Manager Internal Controls South Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa - Mondelēz International

Mondelēz International

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Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Job Description:

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

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You will partner with financial and operational management in a limited geographic or process area 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 conduct deep-dive analyses on risk areas, provide training on controls, and support management in Control Self-Assessments(CSA) and SOX activities.

In addition, you will manage the locally based Internal Control Managers.

How you will contribute

You will:

Manage the Internal Controls team and processes for a country/process including partnering with management to optimize the internal control environment through design, training, monitoring (CCM) and testing (SOX, CSA)
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
Conduct advisory reviews on the identified risk areas. You will also support management in SOX testing/ driving the Control Self-Assessment (CSA)exercise. In addition, you will address ad hoc requests made by management as it relates to process, risks and controls
Drive for harmonization, efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and build a mindset of continuous improvement within the Internal Controls team
Build a highperforming team through coaching and developing auditors. You will also contribute to Mondelēz International's Finance talent agenda in your area of scope

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
LEADERSHIP SKILLS including proven business partnering and communication skills across a large global, public company; experience working as a finance leader managing a diverse, crossfunctional and business partner teams to drive compliance environment
GROWTH/DIGITAL MINDSET and the ability to identify strategic opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness
INTEGRITY and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with our values and policies and external regulations

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

Lead Internal Controls processes for South Africa and Central East Africa (SACEA) including partnering with management to optimize internal control environment through ongoing review of controls design (Advisory Reviews), training, monitoring (CCM) and testing (SOX, CSA).
Drive a strong controls and compliance environment within the BU by providing expert assessment of MDLZ policy and controls effectiveness and organization compliance.
Enhance by providing training on policy and controls.
Address the adhoc requests by the BU Management as it relates to process, risks and controls.
Drive for harmonization, efficiencies, and improvements to ways of working and build a mindset of continuous improvement within the IC team within the BU and region (where feasible).
Support the Enterprise risk management agenda (ERM) within the BU to ensure that key risks and indicators are adequately monitored
Support in the enhancement of internal controls skills and capabilities within the IC team
Provide market support and partner with financial and operational management to understand and enhance internal control environments, risks, and mitigation activities.
Conduct deep dive analysis' on risk areas, provides training on controls and supports management in control selfassessments and SOX activities.
Monitors implementation of management corrective action plans designed mitigate identified risks.
Advise business process owners on processes and controls improvements,
Support business projects and transformations from controls perspective
Provide training to business process owners on controls requirements
Support fraud and special investigation reviews on ad hoc basis act as valueadd business partner for stakeholders within the company

Education / Certifications:

Professional internal controls, audit or accounting certification preferred

Min 510 years of professional experience; some years of internal controls or audit related experience within a Big4 accounting firm and/or large corporation's internal audit or controls department preferred. Experience in finance role is a plus.
Strong knowledge of risk/control frameworks required
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