Internal Controls Manager - Americas Commercial

About the role

The Internal Controls Manager for the Americas Commercial team will lead the design, implementation, and monitoring of internal control processes, ensuring compliance with SOX and U.S. GAAP across the business. This full‑time onsite position works closely with controllers, auditors, and control owners to maintain a robust control environment.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and manage strong partnerships with key stakeholders to communicate policy changes, remediate control issues, and address business concerns.
• Maintain stakeholder engagement strategies, set communication cadences, and coordinate routine compliance activities.
• Consolidate and escalate policy or accounting inquiries for consistent treatment.
• Deliver formal trainings on compliance requirements.
• Participate in global internal controls strategy, propose automation and efficiency improvements.
• Plan and coordinate recurring compliance tasks, audit readiness, and control activities.
• Lead control rollouts, track changes in personnel or processes, and oversee risk mitigation updates.
• Monitor completeness and accuracy testing of key reports and support audit activities.
• Review annual control certifications, maintain documentation, and liaise with internal and external audit teams.
• Manage remediation actions, provide status updates, and ensure timely issue resolution.

Required profile

• Minimum 8 years of experience in external audit, internal controls, or public accounting.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business required; Master’s degree a plus.
• Professional certification such as CPA, CIA, ACCA preferred.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) compliance and control design.
• Experience with U.S. GAAP policies.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and written communication abilities.