Manager, Internal Controls

Job Description

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You will partner with financial and operational management to understand and enhance internal control environments, risks, and mitigation activities to minimize the risk of financial losses, operational inefficiencies and statutory non-compliances caused by the lack of controls or effective governance. You will manage deep-dive analyses and Advisory Reviews on risk areas, provide advisory support to management on Strategic Projects, lead Data Analytics and Digitalization initiatives, manage the SOX program in the region and supervise and provide training on controls, among other activities. In addition, you will manage the locally based Internal Control Managers and Sr. Analysts.

How you will contribute

This position is based in East Hanover, NJ and could also be located in Canada.  This person will have responsibility of supporting NA US base business, NA Ventures and Canada base business, while also providing regular global and regional level support, reporting to the Internal Controls Lead for North America. The role can also be remote as well. 

You will:

• Manage the Internal Controls team and processes for the North America region (~30% of MDLZ Global Net Revenue), including NA Ventures business (~$1.8Bi business) including partnering with senior management to optimize the internal control environment through design, training, monitoring, and testing of controls (e.g., SOX, Advisory Reviews, strategic projects support, CCM/CCT).

• Manage relationship with senior stakeholders in the region (up to SVP level), including influencing the leadership to maintain a strong tone-at-the-top and reinforce accountability and awareness of control requirements.

• Lead the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) activity by conducting interviews and facilitating discussions about risks and risk factors with regional and country functional leads (US, CA, Ventures).

• Assist in performing continuous risk assessment of the region and defining the annual Internal Controls plan in collaboration with the Sr. Mgr. Internal Controls NA and regional leadership.

• Contribute to a strong controls and compliance environment at Mondelēz International by providing expert assessment of our policy and controls effectiveness and organization compliance. You will also provide training on policy and controls to the business.

• Deliver leading edge innovative risk services to strengthen risk responsiveness, maximize efficiencies and support growth through the supervision of Data Analytics, Control Digitalization and Automation.

• Conduct advisory reviews on the identified risk areas. You will also support management in SOX testing and Control Self-Assessment exercises. In addition, you will address ad hoc requests made by management as it relates to process, risks and controls.

• Participate as an advisor to senior leaders and process owners to implement action plans to remediate identified control deficiencies and improve the overall control environment.

• Provide advisory support to strategic projects (incl. SCR, new systems implementation, etc.) in order to ensure proper project governance and compliance to existing policies and controls.

• Assign team members to serve as liaison to external and internal audit teams and facilitate discussions as required to reduce the burden to local management.

• Drive for harmonization, efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and build a mindset of continuous improvement within the Internal Controls team

• Build a high-performing team through coaching and mentoring. You will also contribute to Mondelēz International’s Finance talent agenda in your area of scope

• Support fraud and special investigation reviews on ad hoc basis.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• TECHNICAL EXPERTISE in internal controls and audit practices including expertise in risk/control frameworks, enterprise risk management processes, financial policies and procedures, U.S. GAAP/IFRS and SOX requirements

• BUSINESS ACUMEN with an understanding of business practices within the country with knowledge in financial reporting, sourcing, supply chain, marketing, information systems, sales, shared services and customer service operations. Significant and relevant external/internal audit experience in a Big Four accounting firm and/or in a large global corporation. General understanding of enterprise resource planning appli