Finance Manager - Global Internal Controls

A fantastic opportunity has arisen at a consumer goods company for a Finance Manager - Global Internal Controls, to join a Finance team based in Slough.

This role suits an ambitious individual seeking a high profile position and opportunity to work cross functionally.

Reporting into the Finance Director – Governance & Controls, the Finance Manager - Global Internal Controls, will work in a team responsible for: 

• Development of finance business processes and controls, including continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring cost effectiveness, understanding processes and obtaining support and sponsorship for future developments.
• Establishing the new central process and controls improvement function to develop and maintain the global controls and procedures for financial business processes.
• Developing Global Internal Controls Framework and effective monitoring processes for key Financial risks.
• Governance and Finance input into key Finance transformation projects e.g. Global SAP deployment
• Supporting and delivering special finance projects e.g. Acquisition integration

RESPONSIBILITIES 

•  Build, own and maintain risk and control frameworks for all of the group financial processes
• Identify financial, operational and IT risks within and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of controls in place. Perform management testing and analysis of internal controls
•  Develop control policies, guidance documentation and issue control alerts
• Identify and implement potential improvements and revisions to internal control environment
• Drive consistency and standardisation of global Finance policies & procedures by collaborating with regional and country-specific finance organisations
• Develop process maps of significant financial processes, identifying control points within the process and reducing redundant or non-effective controls

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE

• Qualified ACA/ CIMA
• Understanding of developing leading edge finance processes, systems and controls is essential across the following processes Record to Report (RTR), Purchase to Pay (P2P), Order to Cash (OTC), Supply Chain Planning (SCP)
• High level of drive, commitment to achieving solutions and ability to work under pressure
• Intellectual strength / flexibility to rapidly understand complex problems and rationalise these into workable solutions which can then be delivered
• Strong previous experience of SAP Controls across core modules by being involved with risk and control design, build, test and deployment as part of large ERP implementation/programmes, ideally within similar size organisations or Big Four
• A track record and proven capability in developing senior stakeholder relationships
• Able to engage with stakeholders and manage cross functional projects
• Can work and collaborate with a diverse groups of stakeholders, has strong cultural empathy, excellent interpersonal skills and can build constructive relationships internally and externally, is good at finding a common ground and pragmatic solutions to problems

What is on offer?!

• We offer very competitive salaries  
• Excellent benefits
• Chance to progress your career within a truly global organisation

If you are interested in this position then you can apply here!