Financial Accounting & Reporting Manager

Job Description:

Job Purpose/Overview

The MGS Controls Manager's primary responsibility is to maintain a strong controls environment across all MGS company codes. The MGS Controls Manager plays a crucial role in maintaining and improving the financial integrity and compliance of the organization's accounting operations. This role involves implementing and monitoring internal controls, policies, and procedures to ensure accurate financial reporting, safeguarding of assets, and adherence to standards. The MGS Controls Manager collaborates with cross-functional teams, including finance, audit, and compliance, to strengthen the overall controls environment.

Key Responsibilities

Internal Controls Implementation:

• Implement effective internal control policies and procedures to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of financial information.
• Identify control gaps, assess risks, and recommend control enhancements to mitigate potential control weaknesses.
• Update and implement Internal Controls (ICE) procedures as required.

• Support the SOC1 annual review for MGS 3rd party service providers.
• Drive the MGS annual user access review.
• Support MGS physical asset counts.
• Support Segregation of Duties quarterly certification for MGS units and act as GRC SPOC for MGS system access.
• Remediate and report R25s in the Fraud and Theft Reporting framework

Risk Assessment and Management:

• Implement controls to mitigate identified risks and monitor their effectiveness.
• Evaluate financial and operational risks.
• Develop and maintain risk and control matrices to track key controls and associated risks.

Process Improvement and Automation:

• Continuously assess Accounting processes and controls for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Drive consistency, standardization, and best practices in internal control design and execution.
• Identify opportunities for automation and optimization of control activities.
• Collaborate with IT teams to implement technology solutions that enhance control effectiveness.

Training and Communication:

• Provide training to finance and operational teams on control procedures and compliance requirements.
• Communicate control objectives, policies, and changes to relevant internal stakeholders.
• Foster a culture of control awareness and accountability across the MGS organization.

Monitoring and Reporting:

• Perform ongoing monitoring of controls by conducting walkthrough and self-testing covering MGS Operating Entity (OE). Evaluate effectiveness of MGS controls.
• Monitor G&C KPIs to drive continuous improvement.
• Report findings to senior management summarizing all identified controls issues, actions taken, and status.
• Participate in ad hoc projects, as required.

Job Specifications/Qualifications

1. Education & Professional Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• Professional certification (CPA/CIA) required
• Master's degree in Accounting a plus

2. Knowledge/Experience

• 2-3 years of experience in public Accounting or internal audit
• 3 to 5 total years of related business experience, including accounting, auditing and review of internal controls
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure, handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines is essential

Key Supporting Competencies

Change Management - The ability to initiate change and drive improvement in our accounting policies, business processes and practices.

Strong Communication skills - upward, downward and laterally - both verbal and written are essential. Must be able to influence across organizational boundaries without formal reporting authority and to, at time, deliver tough messages based on audit findings

Analytical skills - Problem solving and the ability to effectively function under pressure.

Planning and Organizational skills - the position will typically be involved in multiple projects simultaneously and will also be required to plan site visit procedures

Presentation and Interpersonal skills - Must be able to concisely deliver to management all significant findings resulting from the performance of walkthroughs and site visits

Key Functional Competencies & Technical Skills (3-5)

Accounting - Well-developed financial expertise, including accounting principles, and processes. Solid understanding of financial systems and their impact on accounting and controls.

Financial Control - In-depth understanding of internal control; experience in designing, documenting and monitoring internal control policies. Solid understanding of GAAP, auditing procedures and Mars, Inc. Finance Manual.

Functional & Technical skills - ERP systems experience preferred (SAP)

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.