• Job Description

  Req#: 5001024369106

  Requisition Number

  2249

  Job Title

  Senior Lead Internal Controls

  Job Description

  Swedish Match North America LLC, develops, manufactures, and sells quality products with market leading brands such as ZYN nicotine pouches and other smokeless tobacco products. Our vision is “A world without cigarettes,” and our mission is to provide adult consumers with alternatives that are enjoyable but have a lower risk than smoking. We are one of the fastest growing consumer-packaged goods (CPG) producers and ZYN is the number one selling nicotine pouch in the US.

  In order to continually promote and create innovative products that support our vision we are currently seeking a Senior Lead Internal Controls in Richmond, VA.

  The Senior Lead Internal Controls will apply agile ways of working to advise stakeholders globally and ensure timely evolution and optimization of the control landscape, considering evolving and emerging risks, while fostering the adoption of a balanced risk culture across the Three Lines.

  MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Embed risk culture to support tone at the top according to the Three Lines framework; supporting and implementing the First Line capability development in risk and controls ownership.
  • Operational risk management (bottom-up) facilitating role for risk identification and reporting to support First Line reaching its objectives and enabling the market management with risk-based decision-making, in collaboration with the ERM Function.
  • Control advisory to First Line to ensure robust control design mitigating pervasive and emerging key risks, including localization of controls e.g., ICFR, M&A, and Sustainability.
  • Information, Communication and Monitoring to support Manager in providing visibility on integration and all other market/cluster process related risks, controls, fraud and other issues evolution throughout the organization and drive continuous improvement.

  Requirements

  EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor’s degree required (e.g., Accounting, Finance)
  • Post University Professional Certification – examples: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Governance Risk Compliance Professional (GRCP) Certification, etc.

  EXPERIENCE:

  • 5 years of experience in (Enterprise) Risk Management, Internal Controls, GRC, Audit, Accounting, Finance, or a combination of the six.
  • Relevant experience in:
    
    • ‘Big Four’ and/or other public accounting/audit/ consulting.
    • Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMGC) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C).
    • Internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls.
    • Digitization and transformation projects.
    • Multi-year international / global assignments.

  SKILLS:

  • Relationship Building & Positive Friction
  • Change Architect
  • Business Acumen
  • Ability to Drive Discussion
  • Bring Real Insights
  • Digital & Technology
  • Project Management
  • Risk Assurance & Process Excellence
  • Consumer First
  • Forward Looking
  • Empowering People
  • Effective communication and presentation skills
    

  BENEFITS :
  Swedish Match offers highly competitive salaries, flexible benefits program, medical, dental and vision, bonding leave, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, 401(k), paid vacation, 12 paid holidays and more!

  An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/DISABILITY/VET

• About the company

  Swedish Match AB is a Swedish company based in Stockholm that makes snus, moist snuff, and chewing tobacco.

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