Head of GBS Compliance (Compliance Tower Lead)

at  Imperial Brands

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent international qualification)
• Extensive experience within similar internal control or compliance roles with track record of establishing well controlled organisations.
• Ability to lead across large, complex and global corporate network, partnering & delivering effectively with other teams globally.
• Excellent understanding of accounting standards/principles as well tax and statutory reporting.
• Strong experience with automated control testing and monitoring technologies (e.g. SAP GRC, RPA, AuditBoard, etc).
• Next to Polish language, fluent business English in reading and writing.
• Excellent relationship building experience, influencing skills, and experience of working with senior level managers/executives across a large, complex, matrix organisation.

ABOUT US

We’re a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference

As part of Imperial Brand’s companywide transformation, the company launched a multiple-scope Global Business Services organisation (“GBS”). As part of the functional operating models, GBS will deliver services around Finance, Data, IT and Procurement as well as a centralised approach to controls assurance across retained as well as shared service operations (including but not limited to GBS itself).
There has been a clear recognition by the Group’s Board that a robust and consistently applied internal control framework is essential to the success of the Group and as result we continue to strengthen our existing capabilities by establishing a dedicated Compliance Centre of Capability function as part of our wider GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) operating model.
The role will effectively stand-up an industrialised approach to internal control monitoring, testing and reporting at different organisational levels to provide appropriate comfort over control design and operating effectiveness by providing consistent and comprehensive assurance over key operational and compliance risks through performing control testing (or overseeing testing by others) as well as consistently and efficiently executing control monitoring activities (e.g. continuous auditing).
The GBS Compliance Tower Lead is a member of the GBS Leadership team, as well as the Group’s Integrated Assurance Forum, responsible for ensuring robust internal control assurance processes are in place over financial and non-financial risks and related key control solutions / risk mitigations.
The role is based in Krakow with occasional travelling to Head Office (around 10 – 20%).