Group Internal Controls Specialist

Há 4 dias


Porto, Portugal Unilabs Tempo inteiro

The **Group Internal Controls Specialist**, as part of a recently new created department, will be responsible for supporting the development of a robust internal controls culture and environment through formalization of key controls, policies, and procedures, and ensuring their monitoring. The position reports to the Head of Reporting and Tax, and is part of a team of 4 internal control professionals. The position will be highly visible and impactful within the group as well as the audit and risk committee of the Board.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Support and coach operating entities in implementing and adjusting defined controls in the core operations;
- Conduct 2nd line of defense reviews to monitor compliance against Unilabs group policies and procedures and local regulations;
- Identify key risk areas and control gaps and define mitigating solutions;
- Support monitoring all internal and external audit issues relating to the process and propose process control solutions where relevant. Share best practices and learnings;
- Drive automation of controls by, not only but also, partnering with Finance Transformation team to simultaneously ensure critical transactions are only granted to the right users and alignment between system and process step-outs and controls;
- Reduce the overall number of SoD conflicts across systems and processes;
- Be an advisor in the controls design and implementation of multiple enterprise IT systems (e.g. MD365, Oracle, Coupa and Tagetik);
- Be a catalyst in finding an optimal balance between maintaining a sound control environment with efficiency and pragmatism;
- Ensure transparent, reliable and agile stakeholder management.

**Requirements**:

- University degree and preferably a professional qualification in relevant fields such as Business and Economics, Finance and Accounting, Compliance;
- Professional experience of 2 - 3 years in external/internal audit, with good understanding of COSO and internal control requirements;
- Experience of at least 1 year in Finance IT and/or system implementations from an Internal Controls perspective is highly desirable;
- Be curious, proactive, solution oriented and practical when identifying gaps and risks and recommending improvements;
- Good analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills, as well ability to work independently are highly recommended;
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills in English;
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and preferably knowledge of MS D365 and Tagetik;
- Availability to travel, predominantly in Europe.



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