Internal Controls Team Manager

Internal Controls Team Manager

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. 

In this role, you will:

• Lead internal control initiatives across the EMEA region, ensuring compliance with corporate financial instructions and SOX requirements while supporting standardization across global segments.

• Oversee quarterly governance processes and drive remediation efforts for internal control failures, SOX deficiencies, audit findings and financial reporting lapses.

• Collaborate with assistant regional controllers, GBS and functional teams to evaluate and enhance control frameworks in evolving business processes and projects.

• Act as a control advisor on strategic projects and process migrations, ensuring robust control design and implementation from inception.

• Champion internal control awareness by designing and delivering targeted training programs to process owners and stakeholders across the business.

• Manage and develop a small team of Internal Controls Consultants, fostering a high-performance culture and ensuring effective execution of control responsibilities

• Monitor control testing outcomes, guide remediation planning and ensure timely resolution of identified risks while continuously improving control practices.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our managerial roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in internal controls, audit, accounting or related fields, ideally within multinational environments.

• Strong knowledge of SOX, IT general controls, corporate financial instructions and internal audit principles.

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA ideal; ACCA or CIMA).

• Experience working in or with Big Four audit firms or internal controls teams in large global organizations.

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, lead projects and drive process improvements independently.

• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills across diverse teams and geographies.

Total Benefits

Great Support for Good Health - with medical, dental, and vision coverage options, Social Fund and Cafeteria Platform, life insurance to support you and your family in unexpected moments, and the Employee Assistance Program, as we want to ensure that you have access to the resources you need to take care of yourself and your loved ones.

Hybrid Work Arrangement - with min. 3 days per month from the office, in accordance with our internal policy, as we understand the importance of work-life balance. Thanks to that, we are providing you with the flexibility to manage your commitments both inside and outside of work.

Yearly Bonus - to reward you for your hard wo