Associate Lead Internal Control Specialist

Imagine a future where you will be a part of Ørsted, a global leader in offshore wing energy and the world’s most sustainable company.

Join us in this role where you’ll be a part of a team driving the development and improvement of Ørsted's internal control framework for financial and sustainability reporting, ensuring a strong control culture and robust control environment.

Welcome to Corporate Reporting
You’ll be part of the Internal Control Assurance team where you, together with your colleagues, will be involved in the risk assessment, ensuring the continuous improvement of the Ørsted internal control framework, monitoring and testing of internal controls for financial and sustainability reporting, driving remediation of control deficiencies and contributing to planning and prioritization of the annual internal control cycle. As a team, we are multinational team of 5 employees, located in Copenhagen and Kuala Lumpur.  Your work location will be in Kuala Lumpur.

You’ll play an important role in:

• supporting and developing Ørsted's internal control framework using a risk-based approach, in close collaboration with process owners, control performers, and reviewers
• supporting process owners in strengthening their control environment and improving end-to-end processes through practical guidance and clear governance
• testing the effectiveness of controls, identifying deficiencies, facilitating remediation with process owners, and ensure transparent reporting and follow-up on action plans
• supporting the business in remediating audit findings related to internal controls, including root-cause analysis and sustainable corrective actions
• driving awareness and training activities to strengthen ownership of risks and controls across the organization
• contributing to risk and scoping analysis and the development of the annual internal control plan including prioritization and stakeholder alignment
• driving and supporting activities within ServiceNow (our GRC system) including updates to control master data
• monitoring and following up on controls not completed in a timely manner
• supporting the reporting to executive management and Audit & Risk Committee.

To succeed in the role, you: 

• have degree in auditing, accounting or finance
• have experience in audit firms, complemented by second-line control functions (e.g., Internal Control Assurance or Governance, Risk and Compliance) in multinational or complex organization
• can demonstrate success in control standardization, automation, managing control deficiencies, and partnering with finance leaders to drive compliance
• have solid SAP knowledge and hands-on experience implementing and developing GRC systems for monitoring internal controls
• are team players with considerable stakeholder management and ability to influence stakeholders at all organizational levels
• have an excellent communication skills and fluency in English are required