we can break at each sentence that starts with a verb. Let's parse. Responsibilities text: "Develop and actively manage strong business partnerships with key stakeholders including controllers, control owners and auditors, to drive effective and timely communication including changes in policy or control requirements, remediation of any control issues or accounting errors, or business concerns requiring additional support, etc.Develop and maintain effective stakeholder engagement strategies, including identifying appropriate points of contact, establishing communication cadences, coordinating routine compliance activities, and ensuring communications are directed only to appropriate stakeholders and decision makers.Consolidate and escalate policy and / or accounting inquiries to ensure proper and consistent treatment.Coordinate and deliver formal trainings to ensure compliance requirements are known and understood across the business.Actively participate in global internal controls strategic discussions and propose continuous improvement opportunities to drive automation, efficiency, visibility, and accountability in the maintenance of the control environment. Able to think creatively and utilize existing tools and resources in the execution of proposed improvement opportunities.Proactively plan and coordinate recurring compliance tasks, project activities, audit readiness, and control activities with stakeholders to ensure adequate notice, resource planning, and timely execution.Manage local communication, coordination, and execution of key global internal controls initiatives.Lead control rollouts to ensure a complete risk and controls framework exists with proper control ownership identified.Track changes in key personnel and/or processes and assess for impact on the control environment. Oversee risk mitigation efforts and required updates to control data and/or documentation.Provide guidance to new control owners and ensure control ownership is fully transitioned timely & effectively.Escalate emerging risks, stakeholder concerns, resource constraints, and barriers to execution in a timely manner, including recommended mitigation plans and resolution options.Monitor completeness and accuracy testing of key reports used for control activities (i.e. IPE Reports), ensuring local personnel are properly trained on what acceptable protocols and forms are, and where required, support testing activities.Review annual control certification / self-assessment responses and work with control owners to ensure control records and documentation in the Control Management System are kept up to date and accurate prior to audits (includes IC Memos, Related IPE Documents, Systems used, Control Thresholds, Process Flowcharts, etc.).Liaise with the internal and external audit teams to align on audit plan and discuss any new expectations or changes in approach, advocating on behalf of the business where needed. Assess change impact and any new requests for appropriateness and feasibility, proposing an effective and efficient path forward, and facilitating the fulfillment of those needs.Monitor audit status, outstanding audit requests, issues identified and remediation status to ensure timeliness, integrity of data reported in the Control Management System, and alignment of required actions by the business.Understand and discuss validity of audit issues (both SOX & Non-SOX) with regional audit and local teams, demonstrating ability to clearly articulate risks and communicate concerns or petition for why the business does not agree with issues raised.Monitor reported issues, review financial impact, analyze total exposure, and determine underlying root causes.Partner with remediation owners on development of management responses, due dates & accountability of action items for input to the audit report. Propose remediation actions that effectively address the underlying root causes and align with global requirements. Complete action plan forms & maintain issue / action plan completeness and accuracy within the Control Management System.Monitor remediation actions, provide periodic status updates to management, global internal controls management and regional internal audit, and send final confirmation of remediation to internal audit. Escalate any challenges that may result in exceeded action plan due dates and develop contingency plans to sufficiently mitigate risk.Work with local personnel to understand and document accounting issues, and analyze issue exposure.Annually update risk acceptances and audit memo documentation, route for proper approvals, and submit to audit.Manage routine compliance and reporting tasks.Actively participate in the Balance Sheet Review process, including tracking and monitoring closure of any action items.Support risk assessment activities and status communications prior to implementing new systems or software and monitor post implementation impact on local control processes. Perform other ad hoc and critical tasks to support the overall achievement of team and Company priorities, as needed.Directly manage staff and provide on-going training and development; set goals and objectives and evaluate performance and achievements." We need to split into list items. Many sentences start with verbs. We'll create
• for each sentence. Ensure we keep all details. Qualifications: includes Experience, Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. We'll maybe split into sub-sections? But we can just list as
  with items. Experience: "8 years of experience within an external audit, internal controls / audit or public accounting environment" Understanding of internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance Education: "Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business is required; Master’s degree a plus" Appropriate certificate in accounting and/or auditing (e.g., Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants: ACA, ACCA, CA), a plus Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: list many items. We'll put them as list items. Pay: The posting includes: "For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting base pay for this role is between $94,148 and $125,531 per year and may include cost of living adjustments.The actual base pay includes many factors and is subject to change and modification in the future.This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation and benefits." We'll include that as

  under Pay heading. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove that. Now produce HTML fragment. We'll start with

  About the role

  then

  containing intro paragraph plus work auth/location etc. Intro paragraph: "At CooperVision, a business unit of CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO), we’re driven by a unified purpose of helping people experience life’s beautiful moments. We are connected through our shared values - dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing. As a leading global manufacturer of contact lenses, we are committed to helping improve the way people see each day. Through our diverse lens portfolio, we tackle the toughest vision challenges – including astigmatism, presbyopia, and childhood myopia. We offer the most complete collection of spherical, toric, and multifocal products available, enabling us to fit 99% of all contact wearers. Learn more at www.coopervision.com . This role is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization now or in the future. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent and ongoing basis without the need for future sponsorship (i.e., H1B, STEM OPT extensions, TN, etc.)This position requires full-time onsite work (5 days per week) in Victor, NY and is not eligible for relocation assistance" We'll combine into one

  . Then Responsibilities

  Responsibilities

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  • . We need to be careful to not miss any content. Let's split sentences manually. I'll go through the responsibilities text and create items. 1. Develop and actively manage strong business partnerships with key stakeholders including controllers, control owners and auditors, to drive effective and timely communication including changes in policy or control requirements, remediation of any control issues or accounting errors, or business concerns requiring additional support, etc. 2. Develop and maintain effective stakeholder engagement strategies, including identifying appropriate points of contact, establishing communication cadences, coordinating routine compliance activities, and ensuring communications are directed only to appropriate stakeholders and decision makers. 3. Consolidate and escalate policy and / or accounting inquiries to ensure proper and consistent treatment. 4. Coordinate and deliver formal trainings to ensure compliance requirements are known and understood across the business. 5. Actively participate in global internal controls strategic discussions and propose continuous improvement opportunities to drive automation, efficiency, visibility, and accountability in the maintenance of the control environment. 6. Able to think creatively and utilize existing tools and resources in the execution of proposed improvement opportunities. 7. Proactively plan and coordinate recurring compliance tasks, project activities, audit readiness, and control activities with stakeholders to ensure adequate notice, resource planning, and timely execution. 8. Manage local communication, coordination, and execution of key global internal controls initiatives. 9. Lead control rollouts to ensure a complete risk and controls framework exists with proper control ownership identified. 10. Track changes in key personnel and/or processes and assess for impact on the control environment. 11. Oversee risk mitigation efforts and required updates to control data and/or documentation. 12. Provide guidance to new control owners and ensure control ownership is fully transitioned timely & effectively. 13. Escalate emerging risks, stakeholder concerns, resource constraints, and barriers to execution in a timely manner, including recommended mitigation plans and resolution options. 14. Monitor completeness and accuracy testing of key reports used for control activities (i.e. IPE Reports), ensuring local personnel are properly trained on what acceptable protocols and forms are, and where required, support testing activities. 15. Review annual control certification / self-assessment responses and work with control owners to ensure control records and documentation in the Control Management System are kept up to date and accurate prior to audits (includes IC Memos, Related IPE Documents, Systems used, Control Thresholds, Process Flowcharts, etc.). 16. Liaise with the internal and external audit teams to align on audit plan and discuss any new expectations or changes in approach, advocating on behalf of the business where needed. 17. Assess change impact and any new requests for appropriateness and feasibility, proposing an effective and efficient path forward, and facilitating the fulfillment of those needs. 18. Monitor audit status, outstanding audit requests, issues identified and remediation status to ensure timeliness, integrity of data reported in the Control Management System, and alignment of required actions by the business. 19. Understand and discuss validity of audit issues (both SOX & Non-SOX) with regional audit and local teams, demonstrating ability to clearly articulate risks and communicate concerns or petition for why the business does not agree with issues raised. 20. Monitor reported issues, review financial impact, analyze total exposure, and determine underlying root causes. 21. Partner with remediation owners on development of management responses, due dates & accountability of action items for input to the audit report. 22. Propose remediation actions that effectively address the underlying root causes and align with global requirements. 23. Complete action