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Risk Analyst - Internal Audit - London

London  ‐ Onsite
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Keywords

Compliance Audit Communication Analysis Finance Documentation Accountancy Test FS Manager

Description

Risk Analyst - Internal Audit - London

Global FMCG require a Risk Analyst whiten their Internal Audit team to work out of their West London shared service centre. This role is working with German subsidiaries and fluency in German is essential for the role.

This role will require the Incumbent to perform risk assessments over finance processes, partner with process and local finance organisation (German) to analyse control deficiencies and ensure adequate mitigation actions as well supervise the third-party testing results and quality of their testing documentation.

The role is created to deliver the pilot for controls testing centralization for the German market within Europe. During the pilot, we are looking to test controls performed locally by a centralized team in a remote manner, engaging with local finance teams as well as the third party testing team, analysing results of the testing centrally and providing assurance to local management on the effectiveness of their control environment,

Key responsibilities

  • Engage with local compliance team to acquire adequate understanding of local operations re. controls performance, processes and systems and control owners, to facilitate the delivery of the pilot testing plan and support both the local management and third party testing team during the testing pilot and year-end testing.
  • Deliver the pilot testing plan for the market assigned as per the plan and derive key learnings for the planning of the year-end testing as well as identify critical success factors to develop a standard approach for lift&shift of local controls testing activities to the central team for future markets
  • Following the pilot, plan the year-end testing plan for SOX reporting for the market assigned
  • Monitor testing execution by the third party to ensure adequate progress, adequacy of testing results and quality of their testing documentation, analysis of control deficiencies and observations with local teams to ensure adequate remediation.
  • Engage with the local team to address and resolve any operational issues or escalations during the testing pilot on both sides to ensure successful execution of the testing within the agreed timelines.
  • Provide regular updates to the FS Risk Manager EMEA/UK role and to the FS Risk Management Director on the progress of the pilot and testing, and raise any significant issue that require their attention.
  • Provide regular updates to the Controls Testing Centralization project manager (PMO) responsible for the overall management and coordination of the program for all markets.

    • The job holder should have in depth experience of Finance, Accounting and Auditing processes, preferably in a multinational environment. Should have knowledge in SAP finance-related modules, and also experience in conducting process risk assessments. Ability to communicate effectively to and influence senior management is required.

    Capability to deliver results over assigned reviews as part of the Risk & Compliance plan. This involves working with other risk analysts/team leads across different groups within the organization. This will require the ability to work independently and also as part of teams; resolve issues by providing technical inputs and operations experience. Will require communication and influencing skills to manage the implications of risks and issues identified with process owners. Capacity to summarise an issue, to hone in on the essential and escalate to risk management for significant/relevant issues.

    The contact offers £302 per day for an initial 6 months and based in West London.

    Start date
    ASAP
    Duration
    6 months
    From
    Ventula Consulting
    Published at
    24.11.2018
    Project ID:
    1672726
    Contract type
    Freelance
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