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Associate Finance Manager – Controls and Compliance
| Company | Unilever |
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| Location | Union City, NJ, USA |
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| Salary | $86080 – $129120 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; MBA or CPA are preferred or equivalent working experience in financial process management role
- Minimum of four years of related work experience in Audit, Internal control, Accounting, Financial process management, and 3rd party service provider management is required
- 3+ years leadership/management experience is required
- Strong knowledge about End-to-End finance fundamental processes and core ERP systems e.g. SAP, Coupa, HRC, Workday, TPM
- Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills to clearly communicate results and implications of analysis with senior management
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
- Self starter, quick learner and enjoy working in a team environment to contribute to a strong business
Responsibilities
- Conduct annual self assessment based on Global Financial Control Framework, identify control weakness and implement remediation to ensure all risks are mitigated and operating well
- Coordination with internal/external auditors for receipt of populations and samples for testing from responsible process owners. Align with auditor and process owners for any deficiency identified as well as action plan for remediation
- Deliver regular training on regulatory standards, policies, control requirements to drive the awareness and compliance culture throughout the organizations
- Work closely with global control office for local exceptions and get them approved as exemptions for control testing
- Risk assessment of Mergers & Acquisitions and develop controls to ensure acquired business/brands are on the same level of compliance
- Provide advice, guidance and support on any process change, new system/workflow implementation and new business model from control perspective
- Communicate new control requirement/standards cascaded by global control office
- Support the control review for digital transformation projects launched in North America region to ensure a smooth transition
- Support on monitoring and compliance of Information Security Protection Policy
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in financial transformation projects management is strongly preferred
- Experience creating and implementing continuous improvement initiatives would be a plus
- An enterprising and inquisitive nature that can find solutions to complex problems proactively
