Internal Control Specialist

Role Purpose

To support the Internal Control Department in coordinating, tracking, and executing internal control related projects, internal and external audits, and compliance initiatives. The role ensures project milestones are met, documentation is organized, and stakeholders remain aligned and updated across departments.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Project Coordination & Tracking

Assist in planning, scheduling, and executing internal control related projects. Maintain and update project dashboards, tracking sheets, and action item logs to monitor progress against deadlines. Follow up with project stakeholders on pending action items and documentation requests.

2. Audit Coordination & Action Plans Tracking

Support the preparation phase of internal and external audits by gathering requested documentation, policies, and evidence trails. Monitor the audit action plans tracker by following up pending documentations with business process owners. Help draft internal control testing working papers.

3. Reporting & Communication

Help draft quarterly internal control dashboards and audit status reports for country leadership. Assist in preparing materials for internal control awareness, newsletters and compliance escalations.

4. Administrative & Operational Support

Coordinate scheduling for project meetings, workshops, and internal control reviews. Support team members on company systems technicalities, internal control tools and templates.

Qualifications:

• 1–2 years of experience in project management, internal audit, compliance, or finance operations.
• Excellent organizational, documentation follow-up and time-management skills
• Strong analytical mindset with high attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, PowerBI) and collaboration tools (Teams, SharePoint)
• Familiarity with SAP is a strong plus.
• Strong and clear verbal and written communication skills in English.
• High integrity, proactive, collaborative, detail-oriented, and discreet regarding confidential information.