Manager- Group Operations Financial Controls

JOB TITLE

Manager, Group Operations Financial Controls | Holding | Finance

Role Summary

To drive consistent, efficient, and compliant operational controls across procurement-to-pay, inventory, CAPEX, and customer service processes. Serve as the first point of contact for business units on day-to-day operational control matters.

ROLE PROFILE

• SOP Governance – Maintain and refresh standard operating procedures (SOPs) and control checklists for high-risk operational processes.
• Risk & Control Reviews – Perform walk throughs and spot checks at Holding and OpCos; document control gaps and agree remediation.
• Incident & Issue Tracking – Own the operational control issue log; monitor root cause analysis and follow up actions.
• Combined Assurance – Align testing calendar with Internal Audit to avoid duplication and ensure full coverage.
• Training – Deliver toolbox talks / e learning modules on control disciplines to operations managers, buyers, and warehouse staff.
• Data & Dashboarding – Build simple Power BI views to visualise KPIs (cycle time, exception rates, policy breaches).
• Regulatory Watch – Track changes in HSE, data privacy, AML, and industry specific regs; map requirements to operational controls.
• Vendor & Contract Controls – Verify compliance with delegation of authority limits, tender policies, and contract variation controls.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or Finance.
• Professional certification desirable: Lean Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt), CCSA, CQA, or ISO 9001/14001 auditor.
• Additional training in HSE, AML, or Data Privacy regulations is a plus.
• 6–9 years in operations risk, internal controls, process excellence, or internal audit across procure to pay, inventory, logistics, and capex processes.
• Proven history of reducing cycle times, exception rates, or regulatory findings through process re engineering or automation.
• Proficiency in data visualisation (Power BI/Tableau) for KPI dashboards and exception analytics.