Internal Audit Executive null

Job Description

• Monitoring the controls operated by Management through performing periodic testing. The scope of monitoring activities is aligned with HEINEKEN management’s risk assessment and is to be agreed at both a Global and Local level. P&CI drives, jointly with Management, the remediation of control failures, impact assessment, and reporting for OpCo Management.
• Tracks and monitors the progress of remediating activities.
• Reviews control testing results, advices 1st LOD in creating action plans for remediating control failures/issues, and receives and reports regular progress updates about remediating activities to main stakeholders. Identifies opportunities for control improvements.
• Effective business partnership with Opco Management Team; key stakeholders; and across organization.
• Consistent use of standard process and controls methodologies will drive the quality of processes and controls. A consistent implementation and adherence to the Global standards in process and controls will enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Defining and implementing methodologies for effective business processes design and operation via the development of control strategies and supports management in the design, documentation and implementation of processes and controls to ensure global process and control design principles are adhered to.
• Drives the development and governance of Process and Control Documentation Standards (Design Principles), continuously improves the controls monitoring framework and activities.
• Driving a culture of continuous improvement, by benchmarking with other Opcos, and innovation. P&CI builds process improvement capabilities through training and providing relevant guidance and materials.
• Responsible for supporting the Opco management in delivering process improvement initiatives, monitoring and reporting, outcomes and facilitating the sharing of good practice.
• Embeds a process improvement culture, drive process and control improvement and realise benefits.
• Facilitating and driving for the definition and assessment of key risks at the OpCo level. This is done via risk assessment, workshops, interviews and discussion sessions to develop and implement a comprehensive Risk Management (RM) framework on OpCo level.
• Works closely with the Opco Management in leading the design and implementation of appropriate responses in line with the Opco’s risk appetite and tolerance.
• Supports the process of Risk, Identification, Assessment and Response and monitors existing and emerging risks.
• In collaboration with Opco Management, provide advice, support and challenge to the design of local policies to ensure alignment with global policies.
• Leads in the assessment of the impact of new policies on controls and ensures that the relevant HEINEKEN controls framework is aligned to the policies where necessary.
• Further, provide support and challenge to ensure risks and controls are well considered by OpCo management during the design of policies. Responsibility for the design of policies themselves lies with the Business.
• Supports Global Corporate Audit in the planning, execution, reporting and follow-up stages of the audit to ensure a consistent and efficient audit plan is adopted across HEINEKEN.
• Supports the audit through providing information or specialist input where required. The execution of the audit plan lies with Global Audit.
• Any exceptions as raised during the Audit report are reviewed and followed up with Opco Management until closure.