Manager Internal Controls

Your responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Manager Internal Controls include but are not limited to the following.

• Establish strong and efficient internal controls at Stryker in Europe

• Recommends to management for risks control strategy planning

• Maintain objectivity, independence, and due professional care consistent with Stryker and external standards

• Improve organizational efficiency and operating environment by performing regular business processes evaluation and polices optimization

• Formulate and implement self-assessment tool to ensure entities’ compliance with company policies and procedures

• Ensure the operation perform according to internal control procedure by testing of key business processes with high risk

• Ensure efficient implementation of corrective actions for issues identified

• Coordinates with internal and external auditors to ensure audit objectives are efficiently and effectively achieved

• Avoids legal challenges by understanding current and proposed legislation, enforcing accounting regulations and recommending new procedures

• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential

Security and Controls

• Ensures the risks within the user access are mitigated and maintains a Role Based Access matrix Oracle 11i

• Manages the Segregation of Duties (SoD) process to ensure financial reporting and fraud risks are sufficiently mitigated and a minimum of conflicting tasks exist

• Manages the Periodic Access Review (PAR) process within the different ERP systems in Europe, to ensure that the right people have the right access

• Compiles and issues effective reports detailing conclusions and shares them across Europe

• Maintains process documentation and drives improvement

Audits

• Manages and acts as first line of contact for Internal and External Audits

• Coordinates audit preparation, questions and follow up

• Ensures audit objectives are timely, efficiently and effectively achieved

• Develops management actions plans that address Audit observations to drive sustainable improvements

• Drives the implementation of the agreed action plan with the SSC management team to resolve identified issues/deficiencies

People Management

• Manages and supervises staff of professionals, including senior professionals to ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met

• Ensures teams work in line with established company HR and recruitment guidelines

• Works with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor and advise on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff

• Makes self-available as coach/mentor in assisting direct reports to develop in their positions

• Delegates tasks to direct reports in line with skill, knowledge and ability and where necessary identify skill gaps and training requirements

• Ensures staff has access to appropriate training for new and existing staff as needed

• Maintain regular communications on performance and development

• Handles personnel issues relating to staff conflicts, absenteeism, performance issues, etc. As required, become involved in relevant personnel matters including recruitment, termination and counseling

Our requirements

The Job’s Mission:

The Manager Internal Controls will be responsible for implementing, directing and overseeing the auditing and compliance programs in Europe. Conducts and directs audits and ongoing reviews of organization controls, operating procedures, and compliance with policies and regulations. Reviews and appraises the soundness, effectiveness, and proper application of accounting and financial controls, compliance procedures and timeliness of documentation generation. Assesses the adequacy and extent of programs designed to safeguard organization assets. Compiles and issues reports detailing conclusions and providing recommendations for improvements. Recommends employee training and modifications to procedures as needed. Serves as liaison for all external audit and regulatory agencies.