Finance Manager - Compliance (Risk & Controls) specialist

This Big 4 trained (PwC), CPA qualified professional is fully referenced and tried and tested with HPR Consulting, with exceptional feedback. They are a versatile, result-oriented professional accountant with over 10 years of experience in diverse financial environments within the FMCG, Manufacturing and Media/Advertising industries.

Key Achievements:

• Successfully performed redesign of Entity regional controls framework to achieve a reduction of ineffective controls. This reduction represented an 87% improvement compared to the prior year of implementing the new design and oversight.
• Automated P2P process in SAP with three-way match PO approval process in SAP with workflows and prepared foundations to integrate concur as part of the AP solution suite in SAP.
• Integrated SOX Environment for ANZ region to achieve full SOX compliance for the business.
• Renegotiated terms, fees and interest rates with the bank the company partnered with, resulting in $190.000 extra income for the company per year.
• Successfully integrated in SAP the procurement and financial processes, which reduced processing times by 30%, improved productivity and improved relationships with suppliers.
• Automated Balance Sheet account reconciliations to achieve results in 2 days by implementing Blackline software.
• Lead automation of bank statements load in SAP, this resulted in a saving of 10 man-hours a month, which are now invested in doing analysis rather than transactional tasks.

Current Duties:

• Oversee and implement regional controls design under Regional Controls Matrix to meet high standard and maximise performance.
• Perform a risk assessment to ensure appropriate control design is applied and risk is addressed.
• Assist on the design finance and operational controls for regional framework.
• Liaise with key stakeholders such as external audit, internal audit and risk and compliance teams in Australia, UK, USA and APAC.
• Manage regional controls team and its deliverables.
• Liaise with senior finance from operating companies to ensure correct documentation/procedures are implemented for regional controls.

Seeking circa $150,000-$160,000 + Super + Bonus.