Risk and Controls Manager

Role Title: Risk and Controls Manager

Function: Finance

Business Area: Risk Management and Internal Control

Standard Job: Effective Risk & Controls Manager that ensures a fully functional Risk and Control Framework in the business

Location: BGC

Terms & Conditions: Full-Time

Main purpose of job

Finance business partner in charge of overall risk management by providing expertise through trainings and risk mitigation through regular Business Risk Assessment (BRA) and consistent monitoring of controls performance that encompass both operational and financial controls.

Key accountabilities:

RISK

• Sets out the risk assessment framework and provides tools for a more effective and objective risk management approach

• Partners with business risk owners (Country Governance Leadership Team or GovLT) to facilitate the business risk assessment (BRA) – from risk identification and prioritization to actual risk mitigation

• Leads governance and periodic review of key business risks to ensure mitigating actions are able to reduce or eliminate risks

CONTROLS

• Accountable for the design and localization of the Global Financial Controls (GFCF) matrix, including Local Accountability Matrix (LAM) to ensure proper ownership and accountabilities are in place, in order to enable proactive risk management in our operations and financial statements

• Reviews compliance of the Local Table of Authority (TOA) to Global TOA and ensuring this is timely updated and properly cascaded, understood, and followed by the business

• Conducts mandatory semi-annual controls refresher to all control owners and operators

• Works with control owners for an annual self-assessment on controls compliance and ensures any potential deficiencies are communicated with relevant stakeholders and addressed in a timely manner

• Provides control guidance especially on new business models and transformation projects

• Provides enablers for controls execution of business owners (i.e. controls dashboard and other early warning indicators)

• Ensures consistent controls governance cycle (i.e. GovLT governance, controls update to functional leadership teams, and internal reviews within Finance)

Experience and qualifications required

• Essential:

  • Highly motivated and results-oriented Finance professional

  • Ability to handle multiple complex tasks

  • Responsive to ever-changing dynamics of the business

  • Ability to effectively partner and communicate with (senior) stakeholders

  • Committed to learn new tools and systems

• Desirable:

  • With at least 5 years relevant work experience

  • Good business acumen on business/corporate processes, systems, and operations

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.