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Latest Job Recruitment at Unilever
ROLE: Act Expertise Analyst (Senior Controls Specialist)
The Africa Controllership Team ‘ACT’ leads the Africa (at first only West Africa) Controllership agenda, which includes monitoring controls (including documentation), identifying and driving improvement opportunities, training, sharing best practices, and helping country Controllers prioritize stewardship matters. Moreover, The team executes formal Sarbanes-Oxley controls testing (FCA) and independent control operation monitoring.
The team works closely with country Controllers to ensure high control operation, documentation, accounting compliance, and stewardship standards. Also, The team works closely with Unilever centers of excellence, particularly the Operating Centre and Commercial Experience ‘ComEx’ teams, and has visibility into ComEx controls. The team contacts the Unilever global central accounting and controls team (Group Chief Accountants Department ‘GCAD’) for all accounting issues.
The team is the main contact with local external auditors for all countries in scope and must approve each country’s external audit methodology to ensure it is optimal based on Unilever’s centralization of control operations and audit work. Also, The team attends crucial external audit meetings to enable seamless audit planning and progress and adequate and sustainable audit observation resolution. To support, monitor, and manage follow-up actions, the team works with Africa Internal Audit and Corporate Audit.
The team also addresses judgmental, incorrect, or erroneous accounting and keeps a record of it.
For Africa-wide stewardship problems including the Business Risk Assessment (‘BRA’), reporting to the Africa Leadership Team (‘ALT’), and ad hoc training, the team aids the Africa Controller.
MAIN JOB PURPOSE:
This function is responsible for strengthening stewardship across Africa and maintaining an independent view of the business’s internal control environment. They act objectively and ethically, understanding the big picture and holding up the mirror as they move between controls, accounting, and value-based themes.
PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Overall responsibility
The role assists the ACT Expertise Lead in achieving the team’s objectives/purpose as stated above (subject to revision by agreement with the Africa Controller). The following are required to be delivered by the role within this remit:
Control Operation Monitoring:
The job will be directly responsible for monitoring:
- ACT actions to examine countries’ Global Framework ‘GFCF’ rules operation account for more than half of all ACT activities.
- Over half of the ACT operations were spent reviewing countries’ GFCF documentation standards (via an online application called eGRC lite).
- Approximately half of the ACT activities were dedicated to reviewing countries’ non-GFCF control operations and documentation.
Controls evaluation:
The role will perform some independent control testing based on the scope determined each year by the Unilever global central accounting and controls team (Group Chief Accountants Department ‘GCAD’), in accordance with the Unilever Financial Controls Assessment ‘FCA’ testing standards (derived from Sarbanes-Oxley section 404).
Ownership of a system or tool:
- The job is in charge of managing, updating, and maintaining the eGRC light tool.
Local authorities’ table:
- The job oversees the Local Table of Authorities process, ensuring that it is routinely updated and effectively disseminated.
Issue tracking and audit observations:
The role is expected to ensure that all relevant stakeholders have regular ongoing access to the status of stewardship problems and audit observations highlighted, under the direction/discretion of the ACT Expertise Lead. This includes the following:
- Corporate Audit Interventions
- Remarks from External Auditors
- Africa Internal Audit Activities
- The FCA’s observations
Other:
- The role may assist with: under the direction/discretion of the ACT Expertise Lead
- Controls knowledge and assistance are available throughout Africa as needed.
- Accounting knowledge and advice are available throughout Africa as needed.
- The Africa Financial Flexibility ‘FinFlex’ debates, which center on tax and treasury issues such as risk management and dividend planning;
- Africa’s ‘Business Risk Assessment’ (BRA) exercise; and
- Ad hoc initiatives, such as training.
IMPORTANT INTERFACES
- All departments within Unilever Africa
- Africa Finance Controllers (now only in West Africa)
- Comex from Unilever
- Auditors from outside the organization
IMPORTANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- A Chartered Accountant and Member of a Professional Body (in-country Accounting Certifying Body) with at least 10 years’ experience in a similar job and in the FMCG industry.
- Sox testing, audit, internal control, corporate governance, and financial reporting require qualifications and experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
How to Apply for this Job Recruitment at Unilever
Closing Date: 31st October, 2023
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