Sr Manager, Internal Controls with German language skills (Sofia/Varna)

We are looking for a highly motivated Internal Controls Sr Manager based in Sofia or Varna to join our Corporate Internal Controls team. You will play a key role as the Internal Controls business partner to Management in the BU / SSC / Corporate with the core responsibility to maintain an effective and efficient internal control environment that ensures the Company’s financial statements are accurate and reliable and compliant with all relevant regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).

You will have the opportunity to learn about CCEP’s business through specializing in risk assessments, consultancy and training; design and implementation of SOX & Management controls as well as control performance monitoring. You will work closely with various key stakeholders to provide guidance and drive the right controls being embedded to address potential financial statement risks.

You should bring:

• Strong knowledge of Internal Control principles and ability to provide solutions to control issues
• Ability to work both individually, and within a team environment, build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to present and interact with various levels of management
• Ability to manage projects, with attention to detail on multiple concurrent tasks, while meeting various deadlines
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

You will be part of a diverse team and benefit from working with experienced individuals across CCEP.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute the Internal Controls strategy as defined by the Director Financial Risks & Controls to maintain the Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) environment in CCEP. The strategy will incorporate Business Unit(s) and the Shared Service Center, and will be based on key components of the COSO framework
• Lead the design and implementation of efficient and effective internal controls to mitigate risks identified.
• Lead and perform financial risk assessments on key projects: review process flows, interview key stakeholders, identify key financial reporting risks, prepare a risk assessment report and provide recommendations
• Act as a business partner for ad-hoc/key projects that have a significant impact on our control environment to ensure that any key financial statement risks are identified, assessed and monitored
• Review the execution of controls on a periodic basis and support timely remediation of control deficiencies
• Train / implement new SOX control owners
• Provide guidance to ensure timely and effectiveremediation of control deficiencies
• Collaborate with stakeholders in all Bus/SSC to promote a culture of control compliance throughout CCEP
• Identify areas of improvement and implement changes to address these, e.g. introduce new technologies and staying abreast of any changes in legislation
• Manage the relationship with the EY/CAS teams to co-ordinate and ensure an efficient and effective execution of the SOX audit.

Experiencepreferred

• Strong knowledge of internal control environments and the overall Finance function, and related processes, risks and controls across an organization.
• Experience in financial risk assessments and developing mitigation plans
• Excellent communication skills and proven success in stakeholder management
• Proven track record of success in delivering projects with creative problem solving.
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience within an Internal Control, Internal Audit or Big 4 (SOX control experience) company

Qualifications required

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance or a related field
• Professional qualification in accounting (ACA, ACMA ACCA, CIA, CPA) required or in the process of obtaining

Functional technical skills required

• Risk Identification and assessment - advanced to expert
• Risk mitigation and reporting - advanced to expert
• Control identification and management – advanced to expert
• Audit knowledge – advanced to expert
• Accounting processes and system knowledge – intermediate to advanced
• Process management – advanced
• Project management – intermediate to advanced
• Data analysis and reporting – basic to intermediate

Behavioural competencies preferred

• Execute with speed and agility - expert
• Influencing – advanced
• Networking – advanced
• Decision making – intermediate to advanced
• Relationship management - intermediate to advanced
• Business connectivity – intermediate to advanced
• Strategic thinking - intermediate
• Leading a team –advanced
• Team building – advanced