Internal Control Specialist
Quality, innovation, sustainability and strong brands - that is what makes Royal FrieslandCampina one of the world leaders in the Dairy business. With over 23.000 employees we operate in more than 100 countries worldwide in a broad portfolio of Dairy based products. FrieslandCampina’s purpose is nourishing by nature. It stands for better nutrition for the world, a good living for our farmers, now and for generations to come.
The Enterprise Governance, Risk & Compliance department helps our organisation to stay in control; effectively and efficiently!
* Are you looking for a challenge to help FrieslandCampina secure compliance with Internal Controls?
* Do you like to continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of controls and related processes?
* Want to support OpCos and corporate departments in managing their risks and controls within an international setting?
* Do you have a financial background and are a Qualified Accountant, Auditor or Controller (e.g. RA/RC)?
Then strengthen our team as a Senior Internal Control Specialist!
What we ask
* Bachelors or Masters in accounting or finance and (obtaining) qualified Accountant, Auditor or Controller (e.g. RA/RC)
* At least 5 years of relevant working experience in an international (corporate) organization or larger Consultancy / Audit Firm
* Basic knowledge and experience in managing internal controls, process improvements, finance and accounting;
* Basic knowledge and experience of risk management, IT systems and controls, segregation of duties, end-to-end business processes;
* Strong analytical skills, hands-on, accountable, accurate, pro-active and result oriented;
* Professional communication in English, writing and verbal, and able to work within different cultures and in an international team.
What we offer
- Unique company culture of Dutch heritage and international presence
- We offer great work life balance, and competitive salary & benefits package so you can enjoy it
- Workweek of 38 hours, competitive pension scheme, holiday allowance of 8%, end year allowance 4%, bonus scheme, flexible working hours and the ability to work from home.
- Diverse training and mentoring programs to help you grow on your own professional journey
- Exceptional support of cross disciplinary movement within the company to broaden your knowledge and growth paths
- A friendly and informal working environment, yet professional team members as sparring partners
- Autonomy and trust to create longer term impact that helps bring better nutrition to the world
- Free cheese and milk at lunch in the central office, and barista coffee to help you go through your working days with a lot of joy
Vacancy description
Key characteristics of the role are:
* Supports a selected number of major departments and processes and is responsible to design and implement an efficient and agile Internal Control Framework;
* Supports various (strategic) improvement & innovation projects to improve the maturity, efficiency and effectiveness of Risk & Control in RFC;
* Takes responsibility for the testing and/or reporting on the Internal Controls, working with business partners to support issue resolution.
Overall:
- As part of the Global EGRC team, you support RFC's control activities and various business requests related to risk & control (e.g. risk deep-dives, control implementations, control optimizations, global policy establishment & control standard setting, etc.).
- Continuously creating awareness of internal controls and enhancing the risk & control culture and mindset within the organization.
Internal Control related activities:
- Perform internal controls assessments for moderately complex controls in order to conclude on RFC’s ‘In Control’ processes;
- Perform Tests of control Design of regular/moderately complex controls;
- Review of ICF issues, design remediation plans with control owners, follow up with entities to ensure complete and timely closure of ICF issues;
- Follow up with action owners to ensure complete and timely closure of audit findings;
- Coordinate and support assigned entities with external auditor requests;
- Manage less complex engagements to support the business in risk/compliance related requests and/or participate in engagements under supervision of a Risk & Control Manager;
- Being part of a Knowledge Cluster, which has expertise/ is focused on specific knowledge areas;
- Effectively communicate to a wide variety of stakeholders (business groups, corporate center, IT, internal and external audit partners and consultants).
Team Details
See all colleagues on LinkedInFor thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it's not just about what we do, but who we are.
We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.
The global EGRC team is based in Amersfoort, Budapest and Asia and plays a crucial role in monitoring and managing risks globally; They drive the Enterprise Risk Management programme, establish strong control measures where the organisation is at risk through the Internal Control Framework and continuously drive resolutions and improvement when risk materialise, audit findings arise and processes & systems evolve over time.
This position reports to the Associate Director Enterprise Governance, Risk & Compliance EMEA.