Risk and Control Manager

Risk & Control Manager

Support the SHV Energy Risk and Control Senior Manager in fulfilling the Internal Control & Risk Management strategy by harmonizing our Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control methodologies, and ensuring their global implementation in support of the SHV Energy business strategy.

With the objective to foster a risk and control aware culture and mindset across the organisation, this function serves as a primary point of contact for anything relating to risk and controls originating from either the Business Units or functional domains at Head Office. Activities include stakeholder management with local Risk and Control functions and Business Unit Management Teams, conducting trainings, performing internal control assessments, ensuring quality control, periodical reporting to senior management, crafting development and improvement plans and spearheading innovative practices and good control practices.

For the right candidate that fulfils all requirements, this position is offered in Hay Grade 17.

The key activities of this role are:

1. Monitor and assess compliance of business controls

• Coordinate internal control self-assessment planning and align with control owners;
• Train internal control framework control owners;
• On-board new BUs to the internal control framework self-assessment process;
• Track progress of the internal control self-assessments and ensure deadlines are reached;
• Ensure that internal control testing is performed in line with quality standards and instructions;
• Advocate continuous compliance with the internal controls and support the business to improve when internal control requirements are not met;
• Report on the outcomes of internal control self-assessments.

2. Support in the creation of a Risk and Control (R&C) culture

• Promote a standardized approach to R&C processes across the organization;
• Improve the internal control culture, e.g. by sharing best practices and success stories;
• Foster collaboration between departments to integrate R&C principles into daily operations;
• Utilize data analytics to provide insights and drive continuous improvement in R&C activities;
• Conduct regular trainings and workshops to reinforce the importance of an R&C culture.

3. Support the roll-out of a harmonized and holistic risk assessment methodology

• Support with the update and communication of the risk assessment methodology;
• Explain the risk assessment methodology including the tooling available to BU representatives;
• Keep the SHV Energy risk universe up-to-date;
• Periodically update key risks action plans, aligned with risk owners;
• Act as first point of contact with questions related to the risk assessment methodology;
• Support the execution of periodical risk assessments performed by interviewing subject matter experts, gathering data and creating the risk report.

4. Support in the creation of a Risk and Control community

• Maintain R&C community repositories (e.g.: Sharepoint, Teams channel, etc);
• Support organizing community events;
• Support sharing best practices across group companies;
• Support R&C and IA integration and synergies;
• Identify R&C community weaknesses and support training and improvement plans;
• Ideate solutions to keep the R&C community engaged, active and effective.

5. Support with Risk and Control projects

• Support the Risk and Control Senior Manager in projects to improve R&C maturity across the group. Typical projects support our Business Units (in the role of advisor) with risk evaluation and/or mitigation, SoD remediation projects, process flowing and control mapping, ensuring that control requirements are sufficiently embedded with the implementation of new processes and systems, and overall internal control gap remediation.

What we are looking for – Skills

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, IT or Engineering)
• At least 8 years of relevant work experience (e.g. Risk and Controls, internal or external audit)
• Experience with the dynamics of an international company
• Understanding of risk management principles and being able to implement these in practice
• Able and willing to travel internationally when needed (expectation that this will be < 20% of the time)
• High level of computer literacy, a good working knowledge of ERP systems, business processes and controls

Desired but not essential

• Experience with process walkthroughs and control mapping
• Experience with GRC software
• Experience in the LPG sector
• MBA and/or master’s degree
• Relevant qualifications and certifications (e.g. CPA, CIA, CRISC, CFE)
• Experience with Data Analytics and AI
• AI Knowledge

What we offer:

• An opportunity to work in a broad range and make an impact on the projects you will be involved in.
• The opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable world.
• An attractive salary to the position with good primary and secondary benefits.
• Flexible working arrangements to work hybrid from home and the office.
• A modern high tech office located right next to the Hoofddorp station with great facilities and an open work plan.
• It’s a full-time position but we are open to discuss part-time.