Finance Manager - Regional Control Lead, Europe

About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software, sparking ingenuity to drive responsible use of the world's resources. The company's secure industrial cloud platform and applications enable businesses to harness the power of their information and improve collaboration with customers, suppliers and partners.

Over 20,000 enterprises in over 100 countries rely on AVEVA to help them deliver life's essentials: safe and reliable energy, food, medicines, infrastructure and more. By connecting people with trusted information and AI-enriched insights, AVEVA enables teams to engineer efficiently and optimize operations, driving growth and sustainability.

Named as one of the world's most innovative companies, AVEVA supports customers with open solutions and the expertise of more than 6,400 employees, 5,000 partners and 5,700 certified developers. With operations around the globe, we are headquartered in Cambridge, UK and listed on the London Stock Exchange's FTSE 100. Learn more at www.aveva.com.

An AVEVA Regional Control Lead role is being created in each region. This role is part of the Group Controls team and will be involved in further developing the Group's Internal Control Framework. The role is responsible for managing the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls and will have a focus on specific global processes alongside the region.

This role is a part of the Finance Operations team who is responsible for all financial processes and controls across the Group, including:
• Updating and establishing the Internal Control Framework (ICF)
• Monitoring of compliance to the ICF
• Oracle access management
• Assisting risk owners in mitigating risks
• Communication to and training of Controls Owners
• Providing advice on finance transformation projects

This role provides a great opportunity to shape the future of the Group Controls team and set the right tone, processes and procedures over corporate governance.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that robust, effective internal controls are designed and implemented into AVEVA's end-to-end processes and developing Risk and Control Matrix
• Working with colleagues from international locations to ensure a global and consistent approach is applied in the development of the control requirements and design
• Identifying and driving implementation of best practices and revisions for internal controls
• Ensuring effective monitoring processes are developed for controls in scope
• Ensuring compliance with the Group's Internal Control Framework, and working with the Global Process Owners and Finance Operations team to enhance controls where necessary
• Ensuring that the Month-end controls checklist is completed and that all evidence supporting those controls has been retained and uploaded to the appropriate system
• Participate in monthly Group Reporting calls with Financial Controllers, review submissions and provide feedback
• Leading periodic and annual controls self-assessments signoffs in the region
• Reporting on control failures or controls that have not been operated, consider compensating controls and assess risk associated with the non-conformance
• Working closely and independently with the control owners to address any remediation requirements of control deficiencies
• Collecting and acting on feedback from control operators and work with Finance Operations to address these
• Co-developing and administering training to the region on key control initiatives
• Overseeing the response to Internal Audit findings in the region and supporting internal investigations / reviews as required

Skills & Qualifications

• Qualified accountant
• Experienced control manager within an international group
• Knowledge of internal controls (e.g., SOx, J-Sox, COSO) with experience of designing and implementing control activities
• Audit / internal audit experience beneficial
• Knowledge of IFRS accounting standards
• Experience of embedding Governance and Control frameworks within large organisation
• Knowledge of financial and other controls and risk assessment
• Knowledge of Oracle Fusion or other ERPs beneficial
• Experience of Governance, Risk and Controls systems/tools beneficial
• Experience of working with global and virtual teams
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with a collaborative approach, with strong cultural empathy

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.

Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.

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