ICFR Specialist

ICFR Specialist

As the ICFR Specialist, you will play a central role in shaping the internal control landscape of our organization, ensuring compliance with ICFR standards, fostering risk awareness, and enabling governance best practices across global operations. This is a high-impact role with exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Act as the custodian of the Internal Control over Financial Reporting program (ICFR) for the group.
• Maintain the Risk and Control Matrix (RACM) in line with group governance and control objectives in line with applicable frameworks.
• Facilitate business process reviews to ensure that the ICFR controls are all in place, solid and without gaps.
• Engage senior management, process owners, control owners in the organization to participate and contribute to the operating effectiveness of the overall Risks & Controls Frameworks.
• Provide oversight for ICFR through partnering with management, business unit stakeholders and internal and external audit to ensure the program is designed and operating effectively.
• Facilitate and lead risk management workshops with Business leadership team for risks identification. Prepare risk dashboards and heat maps for senior management.
• Leading all aspects of enterprise risk management including issues management, risk mitigation, risk assessment, controls identification and supporting governance and oversight through appropriate reporting mechanisms.
• Assisting & advice first line stakeholders with the integration of the Risk management practices into business model and operations including policy principles and control requirements.
• Improve and standardize the ICFR program across the group.
• Maintain ICFR documentation while supporting business units to maintain RACM and other ICFR documentation.
• Advising process/control owners on action plans for remediation of deficient controls on a timely basis. Facilitate root cause analysis and support with the design of efficient and effective remediation plans.
• Assist with coordination of and provide support to internal audits and ensure adequate and timely follow-up.
• Support the group Governance, Risk and Controlling team on topics related to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Anti-Fraud Risk Management (AFRM) and other activities.
• Coordinate with Internal Audit and perform recurring tasks including reconciliations and reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master degree in Accounting
• Big 4 experience is a must
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in auditing, IFRS financial reporting, internal controls in a listed / large multi-site corporate environment with a minimum of 3 years main responsibility in SOX-level ICFR
• Large experience in process, controls and/or policy documentation and implementation.
• Proven experience in defining, implementing and maintaining a governance framework within a diverse business environment.
• Expertise in internal control and the demonstrated ability to interpreting complex issues, assessing risks, and facilitating discussions with management to implement corrective actions.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• Strong work ethic, be a quick study, able to learn, retain and teach others.
• Strong analytical skills, both research and data analysis
• Expertise in control testing planning and monitoring.
• Expertise in risk management frameworks, identifying and managing risk and related controls.
• Fluency in spoken and written English