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About:
AB InBev is a multinational beverage and brewing company headquartered in Leuven, Belgium with an outstanding portfolio of over 500 brands and countless beer varieties. They are committed to driving growth that improves the lives of people across the globe.
As a company, they dream big to create a future with more cheers. They are always looking to serve up new ways to meet life’s moments, move their industry forward and make a meaningful impact in the world. They are committed to building great brands and to brewing the best beers using the finest ingredients. Their diverse portfolio of over 500 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser®️, Corona®️, and Hoegaarden®️. Their brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations.
AB InBev GCC was incorporated in 2014 as a strategic partner for Anheuser-Busch InBev. The center leverages the power of data and analytics to drive growth for critical business functions such as operations, finance, people, and technology. Spread across 7 zones and 50 countries, it employs more than 2000 people today.
Role:
Associate
Location:
Bangalore
Qualifications:
- Level of educational attainment required: A Chartered Accountant or similar qualification ·
- Previous work experience required: 4-5 years of experience in the area of SOX, Internal Audit, Statutory audit whether in a consulting / client facing role or in-house corporate role.
- Language skills required: Advance level of English o Strong interpersonal skills
- IT skills required: SAP GRC working knowledge, Hands on experience on Excel and Power Point presentation.
Responsibilities:
- The Principal Analyst – Compliance, will be responsible for ensuring Zonal Compliance and managing stakeholder relationship within GCC stakeholders, Zonal stakeholders, and Global internal control Director. The Objective is to have Strategic, tactical and Operational risk Compliance mindset to ensure overall robust compliance environment i.e. Implementing and standardizing theControls, Policies, DAG etc., running governance, end to end demand management, providing effective Compliance proposals, preempting and apprising GCC, Zonal and Global stakeholders of any potential gaps and working towards mitigation.
- Should be able to work in a dynamic culture and demonstrate ownership capabilities to devise methodology and drive projects/initiatives till closure with due quality.
2. KEY TASKS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Operational Responsibilities
- Reviewing and ensuring Zones provide timely self-assessment of Minimum Internal Control.
- Standards and DAG with high quality standards. Reviewing trend analysis of self-assessment and resolving any questions thereof.
- Independently handling various stakeholders to suggest mitigation plan for driving closure of ineffective MICS and DAG in a sustainable manner.
- Driving continuous compliance culture and ensuring all gaps are highlighted and closed on timely basis arising out of continuous Compliance monitoring
- Driving robust Compliance environment and ensuring zero surprise in internaland external audit.
- Identify the Key risk in Operations. Contribute to Global team to effectively mitigate the risk.
- Ensuring that SLA are met and provide visibility to Leadership team on overall Compliance health · Liaise with GRM team and broader leadership team in Ops to close the Audit issues on timely basis.
- Responsible for driving Compliance in the area of RPA (BOTS, MINIBOTS, end user computing files), instrumental in getting recommendation/mitigation plan implemented for the gaps raised.
- Reviewing SOX Management testing results i.e. design and operating assessment to ensure testing is done with highest standard with no room for open risk or exposure to organization.
- Be enabler and regular interaction with zones to ensure the deficiencies are tracked and closed on timely basis.
- Perform/Review automated control testing and ensuring getting clean opinion on automated controls from external auditors.
- Driving validation and implementation of MICS automation Project to enable zones to achieve targets. Also identify Automation opportunity in control area and demonstrate efficiencies
- To demonstrate a pragmatic approach to the task in hand and to promote and implement best practices across zones.
- To ensure an effective communication process is in place with line management and team members · To guide and mentor interns if any.
- Imparting trainings to ops on basic concepts of Risk Control methodologies
3. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Please describe how the role fits into, and interacts with, the wider business. Include a summary of the activities of the wider department/business function in which this role is based. Please also use this section to highlight the key strategic interactions (in terms of scope, key business relationships leveraged, etc) if this is applicable.
Main Characteristics:
Challenges (People Team, PBS, Business managers, Associated vendors)
- Geographical Scope: ABI is a zonally structured organization with a Global Head Quarters capability, which leads best practice and strategy. The zones are split into the following geographical groupings: · Africa · Asia Pacific · Europe · South Americas · Middle Americas · North America · GHQ
- Key Dimensions and Contacts: Within each zone and GHQ there is a Solutions organization which runs IT and Business services activity. This specific role is based on Bangalore and will need to interact and collaborate with Global Security and Compliance Governance position at Global as well as to communicate with business roles that sit within the different geographical IT, Internal Controls and Internal Audit functions within each zone, and in GHQ.
- Evaluation Criteria (Targets): The role is an Individual contributor role; it also requires matrix management of resources across the globe to achieve strategic objectives and will require the ability to operate across all geographies to shape and influence management. A specific focus on this role to ensure the deliverables produced are at the right level of quality, and representative of the true compliance position, aligned with the other positions in the Compliance Cell.
How to Apply:
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