Controls Associate Manager

Auto req ID: 281971BR Job Description Put your financial experience to work for some of the world’s most beloved brands with a career at PepsiCo. With 23 billion-dollar brands sold in over 200 countries and territories around the globe, you’ll have opportunities to help shape the future of one of the world’s largest companies. We’re committed to building a future-ready finance organization where our associates drive sustainable, full-potential performance for our company. PepsiCo Finance partners have a seat at the table across all facets and functions within the company. We are focused on developing and enhancing key capabilities such as Strategic Business partnering, Insights & Analytics, and Digital across our finance teams. As a Finance professional, you’ll have the opportunity to explore a multi-disciplinary career path across a broad number of functions, and make meaningful contributions towards creating smiles for consumers, driving full-potential performance and achieving our Winning with Purpose vision. As the Controls Associate Manager, you will be a key member of the team responsible for implementing the PepsiCo Go To Market (GTM) Controls solution within the PBNA HALO / SAVVY project. As a controls team member, your main objective is to deliver a successful GTM controls solution that meets the business risk appetite and leverages similar global GTM program solutions. The role of the Controls Associate Manager is to work with key stakeholders from the project and the global sustain organization to drive business and IT general control effectiveness (including new, emerging technology risk areas), strengthen segregation of duties design and monitoring activities and participate in supporting activities for the broader controls agenda. You will actively participate in project implementation to: Identify process risk areas Assess risk likelihood and impact Design/Localize key controls Align controls remediation with control and process owners Implement controls to sustain organizations through training and support from go-live through hyper care Control testing for PBNA and / or across other sectors as neededYou will participate in the successful integration of the project controls team: Actively engage and consult on risks and controls to business processes through working with project team and reviewing project solutions Define requirements for IT general controls and SODs Assess business and IT processes for risk Identify key controls to mitigate risk Design and Document internal controls content Develop processes to operationalize controls (includes training key stakeholders) Adopt and adhere to project processes and methodology Participate in key planning and meetings Collaborate with project teams to implement and deploy controls deliverables Coordinate and work closely with internal PepsiCo controls teams / SMEs Coordinate, perform and report on control testing Support on IT General Control design/testing as required You will participate in the assessment and implementation of security governance processes: Define business requirements for security governance processes Document security governance content Develop processes to operationalize security governance processes Participate in meetings to represent the security governance agenda Coordinate with various virtual IT control and Security Governance team members Coordinate, perform, and report out on control testing Support on IT General Control design/testing as required You will support various project activities related to digital automation and/or data analytic control tools (e.g., PWC Enterprise Insights, UI Path, myidM, PEPAGM, Tableau, etc.). Assess opportunities to leverage analytics to strengthen manual control execution Communicate opportunities to key stakeholders and Controls Lead for consideration Support development of analytics as required You will manage internal and external audit relationships to maintain a positive outlook on the progression of the PBNA GTM controls solution Consult and assist project team with corporate audit activities including evidence and information requests collection Work with IT Controls, Sector Control and IT teams to ensure holistic approach is taken to remediate Corporate Audit findings Support achieving “effective” pre-implementation audit result for controls work stream Qualifications/Requirements Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors in Business, Accounting, Finance or Information Systems 5+ years of control, technology risk and/or finance experiencePreferred Qualifications: Deep knowledge of IT general controls and segregation of duties SAP GRC (or similar) tool experience Previous Big 4 and/or consulting experience CISA, CISSP, CIA, PMP, Agile, Six Sigma or other equivalent certification Thorough understanding of PepsiCo business processes / policies and associated risk Strong understanding of the PepsiCo Global Control Standard (GCS) Broad understanding of compliance, audit, and business controls activities Working knowledge of basic security & control concepts Ability to identify and propose technical solutions to meet automated control requirements General understanding of the key process areas within the program (e.g., Supply Chain, Finance, Go-To-Market, etc.) Excellent communication skills Openness to best practices and new approaches Problem solver and intellectually curious with positive and resilient character Agile Project Life Cycle Experience (Preferred) COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for this role. Please note that all such company vaccine requirements provide the opportunity to request an approved accommodation or exemption under applicable law Relocation Eligible: Not Eligible for Relocation Job Type: Regular All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. 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