Internal Controls Manager
Abcam

Job Info

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For over 25 years, Abcam has been providing tools the scientific community needs to enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases, and metabolic disorders.

We believe that to continue making progress, we need to work together, each bringing our own unique perspectives to make an impact on the world. This community needs people like you: dedicated, agile and above all audacious so we can truly drive science forward.

The Internal Controls Manager is responsible for leading the SOX agenda for the Abcam global business. They will lead a small team who are responsible for identifying control weaknesses and working with the business to remediate them. They are an integral part of the Abcam finance team but work cross functionally ensuring that all aspects of the financial control environment is functioning effectively.

The position reports into the Finance Director, Group Reporting and is part of the Core finance team located in Cambridge, UK. Remote working option will also be considered for this role

At Abcam, our vision is to be the most influential life sciences company for researchers worldwide.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead a team responsible for development and implementation of detailed test plans to assess the current control environment to identify areas of control weakness / gaps for the internal audit plan, including SOX initiatives.
• Oversee control testing across the business. Effectively develops and communicates timelines and role assignments to ensure a timely and accurate consolidation of internal audit and SOX results while driving accountability across the business.
• Works regularly with internal business process owners to assess design and operating control failures through review of root cause assessments. Effectively communicates findings and practical recommendations, helps guide remediation efforts to closure, and advises on control requirements for new systems or process design. Follow-ups on required remediation to ensure control gaps are adequately addressed and aligned to completion dates.
• Prioritize within a multi-year plan on what is most important at different stages including being a key stakeholder in change projects ensuring controls are at forefront of design.
• Maintains current understanding of all related internal systems and processes, and external regulatory requirements; Acts in accordance with all corporate policies and practices, and ensure work follows all internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
• Works closely with Corporate IA, including coordinating the annual risk-based audit plan and SOX initiatives, with the objective of increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the audit function
• Manages and coordinates policy exceptions and reviews, and owns certain policies and processes such as DOA.

The essential requirement of the job include:

• CPA / Certified internal audit / ACA preferred with multiple years of post qualification experience
• Sox audit experience preferably with a "big four" or second tier audit firm and/or experience of auditing within a global sox compliant organization
• Experience of managing a highly engaged team
• Extensive practical experience of SOX financial controls
• An understanding of ITGC controls and impact on financial controls

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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