Cntrl & Rpt Associate Manager, Internal Control, AMESA APAC Sector HQ at PepsiCo

Overview

• This role supports AMESA APAC Sectors Internal Control Agenda, supporting PepsiCo to accomplish their objectives, minimize risks and protect company assets, ensure accuracy of records, promote operational efficiency, and support adherence to global policies, rules, regulations, and laws.
• Supports BUs in ensuring proper documentation and maintenance for updated walkthroughs, test scripts, flowcharts, and local Policies & Procedures.
• Supports audits, assessments across all business processes, supporting business objectives to improve control maturity level according with the Global Control Standard (COSO Methodology).
• Supports markets in implement monitoring strategy to prevent potential business risks and help rationalize controls.
• Participates in Global controls forums to implement best practices

Responsibilities

• Support BUs in deploying and sustaining the Global Control Standard (GCS) framework
• Support Business in implementing and updating policies and procedures, flowchart, walkthrough, GCS master data aligned with Global Control Standard (COSO Methodology).
• Support and promote Application and IT controls framework design and deployment in collaboration with Global teams
• Lead the quarterly GCS certification: own the GCS Portal and coordinate quarterly GCS submissions for AMESA and APAC
• Closely monitor and report SOX controls testing results by working closely with all COs/POs
• Support the preparation of quarterly Pre-Close / Post-Close Reviews
• Lead the preparation and review of Quarterly GCS Update to Sector Controller
• Ensure Corporate Audit findings and remediation progress are monitored and communicated
• Proactively collaborate with the BUs to support remediating and resolving identified issues.
• Be the point of Contact of all My-Buy Control related questions and Risk Assessments
• Promote best practices to improve process and controls efficiency
• Conduct the Sector Controls Risk assessment and the Fraud Risk assessment Semi-annually
• Conduct annual SOX scoping and ensure SOX controls are deployed to mitigate Financial Reporting risks
• Ensure KPMG and non-KPMG sentinels are approved as per the DOA and fees are timely confirmed to Corporate in adherence to the External audit and Alternative Service Providers Policy

Qualifications

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work proactively and collaboratively with cross-functional teams
• Ability to work with a broad range of geographies / remote teams
• Strong influencing skills
• Systems and IT knowledge
• Relevant university degree / professional qualifications.