Duties & Responsibilities:
Global Control Standards
- Partner with all functions to perform Risk Assessment on timely basis (at least once a year) for regular day to day business- and on spot when new process or project is introduced.
- Ensure KC are designed effectively to cover the identified risks.
- Monitor the execution of Key Controls for each function circa on quarterly basis and report results to Audit Committee as well as recommend remediation action.
- Support in testing internal control related to systems with PwC and IBM.
- Participate in ensuring CE is tested at least once a year and ensure remediation actions are in place.
- Ensure Process Owners and Control Owners have clear understanding of PepsiCo's Global Control Standard.
Enterprise Risk Management
- Leading on the Enterprise Risk Management agenda including risk identification with the risk owners and leadership team.
- Managing the annual risk survey and engagement with the corporate ERM team.
- Reporting and monitoring the identified and potential enterprise risks.
Audit & Compliance
- Ensure business compliance with Statutory, Legal and Taxation requirements, PepsiCo corporate and local business policies & procedures, and ethical business practices.
- Perform walkthroughs for all cycles across North Africa BU to ensure completeness, identify any process gap and enhance & optimize process. Share the results with the GM and BU Controller.
- Maintain updated policies & procedures and SoA.
- Perform sudden audits & physical counts for all locations.
- Handling the communication and requirements from Corporate Audit team as well as remediation plans identified during the audits.
Standardization and Simplification
- Work with all functions within the Company to analyze and identify process improvement opportunities in related business cycles.
- Ensure quarterly Self-testing is performed timely as per sector calendar and arrange with control owners across the BU and submit test results to sector.
- Benchmark audit findings in other markets and proactively discuss audit findings with process owners corrective action if need be.
- Communicate the results of the GCS testing to the Sector IC COE along with the root causes of identified deficiencies and remediation plans.
- Present audit findings, business process improvements and the related business impact in a clear and concise manner during the audit closing meeting with respective functions.
Compliance and Ethics
- Participate in Speak investigation in the BU recommend action when it comes to control process improvement.
- Work closely with C&E team to monitor the actions identified implementation across the BUs.
- Review status update and investigation results with Sector/BU CEC.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum of 10 -12 years of experience in Finance (preferably multinational FMCG).
- Big 4 experience is a plus.
- Preferably a CPA Holder.
- Bachelor's degree in any relevant discipline.
- Fluency in both spoken & written English & Arabic language is required.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
