Internal Controls Manager at Oxford University Press Southern Africa

Principal Accountabilities:

• Continually revise and promote the internal control framework for finance and business processes, establishing the standard and consistent control framework that needs to be followed across OUP.
• Develop the annual test plan for your region and carry out tests in a range of countries (including South Africa) to ensure that a standardised and consistent control framework is adhered to across OUP.
• Communicate the performance of key controls to senior management and ensure continuous improvement activities are carried out.
• Work with the business to develop remedies to controls issues and work collaboratively with the business to identify additional areas for improvement and good practice.
• Ensure that control issues, identified by the testing activities, are remediated in a timely manner.
• Provide local or regional support and expertise to finance change initiatives when required.
• Assist Compliance and Internal Audit investigations when required.
• Work collaboratively with other Internal Controls Managers to identify, design, and implement Group-wide continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant Accountancy qualification with auditing experience
• Global experience of operating within Finance
• Strong general ledger experience along with working knowledge of financial systems and the management of data
• Firm grasp of key business processes and best practices
• First class communication skills, both verbal and written
• Self-starter with strong analytical and investigative skills
• Evidence of driving financial process and controls improvement initiatives
• Project management experience
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across all levels of seniority
• Cultural awareness with experience of working across different time zones