Job Description

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for a Finance Internal Control Manager.

Overview and responsibilities:

The objective of this role is to drive the ongoing strengthening of financial governance, risk & internal control in Wood Central Functions including, the Shared Service centres, Group tax, Treasury, Group IT, Business systems support team and group compliance as a key business partner.

The role will be based in Gurgaon, India.

This key role:

• Works closely with the VP of F&A Projects and the F&A Leadership team to help raise awareness of minimum financial control standards
• Is responsible for the coordination of the Internal Financial Control Questionnaire (IFCQ), to the extent it pertains to Central functions and processes
• Business partner with the Central teams/ BU Control Managers to ensure gaps in control are followed up and addressed
• To lead the IFCQ testing for the group. This includes selecting key controls, devising test scripts, coordinating with control owners and carrying out testing with the help of independent testers
• To assist with the presentation of results to the F&A leadership team - this includes presenting the control failures and the remediation plans
• To manage a team of independent testers: It includes assisting with hiring the right talents, allocating work, reviewing deliverables, performance reviews, personal development plans etc.
• Leads the rollout of financial policies within Shared Services providing support for the dissemination and awareness of financial policies
• Provide training and general awareness sessions to the Shared Services teams and operational/project teams to embed policy and financial control requirements
• Where necessary, work with the Business Grouping VPs of F&A to improve and simplify current processes and controls through automation, adoption of the target operating model, consistency of process etc.

Key Responsibilities:

Internal Financial Control

• Overseeing the completion, reporting and follow-up of the Risk and Controls Matrix ("RACM") and Internal Financial Control Questionnaires within the BU
• Overview of actions to prevent and clear overdue actions, including Internal Audit actions
• Lead various internal control, process improvement and optimization efforts as directed by the VP of F&A Development, F&A Development Leadership Team or IFCQ Steering
• Train and coach the business on financial governance, risk and control, or other related topics
• Integrating businesses/operations into the business unit's governance, risk, and control framework to promote a global model
• Undertake select control testing in the Shared Services environment under an agreed global testing plan

Process improvement

• In conjunction with the Shared Services F&A leadership team develop and oversee a program of prioritized process improvement projects with clarity on the challenge, need for change, benefits and investments required
• Identify opportunities for greater use of dashboarding and reporting through the use of PowerBI or other tools to support decision making
• Support the program of automation improvements and process simplification opportunities across F&A processes in Shared Services

Skills / Qualifications

Qualification:

• Part or Qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) with 7+ years' experience
• Understanding of internal control framework and underlying accounting principles

Experience:

• Experience working on an ERP system, ideally Oracle
• High proficiency in Excel and experience in MS Office
• Ability to work well independently
• Excellent self-management and organizational skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills essential for regular interaction with F&A team
• Confident to challenge on issues and proactively find solutions

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people.

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.