Regional Internal Control Senior Specialist - Toa Payoh

Overview / Brief

Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards

Diversity is part of our DNA. LDC strives to create a diverse and inclusive work environment where people can thrive regardless of gender, sexuality, ethnicity or background.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us.

You will need to ensure that the internal control failure risks are minimized, with a primary focus on trading activities (TTC).

Main Responsibilities:

• Drive the internal controls/risks culture, and act as the guardian of the LDC’s transverse controls (i.e. TTC), while supporting the risk awareness campaigns
• Collaborate closely, work efficiently with the cross-functional Global/Regional/Local teams to ensure the LDC TTC Control frameworks are in place, to reduce risks control in conformity with the LDC Group’s standards by:
• Leading initiatives/projects that are focused on risk management & process efficiency
• Identifying issues/exceptions remediations, lessons learnt in the initiatives/projects
• Identifying, assessing, and monitoring the business risks/incidents and best practices
• Understanding the root causes, providing innovative recommendations/solutions to manage such business risks/incidents, to follow-up on the solutions implementation, and to analyze the policy exceptions
• Contribute and support the modernization/efficiency of the control processes (i.e. TTC-linked including people, processes, tools, etc). Reinforce the creation of a robust control environment to ensure that it is in place, and that each control environment has an owner who is aware & able to fulfill the controls assigned to them respectively
• Contribute and suggest innovative solutions to provide a robust control execution (e.g. partner with Finance Business Process Owners, Compliance Monitoring, IT departments to deliver technology enhancements in various aspects such as automation/digitalization of controls, etc)
• Monitor business risks by interacting with Global, Regional, Local teams and/or other channels (e.g. tools monitoring, markets research, etc) to assess and suggest continuous improvement to the control environment
• Analyze controls’ quality reviews and issue recommendations/solutions to guarantee a strong control/risk execution, and to support process reviews to recognize sustainable control upgrades
• Create/Produce reporting tools and key performance metrics to build a robust control system to assist in business decision-making
• Assist in the execution of Global, Regional, Local changes in controls/methodologies
• Assist in the supervision of the work of other team members within the Asia region

Experiences:

• At least 3-5 years of relevant working experiences in Internal Control/Product Control/Business Analysis/Management Accounting/Audit
• Working knowledge of Financial Markets, in particular Commodity and Foreign Exchange Markets
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel, Data Analytics Software (ACL) tools
• Knowledge of SQL and PowerBI is a plus
• Experience in Audit Business Cycles (Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Trade-to-Cash, Capex, EH&S, Inventory management, Logistics, Maintenance, Production management, etc)
• Experience in financial consolidation/reporting is a plus
• Knowledge of key Derivatives Trading/Hedge Accounting and best practices are mandatory
• Strong analytical skills with a keen eye for details
• Good business sense with high level vision
• Ability to identify/control weaknesses and implement process improvements
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability and willingness to interact effectively with all levels of employees & management
• Ability to handle/prioritize multiple responsibilities
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Independent self-starter who takes initiative, and has a proactive attitude toward problems and issues
• Flexibility on working hours during periodic closings/projects monitoring

Academics:

• Degree in Accounting/Business/Economics/Finance or related field of study