JOB TITLE
Manager- Group Financial Controls | Holding | Finance
Role Summary
To execute and continuously enhance the group-wide financial control environment by coordinating the design, testing, and remediation of controls across Holding and OpCos. This ensures accurate financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and timely resolution of control-related issues.
ROLE PROFILE
- Control Execution & Documentation Maintain Risk & Control Matrices (RCMs), flow charts, and walkthroughs for core finance cycles (P2P, O2C, R2R, Tax, Treasury).
- Control Testing Plan and perform periodic management testing; log exceptions, agree action plans, and track closure with OpCo controllers.
- Month End Governance Monitor close checklists, key reconciliations, and journal entry controls; escalate delays or high risk items.
- Policy Compliance Ensure adherence to IFRS, group accounting policies, and SoD rules. Support updates to the Internal Control Manual.
- Automation & Analytics Leverage tools, Power BI and data analytics to increase automated control coverage and reporting.
- Audit Liaison Prepare schedules and coordinate walk throughs for internal and external auditors.
- Training & Guidance Deliver bite size control awareness sessions to finance teams; develop job aids and FAQ sheets.
- Continuous Improvement Identify process inefficiencies; recommend and help implement enhancements (e.g., straight through processing, workflow triggers).
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
- Professional certification strongly preferred: CPA, ACCA, CA, or CIA.
- Post graduate qualification in Risk Management or Data Analytics is an advantage.
- 58years in internal controls, external audit, or controllership within a multi entity or group environment (listed company experience highly regarded).
- Hands on responsibility for ICFR / COSO implementations, including RCM design, process documentation, and management testing.
- Direct exposure to monthly close governancechecklists, reconciliations, journal entry controlsand proven success shortening close cycles or automating reconciliations.
- Demonstrated track record of collaborating with Big 4 auditors and delivering PBC requests on schedule.
