Mondelez Canada | Manager, Global Internal Audit & Controls

Responsibilities

• Under the leadership of the Senior Manager, Audit, you will perform audits of financial accounting, internal processes and internal operational controls to ascertain compliance with internal policies/procedures and best practices.
• You will also identify opportunities to improve ways of working in your area of responsibility
• You will partner with financial and operational management to understand and enhance internal control environments, risks, and mitigation activities to minimize the risk of financial losses, operational inefficiencies and statutory non-compliances caused by the lack of controls or effective governance.
• You will manage deep-dive analyses and Advisory Reviews on risk areas, provide advisory support to management on Strategic Projects, lead Data Analytics and Digitalization initiatives, manage the SOX program and provide training on controls, among other activities.
• In this role, you may require guidance and support to determine audit testing or to review test samples.
• You will also help create reports on audit findings, root causes and provide recommendations on areas for improvement in business processes and internal controls to prevent/minimize future control risks.
• Perform internal audits within your area of scope including defining testing approaches, reviewing test samples, identifying potential issues, and reporting on audit findings.
• You will also complete audit work in accordance with IIA standards and Mondelēz International Internal Audit standards.
• Provide adequate assurance on the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls for the audit areas assigned.
• Ensure that all the audit findings are factually correct and provide/prepare solid test work and rationale for potential audit issues.
• Contribute to a high-performing Internal Audit and Controls team by sharing best practices with peers.
• You will also invest in personal development.
• LEADERSHIP SKILLS including proven business partnering and communication skills across a large global, public company.
• Perform continuous risk assessments to support the development of annual audit and control plans and identify emerging risk areas across the organization.
• Provide expert assessment of the design and operating effectiveness of policies, processes, and controls, advising senior leaders on remediation of control deficiencies.
• You will also provide training on policy and controls to the business.
• Manage relationships with senior stakeholders (up to SVP level), including influencing the leadership to maintain a strong tone-at-the-top and reinforce accountability and awareness of control requirements.
• Provide advisory support to strategic projects, including new system implementations, organizational changes, and process transformations, as they relate to process, risks and controls.
• Drive harmonization, efficiency and improvements to ways of working and build a mindset of continuous improvement within the Internal Controls team.
• Track and report on Internal Audit KPIs; manage the Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP) in line with IIA Standards.
• Support the management of the department’s co-sourcing spend and resource allocation, ensuring compliance with defined KPIs and SLAs.
• Support management in SOX testing and Control Self-Assessment exercises as needed.
• Contribute to Data Analytics, Control Digitalization, and Automation initiatives, including agentic AI adoption.
• Make It Uniquely Yours.
• Manage Internal Controls projects, including SOX compliance, Advisory Reviews, and Continuous Controls Monitoring/Testing (CCM/CCT), partnering with senior management to optimize the internal control environment through design, training, monitoring, and testing of controls.

Requirements

• Experience working as an auditor to drive a compliance environment.
• Strong conflict management and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence and align senior stakeholders across complex, matrixed organizations.
• Strong knowledge of the COSO 2013 internal control framework and a solid understanding of the concepts of control design and operational efficiency.
• Strong knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects across global organizations is required.
• Previous experience supporting a company’s SOX program, including evaluation and remediation of deficiencies.
• ESG and related compliance experience.
• Experience supporting the preparation of executive-level reporting to senior leadership and the audit committee.
• Experience in working with global markets, M&A (Ventures) and shared service centers.
• Familiarity with IT general controls and SOX IT requirements.
• Experience with agentic AI adoption and data analytics to support the business and advisory reviews, and with control automation for continuous control testing.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with senior business leaders & different teams across the organization.
• Proven track record of exposure to senior leadership.
• Ability to consistently prioritize activities to meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to identify problems, recommend effective solutions, negotiate with management, and ensure that those solutions are implemented effectively and timely.
• Ability to self-motivate and navigate through ambiguity for problem solving.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Proven communication and presentation skills, including the ability to make effective presentations and influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong teamwork orientation and people management and development track-record.
• Proficiency in MS Office (mainly Excel, Word, Teams) required.
• Knowledge in SAP S4/HANA, Audit Tools (e.g., SAP GRC and Audit Board), Data Visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and AI/AI-enabled tools (e.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools

Mondelez Canada

Mondelez Canada is an employer hiring in India.

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Distribution Center - Hamilton and East York.