IT Manager

IT Manager – Finance, Risk and Control

What you become a part of

Business partner with the IT Leadership Team (LT) and the BU Senior Managers in the R&C team to assist IT and Finance achieve their operational, reporting and compliance objectives.

The Role

This involves identifying and assessing IT specific risks, designing and implementing efficient and effective IT controls to mitigate these risks.

One of the primary objectives of the role is to ensure that CCEP’s financial statements are accurate and reliable and are compliant with relevant regulation (e.g. Sarbanes Oxley Act, UK Companies Act, U.K. Corporate Governance Code, IFRS).  This requires designing and implementing IT SOX controls.

Additionally, the role will support key transition projects that have a significant impact on our IT environment to ensure that any key commercial / operational and compliance risks are identified, assessed, and monitored. In this capacity, the role will be critical in supporting the Business during the IT transition and the transition of key financial functions from the Business Units to the Shared Service Centre.

What to expect

Accountabilities

• Execute the IT Internal Control (IC) strategy as defined by the Associate Director and Director of the team. The strategy will incorporate all Markets and the Shared Service Centre and will be based on the key components of the COSO framework:
  • Reporting / Financial; ensuring that CCEP is compliant with relevant Internal Control (IC) legislation including the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX). The team will identify and assess financial risk, design and implement ICs, maintain the IC framework, monitor ICs and ensure timely and effective remediation of ineffective ICs (identified through Internal Audit reports, SOX 404 testing or other).
  • Operational / Commercial; collaborating with CCEP’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team and the business unit to support with the identification and assessment of key operational or commercial risks and when appropriate (depending on risk appetite) assist with the design and implementation of ICs to support Managements goals.
  • Compliance; collaborating with CCEP’s Ethics & Compliance (E&C) team to assist with identifying and assessing compliance risk and implementing ICs when necessary.

• Collaborate with Senior IT Leadership across CCEP to promote a culture of control compliance and to build the brand of the Risk and Control team;
• Manage the relationship with the IT E&Y teams; and
• Assist with the identification of areas of improvement and implement changes to address these. E.g. introduce new technologies and staying abreast of any changes in legislation;  

What we expect of you

Qualifications:

• University accounting, business, IT or finance degree required
• Professional qualification in accounting or IT (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CFA, CISA or equivalent) preferred

Experience:

• Minimum 8 years work experience in IT, accounting or finance required
• Strong accounting knowledge required
• Experience within an Internal Control or Internal Audit function required
• Strong understanding of core IT management processes

Technical Skills:

• Experience with the design and implementation of IT controls in compliance with relevant legislation.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory environments applicable to CCEP (SOX, UKLA, etc) and compliance frameworks COBIT, COSO, Sarbanes Oxley;
• Experience with auditing or implementing SAP is preferred;
• Experience with SaaS solutions and SOC 1 reports is preferred;
• Strong skills in operating systems: Windows, Linux, OS400; and Databases: DB2; SQL Server;
• Experience with GRC tools
• Experience in performing IT risk assessments;

Behavioural Competencies:

• Ability to identify areas of improvement and drive change;
• Excellent problem solving skills;
• Experience in change and project management work;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Excellent networking and collaboration and influencing skills, particularly with Senior Management across different cultures;