RISK AND CONTROLS MANAGER (HYBRID)

Job Summary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the ongoing design and implementation of Internal Controls frameworks.
• Manage Risk & Controls Seniors/Analysts in executing controls testing, monitoring, and reporting results, etc.
• Ensure business processes have appropriate controls to optimally manage risks, assisting with the execution of risk assessments where necessary.
• Provide ongoing support to corporate functions and/or operating sectors to review to and challenge their identified risks and controls as documented in their Risk and Control Matrices (RACMs).
• Collaborate with process and controls owners to obtain process understanding, documenting the process flows and/or procedure documents.
• Identify & document leading practice controls which can be published across the organization.
• Develop guidance to support the organization with control compliance, such as evidence maintenance, job aids etc.
• Partner with business teams on cross-departmental projects to improve the overall control environment.
• Support the enterprise risk management process
• Stay up to date on internal and external changes that may impact the design or operation of controls and partner with the appropriate stakeholders to make changes accordingly.
• Support training initiatives across the organization to improve awareness and understanding of internal control requirements.
• Partner with both internal and external audit teams to facilitate streamlined and effective audit processes, as necessary.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across all levels of the organization to enhance the control environment through process optimization and automation.
• Respond to emerging regulatory updates/UK Corporate Governance Code updates.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Techically competent and confident in reviewing and identifying improvements in the design and operation of internal controls.
• Strong analytical skills, with strong risk awareness and understanding of processes and controls.
• Confident stakeholder management, communication, and able to build relationships.
• Excellent planning, coordination and organization skills and managing multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Previous experience working in Finance Control, Internal Audit, External Audit, Risk Assurance, Controls Assurance.
• Self-starter with the ability to lead and to work independently and engage with teams at all levels in the organization.
• Ability to translate and communicate technical or complex ideas in a simple, engaging, and concise manner.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential, with the ability to influence at all levels, as is the ability to function effectively in teams.

Qualifications

• Four-year bachelor’s degree in accounting, or finance.
• Professional qualification such as CPA or CIA.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in financial controls, internal audits, SOX audits, risk and controls assessment, risk assurance, preferably in a Big-4 firm or Fortune 500 organization.
• Strong knowledge of Internal Auditing Standards, PCAOB Standards, and COSO, etc.
• Recent (past 5 years) US SOX experience strongly preferred.
• Excellent PC Skills (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, Electronic audit work papers, etc.)
• Experience with SAP S/4 and HFM preferred.
• Familiarity with the UK Corporate Governance Code preferred.