Internal Control Specialist

Internal Control Specialist is to ensure organisation control system is effectively designed locally, implemented and maintained. This includes regular assessing and monitoring internal control process flow to ensure the ongoing effectiveness and to safeguard companies' assets, to prevent fraud, to ensure compliance, to mitigate financial risks and to enhance operational effectiveness.
Responsibilities
Lead the internal control agenda and initiatives company wide.
Plan and prioritise key/critical process improvement plans (including automation/ digitalization) for the company
Develop policies, procedures and process flow for current and future company practices and to improve efficiency, productivity, and to reduce cost and redundancy.
Key liaison with various stakeholders to assess and track the progress of the agreed plans and initiatives and report to the management on the results.
Partner with stakeholders to identify gaps and issues by providing recommendations
Participate and drive the stakeholders in developing Standard Operating Procedure/ Blueprint /documentation for retention of knowledge to ensure control effectiveness.
Perform the Internal Control Assessment to ensure compliance to Company's Policies and Procedures.
Work closely with various department representatives on any remediation actions within the agreed timeline.
To constantly review the current internal control in place to ensure applicability of the control in the ever-changing industry.
Experience in ISO such as 27001/9001 will be added advantages.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree, Professional Degree with relevant professional Internal Controls qualification (ACA, ACCA or equivalent, CIA, IIA, CISA).
Strong proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and good knowledge in MIS.
At least 3 years working experience in similar capacity i.e. audit, risk assessment, implementing process improvements including automation/digitalization and internal controls function.
Detail oriented, ability to analyze, provide solutions and to oversee the implementation of agreed initiatives.
Strong stakeholder management and project management skills.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are required to support working in project environments that includes internal, external and customer teams.
Strong analytical, conceptual and problem-solving abilities.
Passionate and demonstrate initiatives and able to work independently.