Internal Control Manager

Interlux Company Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

LVMH Fashion Group APAC in Hong Kong seeks an experienced Internal Controls professional to lead the ERICA annual assessment, align action plans with business owners, and independently test control design and effectiveness.

You will develop audit roadmaps, conduct store and HQ audits across Greater China, address weaknesses, and keep management informed of progress while traveling as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in finance, accounting, or management controlling.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience with an audit firm and internal audit/internal control.
• Experience in the retail industry is highly preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills to drive cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead ERICA annual control assessment campaign and test design and efficiency of controls.
• Define and align action plans to address control deficiencies and ensure timely closure.
• Develop and monitor an audit roadmap targeting primary risks.
• Conduct store audits and HQ audits across Greater China.
• Address weaknesses with follow-up plans and oversight.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Multitasking

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or management controlling

Tools

Excel

MS Office

Job description

Control Assessment:Lead the LVMH internal control annual assessment campaign (ERICA), work closely with business owners in completing the self-assessment of their processes, and independently assess the implementation of internal control procedures by testing the design and efficiency of controls.

Follow-Up Actions:Define and align effective action plans to address control deficiencies, ensure ongoing follow-up and timely closure of actions.

Support Business Owners for Process Optimization:Serve as an operation-focused business partner to enhance, troubleshoot, improve, and create new procedures where necessary.

Participate in New Projects:Engage actively in initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency, transparency, reliability, and working comfort of the company's business processes.

Reinforce Awareness and Share Best Practice:Reinforce the overall control awareness within the organization, identify and disseminate relevant information, best practices, and documentation with the local and global Internal Control community.

Support to Management:Provide regular updates to local and HQ management on the overall control status quo and progress achieved.

Audit (30%)

Develop Audit Roadmap:Create a yearly audit plan targeting the company's primary risks.

Conduct Store Audits:Perform regular audits of stores, including travels within Greater China.

Headquarters Audits:Conduct HQ audits based on identified risks within the yearly roadmap

Address Weaknesses:Establish follow-up plans to address identified weaknesses and ensure corrective actions are implemented.

Other Responsibilities (20%)

Ad-Hoc Tasks:Perform additional tasks as requested, relating to compliance or risk assessment.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or above in finance, accounting, or management controlling.

Minimum 8 years of relevant experience with an audit firm and internal audit/internal control combined. Experience in the retail industry is highly preferred.

Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills to drive cross-functional collaboration.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently.

Highly organized with strong attention to detail.

Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly advanced Excel skills.

Fluency in English and Chinese (both written and spoken); proficiency in Mandarin.

Willingness to travel frequently across Greater China.

Luxury & Designer Goods Retail More than 10,000 employees

LVMH Fashion Group APAC covers luxury retail brands Celine, Fendi, Givenchy, Kenzo, Loewe and Marc Jacobs – Houses that combine creativity with timelessness.

Celine stands for the idea of Parisian Chic, with savoir-faire and the finest quality materials.

Givenchy sensuously reinterpret the codes of elegance, sophistication and femininity.

Kenzo offers a luxuriant and versatile world where spontaneity takes control. Welcome to the urban jungle!

Loewe represents modernity of its past, an unwavering confidence in the present, and a firm look forward.

Marc Jacobs constant reinvent of the codes of style.

LVMH Fashion Group APAC covers luxury retail brands Celine, Fendi, Givenchy, Kenzo, Loewe and Marc Jacobs – Houses that combine creativity with timelessness.

Celine stands for the idea of Parisian Chic, with savoir-faire and the finest quality materials.

Givenchy sensuously reinterpret the codes of elegance, sophistication and femininity.

Kenzo offers a luxuriant and versatile world where spontaneity takes control. Welcome to the urban jungle!

Loewe represents modernity of its past, an unwavering confidence in the present, and a firm look forward.

Marc Jacobs constant reinvent of the codes of style.