Senior Manager, Controls Assurance & Advisory

Bacardi; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive Pay Package

Retirement/Pension Plan

Medical, Critical Illness, and Life보험

Descripción de la vacante

Bacardi seeks a senior SOX governance leader to drive planning, execution, and reporting of the global SOX program. You will partner with Finance, IT, and the business to optimize control design, testing, and automation while guiding a high-performing team through change.

You will articulate risk, provide actionable insights, and lead through complexity to strengthen assurance quality across regions. This role offers strategic impact and growth in a dynamic environment.

Formación

• Seasoned SOX and controls leader with strong knowledge of business process and IT controls.
• Ability to translate complex information into concise, actionable messages.
• Builds trusted relationships across Finance, IT, business, and external audit.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the end-to-end SOX program governance, planning, and delivery within defined timelines.
• Drive controls governance as scope changes and controls are added/retired.
• Assess deficiencies, remediation plans, and reporting conclusions with sound judgment.
• Establish program metrics, milestones, and issue status for accountability.
• Manage external auditor relationships and alignment on key judgments.

Conocimientos

SOX leadership

controls governance

IT controls

stakeholder communication

team development

Descripción del empleo

Your Opportunity

Lead the day-to-day governance, planning, and execution of Bacardi’s global SOX program while helping the function evolve through stronger business partnership, control optimization, technology, and talent development. This role combines deep SOX expertise with practical judgment, and clear stakeholder communication. The ability to lead through complexity and change.

About You

• You are a SOX and controls leader with strong knowledge of business process and IT controls, control governance, testing, and deficiency evaluation.
• You combine technical depth with practical business judgment and are comfortable challenging the status quo to support sound decisions.
• You build trusted relationships across Finance, IT, the business, and external audit, and can translate complex information into concise, actionable messages.
• You develop high-performing teams and future leaders through clear expectations, coaching, feedback, and thoughtful talent deployment.
• You are agile, curious, and comfortable operating through complexity, change, and ambiguity.
• You are human-led and technology-enabled, with an interest in using data, automation, and AI to improve assurance quality and impact.

Key Responsibilities

SOX governance, planning, and delivery

• Lead the planning, scoping, execution, and reporting of the end-to-end SOX program within established timelines and leadership expectations.
• Drive SOX governance and program management as new controls enter scope, existing controls change, and controls are retired.
• Apply strong judgment to control evaluations, deficiency assessments, remediation plans, and reporting conclusions.
• Establish and monitor program metrics, milestones, issue status, and stakeholder actions to promote timely delivery and accountability.

Business partnership and stakeholder management

• Build trusted relationships with leaders across Finance, IT, and the business, providing practical guidance on control requirements and risk decisions.
• Communicate program status, emerging risks, deficiencies, and required actions clearly and succinctly to key stakeholders.
• Manage the external auditor relationship, including reliance strategy, issue management, and alignment on key judgments and conclusions.

Quality, optimization, and innovation

• Drive the continued refinement and consistent application of the SOX methodology and quality expectations.
• Advance control automation, testing efficiency, analytics, and responsible use of AI to improve quality, insight, and impact.
• Proactively and thoughtfully prepare for the transition of new controls with S4 as part of Transformation

People leadership and broader assurance support

• Lead, coach, and develop a global high-performing team, including managers of people, and build a strong pipeline of future leaders.
• Manage talent transitions and deployment while maintaining continuity, role clarity, and delivery quality.
• Create clear expectations and support relevant technical, business, and leadership development for the team.

LEADERSHIP AGILITY

• Belonging: You have a strong capacity to create a culture of ‘Belonging’, where people feel appreciated for who they are, what they do, and who they can become
• Self-Awareness: You have high levels of self-awareness, are reflective and know yourself well, understanding both your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others
• People Agility: You bring a deep ability to understand and relate to people and navigate through tough situations to harness and multiply collective performance
• Results Agility: You demonstrate consistent delivery of results in first-time situations by inspiring teams, exhibiting a presence that builds confidence in yourself and others.
• Mental Agility: You can think critically to penetrate complex problems and expand the possibilities by making fresh connections. You think strategically whilst being execution focused and bring creativity to the challenges you’re presented with
• Change Agility: You have a deep natural curiosity, desire to experiment and ability to effectively deal with the heat of change. You have a growth and learning mindset: ready to test, stumble, learn and apply from experience

Disclaimer

Disclaimer: Bacardi seeks talent from all backgrounds to bring diversity of thought, agility and capability to our organization across the globe. We promote a working environment where all employees are treated and rewarded fairly. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination that adversely affects individuals or groups on the basis of national origin, race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, and any other legally protected aspect of a person’s identity.

U.S. applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.

Perks of Working for us

At Bacardi, we are committed to providing our Primos (employees) with a comprehensive Total Rewards package of compensation, benefits, incentives, allowances, well-being, and much more to meet the needs of themselves and their families. It goes beyond just Cash! The total rewards program is based on pay for performance, whereby the incentive programs are linked to company and individual performance.

Compensation, Paid Time Off & Retirement:

• Competitive Pay Package
• Competitive Holiday/Paid Time Off, plus additional days offered ( i.e., volunteer day, allowing you to give back to the community)
• Retirement/Pension Plan

Health & Wellbeing

• Medical, Critical Illness, and Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Best-in-class, family-friendly, and inclusive leave policies

Additional Benefits

The benefits /perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Bacardi, your work location, and are subject to change.

Some benefits may be subject to an employee contribution.

Some benefits may be fully or partially subsidized. Incentive plans are linked to the nature of your employment and can vary based on region, market, function or brand.