Deputy Manager - Internal Controls

Preferred Total Experience: 3-5 years

Qualifications: CA qualified

Responsibilities

1. Formulate policies and procedures to improve internal controls, compliance, and efficiency.
2. Lead the process for internal controls reviews and restaurant audits across the company.
3. Deliver adequate and timely reporting on the internal control framework and control deficiencies to ensure appropriate communication, documentation, escalation to business partners, senior leadership.
4. Deliver adequate and timely action plans and monitor progress to address and resolve control deficiencies.
5. Work collaboratively with business and process owners / Restaurants Operations to implement and monitor remediation efforts that result from internal control assessments, ensuring the effective implementation of corrective action.
6. Work collaboratively with business owners to sustain the ERM process. Track, Monitor and Report to management.
7. Actively seek standardization and automation, apply and implement best practices for managing internal controls and deploy innovative technology where possible.
8. Develop and conduct adequate training and prepare related information material on the internal control objectives.
9. Actively engage with internal and external auditors / consultants to ensure consideration and resolution of all relevant risks and audit findings.
10. Develop and conduct adequate training programme, as needed.

Preferred Expertise

• Experience from a similar position in a multinational group or delivering similar services via Big 4 audit firm. Experience in QSR or Retail would be an added advantage.
• Strong experience and interest for how technology and systems can support internal control effectiveness and efficiency.
• Solid understanding and experience with internal control frameworks
• Strong analytical skills include the ability to spot, assess and address risk, materiality and interdependencies and translate it into impact analysis for the financial reporting and recommendations for improvement.
• Strong communication skills presenting internal control and risk matters in an understandable way across various forums and levels of the organization with the right level of detail.