IT Access and Controls Junior Manager

Location: Bengaluru

Job Title:

Manager, IT & Access Controls

Job Location:

Bangalore

Business Context

Unilever is the global company with the purpose to make sustainable living commonplace, building powerhouse brands such as Lifebuoy, Dove, Persil, Flora and PG Tips. The Unilever Compass:
Purpose-Led, Future-Fit is our new, single growth strategy based on three beliefs;
Brands with purpose grow, Companies with purpose last, People with purpose thrive.

The Group Chief Accountant's Department (GCAD) is Unilever's centre of expertise for accounting, reporting and controls. Within GCAD, the Risk & Controls team stewards Unilever's global internal control frameworks and compliance obligations (including SOx), partnering across Business Groups, Operations and Functions to ensure robust, future‑fit controls as the organization continues its digital transformation. This role is part of GCAD. This role will be accountable to deliver Access and IT General Controls Co-ordination & overall governance.

PURPOSE OF

THE ROLE

Support the design, execution and continuous improvement of identity, access and IT general controls across key financial and supporting systems. Ensure effective risk management, audit readiness and sustainable compliance by design—working closely with Technology Governance, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Process Excellence & Capabilities (PEC), Access Controls, Tech Governance and Markets.

Main Accountabilities

This role involves complete understanding of Unilever's Global Access and IT General Control Framework known as the Integrated Controls Framework (ICF)
In-depth knowledge of ICoFR, Sarbanes Oxley Act and COSO Framework
Risk Based Approach/Assessment (RBA):
Perform an annual risk assessment of KFAS applications to identify control applicability for audit testing

Specific deliverables of this role include, but are not limited, to deliver:

Controls testing and reporting for ITGC and Access Controls

Manage the End-to-end co-ordination of testing for internal access and ITGC controls for in-scope applications, database and platforms. (Including enhancements in future looking frameworks)
Assist in the overall delivery of IT SOX Program and managing the entire landscape of work from planning, allocation & execution, QA review, documentation of issues and update to central repository (high quality documentation of the test plan and the summary report)
Managing and coordinating the daily routine and audit timelines with the stakeholders like External Auditors, Third party service providers, GCAD, KFAS Owners, OEC, Service providers and others

Active contribution towards meeting SOx milestones and audit timelines

Explore and pursue automation opportunities in the current model of control testing & reporting.
Monitor and report progress of the SOX compliance exercise and ensure completion of each testing milestones OTIF (On-time; In-full) and reporting to the next level.

People and Project Management

Manage communications effectively thereby creating exceptional user experience in stakeholder community.
Actively taking part in team onboarding activities, by assisting in selection process, providing ad-hoc feedback to the team members
Driving the daily team huddles and assessing workload across team members and helping them plan the work day and work week based on priorities.
Helping TG and Access Controls (CSC) with redefining Ways of working for controls when needed.

Manage ITGC & Access Controls

Prepare the CDR listing along with Auditors at the end of each audit cycle and get relevant information from TG and CSC teams for RCA and reporting analyses.
Drive control deficiency rectification with Control Owners and perform remediation testing and report the results
Manage the ICF Governance forums and maintain the framework
Come up with solutions for operation delays and help manage all control extensions and exemptions raised by Tech Governance and Access Controls teams.

Direct Reports

WL 1 (Assistant Manager) – either FTEs or contractors

Key Interfaces

Group Chief Accountant Department
Tech Governance team
Access Controls team
Country Finance Controllers/Teams
Process Owners
Control Owners
Cyber
IT Service Management teams

Key Skills

In-depth…