Manager, Internal Controls NA

Mondelēz International•East Hanover, NJ

About The Position

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours. You will partner with financial and operational management to understand and enhance internal control environments, risks, and mitigation activities to minimize the risk of financial losses, operational inefficiencies and statutory non-compliances caused by the lack of controls or effective governance. You will manage deep-dive analyses and Advisory Reviews on risk areas, provide advisory support to management on Strategic Projects, lead Data Analytics and Digitalization initiatives, manage the SOX program in the region and supervise and provide training on controls, among other activities. In addition, you will manage the locally based Internal Control Managers and Sr. Analysts. How you will contribute This person will have responsibility of supporting NA base business and NA Ventures, while also providing regular global level support, reporting to the Internal Controls Lead for North America. You will: Manage the Internal Controls team and processes for the North America region (~30% of MDLZ Global Net Revenue), including NA Ventures business, partnering with senior management to optimize the internal control environment through design, training, monitoring, and testing of controls (e.g., SOX, Advisory Reviews, strategic projects support, CCM/CCT). Manage relationships with senior stakeholders in the region (up to SVP level), including influencing the leadership to maintain a strong tone-at-the-top and reinforce accountability and awareness of control requirements. Assist in performing continuous risk assessment of the region and defining the annual Internal Controls plan in collaboration with the NA Internal Controls Director and regional leadership. Contribute to a strong controls and compliance environment at Mondelēz International by providing expert assessment of our policy and controls effectiveness and organization compliance. You will also provide training on policy and controls to the business. Deliver leading edge innovative risk services to strengthen risk responsiveness, maximize efficiencies and support growth through the supervision of Data Analytics, Control Digitalization and Automation. Conduct advisory reviews on the identified risk areas. You will also support management in SOX testing and Control Self-Assessment exercises. In addition, you will address ad hoc requests made by management as it relates to process, risks and controls. Participate as an advisor to senior leaders and process owners to implement action plans to remediate identified control deficiencies and improve the overall control environment. Provide advisory support to strategic projects (incl. new systems implementation) to ensure proper project governance and compliance to existing policies and controls. Assign team members to serve as liaison to external and internal audit teams and facilitate discussions as required to reduce the burden to local management. Drive for harmonization, efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and build a mindset of continuous improvement within the Internal Controls team Build a high-performing team through coaching and mentoring. You will also contribute to Mondelēz International’s Finance talent agenda in your area of scope Support fraud and special investigation reviews on ad hoc basis.

Requirements

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE in internal controls and audit practices including expertise in risk/control frameworks, enterprise risk management processes, financial policies and procedures, U.S. GAAP/IFRS and SOX requirements
BUSINESS ACUMEN with an understanding of business practices within the country with knowledge in financial reporting, sourcing, supply chain, marketing, information systems, sales, shared services and customer service operations. Significant and relevant external/internal audit experience in a Big Four accounting firm and/or in a large global corporation. General understanding of enterprise resource planning applications
LEADERSHIP SKILLS including proven business partnering and communication skills across a large global, public company; experience working as a finance leader managing a diverse, cross-functional and business partner teams to drive compliance environment
GROWTH/DIGITAL MINDSET and the ability to identify strategic opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness
INTEGRITY and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with our values and policies and external regulations
Bachelor’s Degree is required in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration
12 or more years of progressive experience in the Big Four firms, Internal Audit and Internal Controls or related experience
Experience leading a team is required
Previous experience supporting a company’s SOX program, including evaluation and remediation of deficiencies
Strong knowledge of the COSO 2013 internal control framework and a solid understanding of the concepts of control design and operational efficiency
Strong knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP)
Experience in working with global markets, M&A (Ventures) and shared services
Experience with data analytics to support the business and advisory reviews, and with control automation for continuous control testing
Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with senior business leaders & different teams across the organization. Proven track record of exposure to senior leadership
Ability to consistently prioritize activities to meet strict deadlines
Ability to identify problems, recommend effective solutions, negotiate with management, and ensure that those solutions are implemented effectively and timely
Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills
Proven communication and presentation skills, including the ability to make effective presentations and influence senior stakeholders
Strong teamwork orientation and people management and development track-record
Demonstrates global and enterprise-wide perspective; processes information through a strategic lens and applies tenants of systems thinking/theory and to issues/assignments
Proficiency in MS Office (mainly Excel, Word, Teams) required.

Nice To Haves

CPA, CIA or MBA preferred
CPG experience is preferred
Knowledge in SAP ERP, Audit Tools (e.g., SAP GRC and Audit Board) and Data Visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, ACL, Idea) is a plus

Responsibilities

Manage the Internal Controls team and processes for the North America region (~30% of MDLZ Global Net Revenue), including NA Ventures business, partnering with senior management to optimize the internal control environment through design, training, monitoring, and testing of controls (e.g., SOX, Advisory Reviews, strategic projects support, CCM/CCT).
Manage relationships with senior stakeholders in the region (up to SVP level), including influencing the leadership to maintain a strong tone-at-the-top and reinforce accountability and awareness of control requirements.
Assist in performing continuous risk assessment of the region and defining the annual Internal Controls plan in collaboration with the NA Internal Controls Director and regional leadership.
Contribute to a strong controls and compliance environment at Mondelēz International by providing expert assessment of our policy and controls effectiveness and organization compliance. You will also provide training on policy and controls to the business.
Deliver leading edge innovative risk services to strengthen risk responsiveness, maximize efficiencies and support growth through the supervision of Data Analytics, Control Digitalization and Automation.
Conduct advisory reviews on the identified risk areas. You will also support management in SOX testing and Control Self-Assessment exercises. In addition, you will address ad hoc requests made by management as it relates to process, risks and controls.
Participate as an advisor to senior leaders and process owners to implement action plans to remediate identified control deficiencies and improve the overall control environment.
Provide advisory support to strategic projects (incl. new systems implementation) to ensure proper project governance and compliance to existing policies and controls.
Assign team members to serve as liaison to external and internal audit teams and facilitate discussions as required to reduce the burden to local management.
Drive for harmonization, efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and build a mindset of continuous improvement within the Internal Controls team
Build a high-performing team through coaching and mentoring. You will also contribute to Mondelēz International’s Finance talent agenda in your area of scope
Support fraud and special investigation reviews on ad hoc basis.