Governance Controller: Operations

Boardroom Appointments; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Governance Controller: Operations to independently test processes, procedures and controls across the region. You will provide feedback, drive corrective actions, and work with governance teams to align testing plans with risk profiles.

The role requires 2-3 years in operational finance with governance and control experience as an advantage, and involvement with internal/external audits. Collaboration with HQ is essential for improving governance practices.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years operational finance experience.
• Governance & control experience is an advantage.
• Experience with internal and external audits is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent testing of processes, procedures and controls throughout the region.
• Provide detailed feedback to line management and agree corrective action plans with deadlines.
• Collaborate with Governance Manager to ensure the annual testing plan is aligned to the risk profile.
• Collaborate with Governance Controller Systems to maximise automated governance.
• Prepare and review current internal controls and monitor audit findings are closed within deadlines.
• Support governance reporting and highlight deficiencies with timelines to close out.

Skills

Governance testing

Control testing

Internal audit coordination

Risk awareness

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Job description

About the job Governance Controller: Operations

The primary purpose of this role is:

• Provide independent testing of processes, procedures and controls throughout the region.
• Provide detailed feedback to line management and agree corrective action plans with deadlines
• Collaborate with Governance Manager to ensure annual testing plan is aligned to the risk profile.
• Collaborate with Governance Controller Systems to maximise automated governance.
• CIA
• 2-3 years operational finance experience
• Previous governance & control experience an advantage

Key Outputs and Accountabilities

• Internal and External Audit:
• Prepare and review current internal controls (standard within organization)
• Review proposed documented processes and procedures to ensure that efficiencies and effectiveness within the operation are not negatively impacted
• Monitor that internal and external audit findings are closed out within agreed deadlines
• Control Self-Assessment Tool:
• Collaborate with team and operations for proposed changes to CSAs
• Quarterly submission to Head Office
• Monitor that action plans and deadline dates are being delivered on by the operation
• Independent testing on CSAs (twice per annum)
• Regional Audit Committee Meeting:
• Partner with the regional FM for the preparation and running of the RAC meeting.
• Identify risks and opportunities and report to management
• Reporting:
• Provide agreed governance reporting to the regional and financial management
• Align governance and processes reporting across the region, highlighting best practice and recommend actions
• Highlight key governance, control and process deficiencies to the regional teams and agree timelines to close out.
• Other
• Stock counts: Attend, co-ordinate, approve results & process improvement
• LDPs: Testing, reporting, corrective actions & ensuring management responsibilities performed
• Continuous improvement in governance practices to streamline process
• Support to Governance Controller: Systems on identifying, building, testing and implementing system driven controls
• Partner with HQ to mitigate SODs
• Ensure compliance to corporate governance practices.
• Ad-Hoc process and governance evaluation.