DENTSU - Senior Analyst - Finance Control/Assurance

Job Description:

- Manage monthly process KPIs to identify quality issues, areas of risks and action plans required and support the Regional Finance teams in remediating areas of non-compliance.

- Contribute to the design and implementation of standardised and consistent control compliance KPI dashboards towards improved compliance.

- Perform comprehensive testing of controls to evaluate their effectiveness, identify control weaknesses, and ensure compliance with policies, regulatory requirements, and risk management objectives.

- Share findings, concerns, and recommendations from assurance activities (example JSOX readiness market testing) with local/regional/group senior management and other key stakeholders as required.

- On an ongoing basis, engage in discussions about control failures identified through internal audits, external audits, or direct control assurance testing with the appropriate local, regional, and group stakeholders.

- Ensure that remediation actions are agreed upon and continuously monitored to address these failures effectively.

- Monthly review of balance sheet reconciliations, acting as a subject matter expert to provide practical guidance to markets on how to perform best practice reconciliations.

- Ensure timely follow-up on agreed management action plans to mitigate risks to an acceptable level.

Professional Skills

- Qualified Chartered Accountant with 2-4 years of experience in Internal Audit, SOX audits, and Internal Controls.

Personal Job Attributes/Capabilities

- Prioritisation and organisation skills.

- Excellent stakeholder management experience.

- Strong communication skills (verbal & written).

- Able to communicate and influence effectively with various stakeholders, across different regions and levels.

- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an international environment with people at all organizational levels by establishing positive and productive working relationships.

- Quantitative and qualitative analytical and commercial skills and/ or the ability to analyse complex concepts and work with uncertainty to solve problems and make effective policy recommendations.

- Solution oriented.

- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.

- Agile and flexible to changing needs and ad hoc requirements.