Manager - Controls Assurance

The Key responsibilities of the role include:

Controls Transformation, Testing & Assurance:

- Partner with Regional Controls Teams to deliver controls transformation and assurance activities, including control design assessment, operational effectiveness testing, and remediation support.

- Coordinate with the Internal Testing Team and third-party providers to ensure timely, accurate delivery of the global testing plan.

- Perform quality reviews of Audit Board documentation to ensure alignment to global methodologies and consistent, high quality assurance outputs.

- Support targeted reviews and deep dive assessments, bringing an analytical lens to identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.

Stakeholder Support & Issue Management:

- Provide guidance and advice to market and functional stakeholders on internal controls, issue remediation, and control design improvements.

- Apply sound judgement to manage issues, oversee escalations, and remove blockers to delivery.

Reporting, Analytics & Continuous Improvement:

- Support reporting of control results and insights via Power BI dashboards, including investigation of exceptions and validation of findings.

- Contribute to the evolution of the global control framework, including supporting automation and data-driven testing initiatives.

- Promote standardisation, methodology adherence, and continuous improvement across the COE and wider GIC function.

Team Leadership & Oversight:

- Provide supervisory oversight and coaching to analysts and testing resources, ensuring quality and capability development.

- Support embedding of global ways of working and strengthening the internal controls capability across the team.

Professional skills and competencies:

- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.

- Professional qualification (CA - 1st attempt qualified) mandatory.

- 8-12 years of experience in audit, internal controls, risk management, financial controls or a similar assurance environment.

- Strong understanding of internal controls frameworks (e.g., SOX/ICFR) and assurance methodologies.

Personal attributes:

- Experience working with global teams and/or shared services/COE environments.

- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.

- Strong communication skills with an ability to collaborate across time zones and regions.

- Strong documentation quality and attention to detail.

- Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP or JDE) is a plus.