Senior Manager - Control & Security

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• Provide subject matter expertise on effective finance controls to a wide range of stakeholders, inputting to global policies where required.
• Work closely with the Global Process Owners (RTR, OTC, PTP) to ensure the global process template embeds adequate controls and supports the Internal Controls Framework.
• Partner with market finance controllers and other in-market finance leaders to understand overall control risks (current and future) and minimise any gaps.
• Support key target system architecture (‘TSA’) deployment activities, incl. global design, process improvements, global asset collaterals, training, test scenarios, and reporting.
• Act as the point of contact for internal and external audit on behalf of Finance Services.
• Identify adequate hand-off controls that can be held centrally, in support of individual market control environment, and drive their annual testing.
• Own the role catalogue and approval matrix for D365 security, to ensure it remains fit for purpose in light of company structure changes, in coordination with technology teams which are responsible for building and assigning them to users.
• Partner with deployment teams to deliver appropriately mapped security roles that drive overall adoption of the global template. Identify local control workarounds where needed (of both preventative and detective nature).
• Implement a monitoring process for user access and other system controls in market, and suggest enhancements to the design of business mitigating and compensating controls.
• Support the market reviews of access and segregation of duties conflict reports during BAU, including the user access certification, and provide support to audits as required.
• Support the privilege user access reviews performed by Technology and ensure regular monitoring controls are in place.
• Support other TSA process owners and internal audit, minimisation of risk in cross-system access, in support of the end-state design
• Develops deployment accelerators by using lessons learned from previous implementations and other best practices used across Finance Services to enable market teams delivering to plan, with minimal redesign, as well as effective business operations post implementation.
• Actively support the achievement of the business benefits sought by the target systems architecture being deployed.

Key Attributes

• Actively build strong relationships with key stakeholders across central, regional and market ERP deployment teams to enable effective control environment at market level.
• Support solution based working sessions among key stakeholders to drive & deliver processes that are future proof, providing a real focus on pragmatic value-added activities.
• Comfortable in an ambiguous environment and able to adapt to change through influencing others.
• Project management skills to enable successful delivery of key milestones, including the identification of priorities, risks and barriers that require action.
• Strategic thinking, able to anticipate business requirements and identify the right balance with the required control environment expected.
• Attention to detail yet able to articulate messages to stakeholders in a risk-based language.
• Actively & effectively communicates (written / oral) with key stakeholders and impacting individuals, especially when communicating negative outcomes.
• Drive high levels of team engagement through a collaborative and empowering leadership approach, living the Dentsu values.
   

Knowledge and Qualifications

• SOX/JSOX and compliance experience, audit and internal controls knowledge required.
• Accounting qualification preferred, or equivalent experience obtained through an operational finance or shared services environment.
• Hands-on global process experience developed through participation in ERP deployments, or process improvement projects.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills specifically: influencing, collaboration, quality focused and relationship building skills with finance management.
• Ability to work to challenging deadlines in a demanding fast paced environment.
• Exposure to project-based, creative, or professional services industry will be an advantage.
• Fluent English language skills, other languages an advantage but not pre-requisite.

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