Area Corporate Finance Controller

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**Principal Accountabilities**
- Conduct independent risk -based operational process reviews to help ensure that the systems and procedures support the achievement of business goals and objectives.
- Provide oversight and execute review procedures to support the achievement of appropriate compliance to SOx documentation and evidence requirements, in line with the SOX RACM.
- Develop, review, and update operational guidelines and policies applicable to control operators and control owners for the execution of relevant risk & control requirements.
- Prepare and implement the annual compliance and process review plans.
- Conduct ad-hoc investigations.
- Prepare and present written reports for senior management that clearly and accurately explain the findings and action plans for improvement.
- Provide formal training for the operating companies' management and staff to raise the awareness of risks and controls.
- Liaison with Group Centers of Excellence and/or Business Controls Team to document and agree plans to update and or remediate any Design and Implementation requirements of the control environment.
- Overall supervision and management of planned Group internal audits
- Conduct the bi-annual enterprise risk management exercise and provide administrative support to the Risk & Audit Committees which feeds into Regional and Group committees.
- Contributes to the successful running of the business through risk-based assessments to the corporate objectives.
- Reviewing and reporting on the control framework that allows the management to meet their duties.
- Liaison with the BU Finance Managers, who are responsible for monitoring the progress of the function.
- Develop and drive efficiency improvements, based on best practice and in line with group standardization.
- Drive risk framework, leading cross functional teams dealing with control navigator initiatives and risk register through business partnering.
- Ensure entity / functional compliance with local laws and regulations (including tax, minority interests, external regulatory reporting) with the support of local Tax and Legal teams
- Provide external auditors with assistance as required during the year.
- Serve as the Area compliance single point of contact and consolidates all Cluster compliance related activities for the Area.

**Knowledge/Qualifications**
- A postgraduate degree with accounting would be required (i.e., M+4).
- A minimum of 5 years relevant financial experience of which at least 2 years should have been in a Controlling or Audit related Finance environment.
- CA qualification is an added qualification.
- Strong IT Skills required to be capable of understanding the working and integration of multiple functional specific IT systems and the integration thereof, including SAP and the various ERP modules within
- Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint Skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to manage relationships across all levels within the company and externally.
- Good knowledge of internal control practices, principles, procedures, and corporate governance requirements for a global coup, including Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICoFR)
- Knowledge of the enterprise risk management process
- An understanding of the relationships / interfaces between departments and functions.
- Possess excellent influencing and communications skills with ability to interact with all levels of senior management.
- An ability to work effectively with all levels of staff within the company and externally - this should be demonstrated by successful experience in business partnership and decision support.
- A commercial approach to all activities which requires constant questioning and challenging of the conventional practices.
- Pro-active, persuasive, and creative as the jobholder will be introducing new rules and changing standards of practice.
- Project management skills - able to work independently and maintain level of independence whilst working in partnership with the Head Office Finance team.
- Ability to take ownership of decisions on change management and further drive the action plans derived from these decisions Experience.
- Understanding of the FMCG business environment, interrelationship/interfaces between functions.
- Experience in internal or external audit, or SOx testing of business processes, and ability to identify control gaps and provide recommendations.

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