Country Internal Control Manager

The overall mission of the Country Internal Control Manager is to contribute to maintain high standards of internal control in the Group by providing support to Business Process Owners (BPO) to maintain efficient and secure processes, maintaining high standards of internal control while benefiting from all opportunities to improve efficiency of processes, and implementing a sound annual internal control assessment. His/her role is also to inform the Country Level Management of material internal control weakness, process inefficiencies, and/or risk so that they are addressed and cleared as fast as possible.

The Group, being listed in Paris, has to comply with French Law ("Loi de Sécurité Financière") and European Transparency Directive. Countries must also be compliant with local laws and regulations.

Processes: Business processes directly or indirectly impacting the Group's consolidated financial statements, including Finance, Procure to Pay, Fixed Assets, Order to Cash, IS/IT, Inventory, HR, and Treasury.

Entities: Within the country, all product lines and Share Services Center (SSC)/Competency Center, if any.

• In Country:
  • Country Executive Committee especially CEO and CFO
  • Business Process Owners (BPO)
  • Application Business Owners
• At Group level:
  • Group Internal Control
  • Group Audit
• External Auditors

• Identification of risks in processes and implementation of the Group Internal Control Standards within the local context to find a good balance between control and process efficiency.
• Obtain the buy in and accountability of operational managers on internal control and process improvement without having a hierarchical link.
• Challenge the quality of internal control and process efficiency while supporting its implementation.

• Arabic speaker is a plus.
• Experience working for one of the Big Four Auditing Organizations.
• Minimum 8 years within a multinational culture.
• Membership in the Institute of Internal Auditors or equivalent finance qualification (ACCA, CPA, etc.) with internal audit experience.
• Knowledge of internal control concepts.
• Sufficient knowledge of IT processes.
• Knowledge of Group accounting rules and guidelines (inventory, fixed assets, etc.).
• Understanding of the group internal control methodology.
• Ability to support process improvement.

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