Senior Manager - IT Controls Transformation (8-15 yrs)

Our Client is the Capability centre of a Global leader

This is a role with a global impact as they are transforming their finance & risk function

Summary:

The IT Controls Transformation Senior Manager / Manager will be focused on IT controls at the group and within the divisions. delivering elements of the ICFR pillar of the global finance transformation programme Project management and oversight for the implementation of deficiency remediation, for the purposes of SOX 404 (a) and (b) reporting.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

- Lead the day to day delivery of specific short-term transformation and long-term transformation elements of the ICFR project plan, focused on IT controls at the group and within the divisions. This includes IT general controls across the full spectrum of IT domains and IT automated controls.

- Where relevant, manage the external support, to deliver the specific elements of the ICFR project plan according to the planned costs and timetable.

- Contribute towards regular project management reporting to the Head of IT Controls Transformation and the Head of Business Controls Transformation.

- Highlight potential challenges or revisions necessary to scope, timetable, resources or dependencies.

- Identify improvement opportunities within the specific elements of the ICFR project plan that you are managing, both short-term and long-term, for example process changes or the automation of a particular control.

- Collaborate with Business Controls Transformation peers delivering specific business elements of the ICFR project and with the Internal Controls team, who lead management's testing activities.

- If necessary, prepare briefing documents for the Group's external auditors on the elements of the ICFR project plan that you are managing.

Skills & Capabilities:

- Good project management and organisation skills, in order to be able to manage the delivery of one or several workstreams to short-term and long-term deadlines.

- Good management skills, for directing the day-to-day activities of the internal and external support.

- Strong communication skills, to be able to clearly articulate the status of work and the risks that may cause timetable or cost challenges

- Good ICFR skills, covering IT processes, is essential.

- Able to operate in a fast-paced environment in a management role that is empowered to deliver change

Qualifications & Experience:

- 8 -15 years experience

- Academics: Accountants OR Engineers OR a relevant Masters - with extensive IT Control experience- ideal would be someone who moved from a Big 4 to a Captive or a MNC where he/she has exposure to dealing with mult-i country projects'

- Exceptional Communication skills

- US SOX, IT Controls AND PCAOB audit experience and experience in a professional services or industry role

- Experience of delivering ICFR activities day-to-day, across at least one whole financial year cycle

- Experience of navigating material weakness or significant deficiency remediation is advantageous, but not essential.

- Some experience of significant finance transformation activities in ICFR or with ICFR impacts, such as a GRC implementation, global process owner deployment, an ERP implementation, or technology enablement of the annual ICFR cycle, is advantageous, but not essential.

- Experience of betting, gaming or online entertainment businesses is advantageous, but not essential

- Experience of Oracle ERP and related Oracle systems is advantageous, but not essential