DENTSU - Senior Analyst - Finance Control / Assurance

Job Description :

• Manage monthly process KPIs to identify quality issues, areas of risks and action plans required and support the Regional Finance teams in remediating areas of non-compliance.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of standardised and consistent control compliance KPI dashboards towards improved compliance.
• Perform comprehensive testing of controls to evaluate their effectiveness, identify control weaknesses, and ensure compliance with policies, regulatory requirements, and risk management objectives.
• Share findings, concerns, and recommendations from assurance activities (example JSOX readiness market testing) with local / regional / group senior management and other key stakeholders as required.
• On an ongoing basis, engage in discussions about control failures identified through internal audits, external audits, or direct control assurance testing with the appropriate local, regional, and group stakeholders.
• Ensure that remediation actions are agreed upon and continuously monitored to address these failures effectively.
• Monthly review of balance sheet reconciliations, acting as a subject matter expert to provide practical guidance to markets on how to perform best practice reconciliations.
• Ensure timely follow-up on agreed management action plans to mitigate risks to an acceptable Skills
• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 2-4 years of experience in Internal Audit, SOX audits, and Internal Controls.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of SAP BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation) and D365 will be an added advantage.
• Experience in internal audit, Internal Controls, and Risk & Compliance.
• Strong communication skills (verbal & written).
• Able to communicate effectively with various stakeholders, across different regions and levels.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrate high level of responsibility and commitment to the assigned activities.
• Agile and flexible to changing needs and ad hoc Job Attributes / Capabilities
• Prioritisation and organisation skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management experience.
• Strong communication skills (verbal & written).
• Able to communicate and influence effectively with various stakeholders, across different regions and levels.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an international environment with people at all organizational levels by establishing positive and productive working relationships.
• Quantitative and qualitative analytical and commercial skills and / or the ability to analyse complex concepts and work with uncertainty to solve problems and make effective policy recommendations.
• Solution oriented.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Agile and flexible to changing needs and ad hoc requirements.

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