Job Description:

The Business Assurance Specialist will be a member of the Compliance Centre of Capability (CoC) which provides and facilitates comprehensive assurance to both local and centralised operations to ensure that key operational and compliance risks are effectively and consistently mitigated.  As a key player within our Integrated Assurance Model, the Business Assurance Specialist will work closely with 1st Line teams to support consistent control implementation as well as validating this through robust control testing and execution methodologies over financial and non-financial risks and related key control solutions / risk mitigations.

Your responsibilities:

• The Business Assurance Specialist will be responsible for performing control monitoring / verification activities within an allocated area of the Group’s operations.
• The fundamental purpose of this role is to execute the annual compliance testing programme of pre-defined control activities or coordinate and review testing performed by others.
• Will support the implementation of control activities in retained processes and maintain related procedures.
• Will provide insightful reporting to internal customers in terms of the level of compliance achieved, remedial actions being put in place and any mitigation to address identified risk exposures.
• Additionally will support the localisation of Group policies and standards with the identification of any locally specific control requirements.

Our requirements:

• 1-3 years of experience in auditing / internal control compliance
• Excellent verbal and written English as English is our business language
• University degree (BA or MA) in finance or business
• Strong organizational skills, ability to follow schedules and determination to achieve goals
• Great analytical and report writing skills to visualise data in insightful ways
• Ability to develop broad, cooperative relationships with diverse stakeholders and teammates with multicultural background across multiple countries
• Positive, proactive and solution oriented approach to work, the desire for continued self-development, confidence in dealing with others
• Genuine passion and enthusiasm for compliance and business assurance activities.

Next Steps:

Interested applicants should apply with their CV highlighting their suitability for the role.

About us:

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by over 27,500 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo. Our agility and entrepreneurial spirit, alongside award winning development programmes, enable innovation and success while creating exciting and rewarding career choices.

As we move forward, our customers will be at the heart of what we do, evolving to needs and expectations and committing to a more meaningful contribution to harm reduction by building a successful NGP business. Integral to our long-term success is our sustainability strategy, behaving responsibly and supporting our ambitions, all underpinned by high governance.

Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.