Manager/Senior Manager - Compliance, Internal Controls, and Policy

The Senior Manager – Compliance, Internal Controls, and Policy is a multi-faceted professional role with several areas of responsibility, including financial policy & compliance, acquisition integration from compliance perspective, ERP/tool implementations, Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) compliance, and compliance monitoring programs. This position reports to the Assistant Controller and must partner optimally with the global finance organization, global controllership, internal audit, and external audit.

As the Senior Manager – Compliance, Internal Controls, and Policy, :

• Lead all aspects of financial policies and the design of controls pertaining to all business processes to ensure monthly/quarterly/annual compliance globally, including:
  • Partner with local functional leaders to assist in the development and implementation of business procedures that support global financial policies.
  • Partner with local functional leaders and global leaders to assist with standardizing and harmonizing global business processes (e.g. indirect spend processes and related monitoring oversight practices)
  • Conduct training on key internal controls topics related to all business processes for regional finance management
• Perform SOX scoping on an annual basis and coordinating with management and external auditors to review and approve with the Audit Committee
• Assist in coordinating all aspects of annual engagement with outsourced internal auditor and external auditor and with local management including:
  • Coordination of controls testing and documentation;
  • Communicating updates and results to key levels of management;
  • Support local management in their on-going interaction with internal and external audit;
  • Assist with SOX deficiency review and design remediation action plans in collaboration with management; this includes previewing with internal audit and external audit
• Work in partnership with business leaders to strengthen governance, risk and control environment by anticipating issues, providing advice and sharing internal controls knowledge and best practices. This will include working with management teams to implement controls in locations that are smaller or not in scope for SOX 
• Work with Global Controllership to establish policies and procedures to guide internal controls staff and facilitate consistent, high quality outcomes and deliverables.
• Embrace a “compliance by design” mentality; proactively identify systemic gaps that should be integrated into program design and elevate them to the appropriate owners. Prevent local/one-off solutioning whenever possible.
• Support the Company’s finance integration efforts for acquired businesses, including:
• Assisting with the integration of the businesses into existing control frameworks to ensure SOX compliance within business processes;
• Coordinate alignment with and adoption of Company financial policies.

Required Education, Experience, and Skills: 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required; CPA / CIA / Register Operational Auditor (RO) preferred
• Minimum 6-7 years overall relevant experience with at least 5 years in public accounting experience. Ideally the candidate would have a combination of public accounting experience along with public company internal audit or accounting / reporting experience (preferred, not required)
• Experience with internal controls and/or internal audit required
• Change management mentality
• Results oriented and able to lead change
• Good project management skills
• Ability to analyze complex data and process and explain in common language terms
• Strong knowledge of SOX, internal controls, internal audit services
• Strong US GAAP knowledge
• Strong understanding of the business processes for consumer or industrial products industry
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously
• Ability to work via influence and persuasion vs. directive
• Strong cross cultural working style for global interactions
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required in English, as this position requires regular contact with various levels of management
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Suite. Familiarity with ERP accounting software specifically Oracle (preferred, not required)
• Proficiency or familiarity with SOX/GRC tools (preferred, not required)
• This role may require periodic travel both domestically and internationally. 

WHO YOU ARE: 

You consider relevant factors and use appropriate decision-making criteria principles. You persist in accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacks. You follow through on commitments. You readily act on chal