Senior Manager, Compliance, South Asia

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JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Manager is a key member of the Finance team in the Continent, with focus in the APEC Region.

This position is responsible for evaluating and improving the control environment and operational effectiveness for managed hotels within Continent and ensuring compliance with Marriott’s Corporate and Financial policies and procedures.

The Senior Manager is actively involved in activities concerned with assisting and training hotels in strengthening and enhancing processes and tools to create strong internal controls which minimize risk and safeguard company assets.

The Senior Manager will be responsible for assisting and leading automation projects to increase audit coverage through desktop or remote audits.

This individual will work closely with the Continent’s finance team, property leaders and Internal Audit to identify control weaknesses and present recommendations to financial leaders.

She or he will provide support in investigations.

This position directly reports to the Senior Director, Compliance, APEC.

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Expected Contributions

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• Develops objectives, plans and scope consistent with the objectives and priorities as indicated by the supervisor.
• Lead and / or be involved in projects to enhance the overall control environment, using creative approaches and technology as an enabler. Assist in developing automation for increasing risk-based audit coverage
• Develops and / or enhances audit tools and reviews the internal controls within the region.
• Confers with Company management on opportunities to improve policies, programs, and activities of the Continent and Regional; makes recommendations regarding specific areas of responsibility. Ensures consistent treatment and resolution of issues.
• Partner with Area teams, Compliance Councils, training champions to advocate Compliance and required training across all functions
• Conduct property trainings and share best practices on internal control procedures, including but not limited to Finance and Accounting, Procurement, Human Resources and Operations.
• Deliver monthly webinar training for APEC, ensuring hotel’s understand criticality of risk and importance of controls in day-to-day operations.
• Participates in the training provided by the Compliance and Regional, and / or other appropriate MI Corporate Departments.
• Works with all stakeholders to identify and prioritize properties that should be reviewed for Audits.
• Meets with Management at all levels to discuss audit plans and results and make recommendations to resolve findings requiring corrective action.
• Conducts property visits across the Continent to assess internal controls in areas which include Cash, Balance Sheet Certifications, Property Self Audits, Purchasing, Operations and other accounting processes as well as key control initiatives and policies as directed.
• Does follow-up on issues and recommendations resulting from property and regional audits, ensures weakness resolution and develops plans to improve overall control environment.
• Monitor status of all property self-audits through QuickBase to ensure audits and weaknesses resolutions are performed with high quality and on timely manner.
• Collaborates effectively with Compliance team members to share and leverage best practices on audit plans, observations, audit checklists and tools, internal control matters, policy, and procedure recommendations.
• Independently conducts and support Compliance investigations to resolve cases as assigned.
• Supports all MI hotel brands.

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