Controls Assurance Manager

Responsibilities:
Partner with Regional Controls Teams to deliver controls transformation and assurance activities, including control design assessment, operational effectiveness testing, and remediation support.
Coordinate with the Internal Testing Team and third-party providers to ensure timely, accurate delivery of the global testing plan.
Perform quality reviews of Audit Board documentation to ensure alignment with global methodologies and consistent, high-quality assurance outputs.
Support targeted reviews and deep dive assessments, bringing an analytical lens to identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
Provide guidance and advice to market and functional stakeholders on internal controls, issue remediation, and control design improvements.
Apply sound judgement to manage issues, oversee escalations, and remove blockers to delivery. Reporting, Analytics & Continuous Improvement
Support reporting of control results and insights via Power BI dashboards, including investigation of exceptions and validation of findings.
Contribute to the evolution of the global control framework, including supporting automation and data-driven testing initiatives. Promote standardisation, methodology adherence, and continuous improvement across the COE and wider GIC function.
Provide supervisory oversight and coaching to analysts and testing resources, ensuring quality and capability development.
Support the embedding of global ways of working and strengthening the internal controls capability across the team.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
Professional qualification (CA - 1st attempt qualified) mandatory.
8-12 years of experience in audit, internal controls, risk management, financial controls or a similar assurance environment.
Strong understanding of internal controls frameworks (e. g., SOX/ICFR) and assurance methodologies.
Experience working with global teams and/or shared services/COE environments.
Excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Strong communication skills with an ability to collaborate across time zones and regions.
Strong documentation quality and attention to detail.
Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP or JDE) is a plus.

Experience
8-12 yrs