Control & Reporting Lead – MCC Transitions & AI

Pepsico; Xico; On-site; MXN 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo is seeking an experienced Control & Reporting Associate Manager to lead MCC transition controls, ensure governance, and drive automation across finance, risk, and audit functions. You will oversee cross‑functional teams, manage control design, testing, and remediation while aligning with COSO and SOX standards. Bilingual English/Spanish required.

Mexico City or regional hub preferred. The role emphasizes post‑migration control stability, KPI development, and collaboration with Process

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, Data/Computer Science or a related field.
• Minimum 8–10 years of experience in Internal Control, Audit, Accounting, Finance, risk management, process transformation, analytics, or automation; Big Four experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of COSO, SOX, auditing standards, control design, control testing, and financial and operational controls.
• Experience across end-to‑end business processes such as Sales, Finance Control, Marketing & Insights, FP&A, HR & Payroll, Supply Chain, and shared services.
• Experience supporting process migrations, service expansions, stabilization, and post‑go‑live control monitoring in a GBS or shared‑services environment.
• Understanding of ERP environments, systems, data flows, and planning and reporting solutions.
• Experience leading cross‑functional work and influencing stakeholders across levels, functions, countries, and cultures.
• Advanced English and strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish.
• Practical experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Platform, including Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, Dataverse, connectors, APIs, or comparable low‑code/no‑code and generative AI platforms.
• Stakeholder management and communication at all management levels.
• Control‑minded business judgment and ability to balance risk, continuity, and transformation.
• Planning, prioritization, and project management across simultaneous transition waves, audits, and testing cycles.
• Analytical thinking, intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, and structured problem solving.
• Change leadership, adaptability, and comfort working in a matrix organization and with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end control workstream for MCC process transitions, from planning and readiness assessment through handover, stabilization, and post-migration monitoring.
• Maintain the inventory of controls transitioning to the Hub, confirm Control Owners, and establish clear roles, evidence requirements, governance, and escalation paths for each transition wave.
• Assess process and control design for new, changing, or migrating services; identify gaps and emerging risks; and define preventive mitigation actions before go-live.
• Lead independent control testing and ongoing monitoring, report deficiencies, provide effective challenge, and agree sustainable remediation plans with Process and Control Owners.
• Lead Global Control Standard certifications and control maturity initiatives in alignment with COSO and SOX, including risk and control awareness training.
• Govern and maintain control documentation, including policies and procedures, process flows, walkthroughs, test scripts, risk and control matrices, and GCS master data.
• Partner with Process Design Authority, Subject Matter Experts, Process Executives, Process Owners, Control Owners, and functional or tower leads to implement a sustainable post‑migration control model.
• Drive standardization, simplification, optimization, and automation of processes and controls using analytics, robotics, digital tools, Agile or Lean practices, and cross‑Hub benchmarks.
• Lead support for internal and external audits, coordinate evidence and management responses, review conclusions, and monitor remediation through timely and sustainable closure.
• Establish KPIs, reporting, stakeholder communication, risk escalation, lessons learned, and continuous‑improvement routines for the control and transition agenda.
• Identify, design, deploy, and continuously optimize high‑value AI and automation solutions across controls, audit, transitions, and reporting by translating business requirements into scalable Copilot/AI‑agent workflows, user stories, decision logic, analytics, and measurable outcomes using low‑code and generative AI platforms.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, Data/Computer Science or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Power Platform

Power BI

Dataverse

APIs

Job description

PepsiCo is seeking an experienced Control & Reporting Associate Manager to lead MCC transition controls, ensure governance, and drive automation across finance, risk, and audit functions. You will oversee cross‑functional teams, manage control design, testing, and remediation while aligning with COSO and SOX standards. Bilingual English/Spanish required.

Mexico City or regional hub preferred. The role emphasizes post‑migration control stability, KPI development, and collaboration with Process