Manager - Financial Compliance

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Role purpose

The Financial Compliance Manager is responsible for providing proactive financial compliance partnership to the Accounts to Reporting function. The role identifies and assesses financial risks, supports the design and operation of effective internal controls, and helps ensure that control deficiencies are remediated accurately and on time. The role also enables compliance by design in change initiatives, supports risk-based governance, and uses data-driven insight to strengthen the control environment.

Accountabilities

·       1. Internal Control Framework and Financial Risk Management

• Identify, assess and strengthen financial risks and controls, with particular focus on the Internal Control Framework (ICF).
• Ensure the accurate and timely closure of remediation actions arising from identified control deficiencies.
• Assess emerging risks identified by the business or countries—including geopolitical, environmental and technology-related risks—and support the development of appropriate mitigating actions.
• Support the function-level Risk Assessment Framework and ensure key financial compliance risks are appropriately considered.

2. Strategic Business Partnership and Compliance by Design

• Collaborate with Business Partners, tower heads, global leaders and other functional stakeholders on ICF, external audit observations and other material compliance matters.
• Facilitate the exchange of new ideas, leading practices and relevant benchmarks to improve the control environment.
• Promote “Compliance by Design” for new systems, process changes and automation initiatives.
• Assess risks arising from significant process or system changes through the SPD process and evaluate whether proposed controls adequately mitigate those risks before implementation.

3. Continuous Monitoring and Insight

• Use data-driven continuous risk monitoring, including the Risk Dashboard where feasible, to identify emerging, suspicious or non-compliant trends.
• Translate monitoring insights into clear, practical actions and constructively challenge and influence stakeholders to address identified risks.

4. Global Governance and Standardisation

• Identify country-level variations in processes and controls.
• Drive global control benchmarking and standardisation across countries where practical, while respecting local requirements.
• Ensure that local variations continue to mitigate the relevant risk and meet the intended control objective.

5. Compliance Awareness

• Support the development and delivery of ICF training and compliance-awareness activities for relevant stakeholders.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Advanced knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Knowledge and Experience

• Deep understanding of financial compliance, internal controls and control documentation requirements, including how controls are implemented and sustained.
• Working experience in financial data analytics.
• Sound knowledge of internal controls, business-process best practices in an agrochemicals or manufacturing environment, and audit techniques.
• Working knowledge of, and partial training in, PCAOB, COSO and SOX requirements.
• Approximately 6–8 years’ audit experience in a decentralised SAP/ERP environment.
• Experience coordinating or supporting internal control testing programmes and managing relationships with external auditors.
• Experience working in a large multinational organisation.
• Demonstrated exposure to senior stakeholders through written communication, face-to-face discussions and formal presentations.
• Understanding of practical country-level issues and trade-offs, combined with the ability to articulate the need for adherence to global standards and principles.