Main Accountabilities
This role is part of the Control service. The person will be the Access Control PEC Assistant Manager in Unilever and will be a subject matter expert (SME). The role will require working with internal access control counterparts and stakeholders in different parts of Unilever as well as extensive working with business partners Some of the key aspects of the role are
1.Process Stewardship for Access Controls
- Play SME role for Access Controls design elevation across all KFAS. Aid and guide the organization in designing access controls in KFAS, which mirror business requirements, with appropriate segregation of duties and sensitive access.
- Liaising with Business, Operating Centres, Controllers/ Controllers’ teams, et al to ensure Access Controls Compliance
- Responsible for control assurance operations without Control Failures in area
- Work closely with Identity Access Management Platform Directors, IT Applications Directors, Business owners, and Information Security teams to manage Access risks in Unilever.
- Collaborate with GCAD and Controller teams to improve monitoring of access controls environment of Unilever
2.Audit Management
- Support PEC manager to manage for all audit related activities to Unilever teams and auditors for all KFAS systems (statutory and internal Sox) for access controls
- Work closely with Operations and Platform team to fix Access Controls Design deficiencies related to guidelines, procedures, and implementations.
- Actively participate and provide inputs based on assessment to GCAD for Audit Committee paper and notes
3.Skills/ Experience:
The role holder should have experience across IT and Business processes and a passion for controls. They should have and should be able todemonstrate:
- Strong Business knowledge and expertise – business drivers and implications on controls.
- Sound technical knowledge – SAP processes, and other Key financial applications.
- Strong working knowledge on Risks and Controls across various streams – Access, Process, and IT, prevent controls, detect controls.
- Creative thinking and ability to connect dots.
- Expert level knowledge of professional standards in SAP Security administration and best practices
- Expert knowledge in SAP GRC – Access controls and process controls (desirable).
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with stakeholders – controllers, central teams etc.
- Should be able to navigate through difficult scenarios with transparency and persona credibility, by bringing forth personal mastery, and sense of service for the larger purpose of Unilever control health environment.
- Ability to lead large multi-level teams, and delivering on a large agenda.
- Experience and awareness of working in a global role, demonstrate awareness and empathy to our many cultures and social needs.
- Ability to influence senior stake holders and cross functional teams to drive agenda
- Experience in managing 3rd party outsourced vendors.
- Should have a passion for Controls, Risk assessments, and demonstrate curiosity and agility as key standards of leadership.
- Customer and service centric mind set, placing the user at the heart of the solution
- Ability to work under pressure and in ambiguous situations.
Key Interfaces
- Project team.
- Project Leadership.
- Global Chief Accountant’s Department (GCAD).
- Statutory Auditors – KPMG.
- Corporate Audit.
- IT and Business KFAS Owners.
- PMU Finance VPs.
- Market Finance Controllers.
- Operating Centre Heads for the key process’.
- IT Directors and teams.
- Info security Teams.
- Other service line teams for Access controls improvements.
- Critical success Factors for the Job.
1. Competencies
- Analytics and controls mind set.
- Organisational Awareness.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience and awareness of working in a global role.
- Ability to lead large teams, assume peer leadership and influence key/senior stakeholders.
- Ability to set and deliver onlarge change agenda.
- Ability to influence constructively.
- A strong customer and service centric mindset.
- Ability to work under pressure and at times in ambiguous situations.
2. Professional Qualification / Experience
- CA/CPA/relevant qualification with 5-7 years of Controls or Access controls or process experience in Unilever or at least one other global organisation with similar industry – varied across expertise, controllership and partnering.
- Experience of landing majorprojects.
- Managing teams.
- Has the necessary experience and cultural awareness to work with a geographically, culturallydiverse, and global team.
3. DESIRABLE:
- Controllership role experience.
- Technology understanding SAP, GRC, Security.