Manager, Central Controllership

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Job Description

Reporting to the Associate Director, Controllership, the Manager, Central Controllership plays a key role in the Controlling organization. The position partners with operational teams to provide timely, high-quality controllership support. The Manager performs core controllership activities, supports controlling initiatives, and drives process improvement, standardization and automation. The role also helps maintain a strong control environment and advances initiatives that strengthen the capabilities of the Central Controllership organization.

How you will contribute:

• Deliver high-quality controllership activities across entities, business units, and functions while building effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Review and analyse financial statements and reports to support accuracy and compliance with accounting standards. Identify unusual trends, inconsistencies, and items requiring further investigation, perform root cause analysis and support timely resolution.
• Prepare and review timely, high-quality P&L and Balance Sheet fluctuation analysis, ensuring significant or unusual movements are supported by appropriate explanations and follow ups.
• Support strong internal controls and compliance with SOX, financial regulations, and operational standards through ongoing monitoring, process documentation, issue follow-up, and implementation of remediation actions.
• Review identified segregation of duties conflicts, investigate underlying access and business requirements, work with stakeholders to recommend appropriate role changes or mitigating controls to resolve conflicts and maintain compliance.
• Contribute to the development of financial policies that strengthen the organization’s financial practices.
• Manage complex ad hoc controllership activities and take ownership of related requests.
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement through process optimization, standardization, and automation, partnering with stakeholders to improve efficiency and strengthen controls.
• Monitor financial systems and tools, including BlackLine and Workiva, to support compliance, completeness, and accuracy. Identify and help implement opportunities to expand functionality and automation to improve controls and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, providing financial insights and controllership expertise to support business activities and decision-making.