Regional Director of Internal Controls

Risk Management And Internal Controls Leader

Primarily responsible for ensuring that Barentz North America has a solid and working risk management and internal control framework. Thought leader on risk management and internal controls, finding the right balance between a fast-changing business environment and maintaining compliance with internal controls. Works closely with the Global Head of Internal Controls and other Corporate and Regional Finance functions to align agendas.

Duties include:

Provide clearly defined working set of internal controls across Barentz North America (to include Central America and potentially South America);
Perform testing to provide assurance to Senior Management;
Find and effectively navigate the right balance between a changing environment and compliance;
Establish and maintain a consistent internal control framework for assessing internal control risks and setting internal control objectives and activities;
Review and evaluate compliance with company policies and procedures;
Evaluate internal controls to assess the quality of performance, determine if the controls are operating as intended and modification of the controls to meet the Company's needs;
Define standards and approaches for documentation, control design effectiveness, evaluation, and control effectiveness testing (create / update Company Policies and Procedures);
Drive internal control awareness, knowledge, compliance, and excellence to ensure internal control compliance (COSO – ERM, Dutch Corporate Governance Code, etc);
Communicate to process owners and senior management any compliance issues and provide recommendations for remediation;
Responsible for accommodating internal control statement, the annual testing and annual evaluation of entity level controls;
Participate in projects and other duties as required. Remote work permitted from any location in the U.S. 10% of periodic travel to Avon, Ohio; the Netherlands, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, BVI and Costa Rica.

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field. Minimum of 3 years of experience in accounting/Internal controls in a corporate environment. Experience with anti-bribery, and anti-corruption legislation. Fluent in Spanish language.

Salary/

Hours:

$159,702-$165,000 per year, 40 hours per week.