Specialist III Business Risk & Controls

• Lead the definition documentation and governance of business process controls across all in-scope ERP processes; ensuring controls reflect key business risks and align with ADUSA Risk & Controls frameworks and standards.

• Contribute to the design criteria and requirements for business process controls during process design ensuring appropriate risk and control considerations are embedded.

• Own the design and maintenance of SoD rulesets from a business risk perspective defining unacceptable conflicts required mitigating controls and process driven access principles

• Drive end-to-end mapping of controls to business process definitions flows and global templates ensuring the control logic follows the process and is consistent across banners and functions

• Develop and maintain business-owned components of the ERP control documentation including RACMs control narratives process flows test scripts and evidence standards; ensuring alignment with ADUSA Risk & Controls documentation standards.

• Identify and communicate control gaps redundancies and optimization opportunities; support business owners and ADUSA R&C in developing practical remediation actions with clear timelines and risk prioritization.

• Govern the documentation and design of mitigating controls (including those supporting SoD conflicts) in accordance with ADUSA R&C guidance and business operating realities.

• Serve as the authoritative source of business control requirements for Tech SAP Security and GRC teams to translate into system-enforced controls role design and access governance processes.

• Review system role designs and access models to ensure alignment to business-defined SoD and control expectations

• Coordinate with ADUSA Risk & Controls to understand enterprise audit expectations and ensure business-owned control documentation supports effective audit readiness.

• Engage Internal Audit and External Audit as needed-via ADUSA R&C-to clarify expectations understand upcoming assurance needs and support pre-validation activities of business-owned control documentation and evidence.

• Support the planning and execution of business control testing during SIT/UAT in partnership with program testing teams and ADUSA R&C.

• Represent Business Controls in ERP design sessions fit-gap workshops and Business Transformation governance forums ensuring risk and control requirements are intentionally embedded

• Provide oversight and challenge to the System Integrator regarding control design completeness and process risk considerations

• Provide program leadership with transparent reporting on business control readiness risk exposure and required decision-making

• Maintain formal ongoing alignment with central Risk & Controls team to ensure consistency in frameworks methodologies and enterprise audit expectations

• Ensure business teams understand adopt and operate to the approved control designs as part of change readiness and operational transition

• Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our values

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis until the end of their appointment
• 8+ years of experience in internal controls business process risk management audit or governance roles supporting end-to-end process transformation or ERP

• Deep expertise in business process risk & control design within large-scale ERP transformations (preferably SAP) with the ability to translate business risks into control requirements and align documentation to an enterprise Risk & Controls framework.

• Experience collaborating with technology teams to translate business control requirements into system role SoD principles and security models

• Strong knowledge of SOX COSO business process controls and audit methodologies

• Proven ability to influence in matrixed environments across business finance and technology

• Strong communication facilitation documentation and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to articulate risk and control implications of business process design decisions

• Experience working with internal and external auditors on large transformation programs

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a large fast-moving transformation program

• Ability to travel up to 25%

• Professional certifications: CPA CIA CRISC or CFE

• Retail grocery/CPG experience with exposure to store ops merchandising supply chain and finance processes

• Working knowledge of mitigating control design access governance principles and SoD frameworks

What We Do

Ahold Delhaize USA a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize is part of the U.S. family of brands which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion Giant Food The GIANT Company Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services including Finance Legal Sustainability Commercial Digital and E-commerce Technology and more. Our team includes some of the best and brightest talent from a variety of backgrounds ranging from decades-long careers in retail to fresh perspectives from outside our industry. With a purpose-driven culture grounded in our values of courage care integrity teamwork and humor we are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued. Our team shares a common motivation to drive change take ownership and enable the brands we support to nourish their customers and communities. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies. As part of the largest grocery retail group on the East Coast we understand our vital role in enabling healthier people and a healthier planet and have an ongoing commitment to driving sustainable change that leads to a thriving food system nourishes local communities and creates a better world.

Why Work With Us

We love fresh perspectives not just fresh produce. We believe that an inclusive workplace fosters creativity accelerates innovation and helps us create an even better product. At Ahold Delhaize USA you’ll find coworkers who are caring and committed and who focus on dreaming big and getting things done.

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