Group Risk and Internal Controls Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

Who We Are

Cint is a pioneer in research technology (ResTech). Our platform enables customers to ask questions and receive answers from real people, empowering them to build business strategies, confidently publish research, and accurately measure the impact of digital advertising. The Cint platform is the world’s largest programmatic marketplace with nearly 300 million respondents across more than 150 countries who consent to share their opinions, motivations, and behaviors.

 

We are feeding the world’s curiosity!

Job Description

The Opportunity

As the Group Risk and Internal Controls Manager you will oversee Risk Management and Internal Control matters across the organisation, ensuring the integrity of financial reporting, mitigating risk, and preventing material fraud. 

This role requires great technical understanding of regulatory requirements and you will need to be able to translate these into practical plans to set the vision for risk management and the control environment across the business and influence others to deliver in-line with the agreed vision.

To succeed in this role, you will need excellent leadership skills, the ability to collaborate across multiple functions, and a deep commitment to educating and driving risk management and internal controls best practices.

You will report directly to the SVP Group Finance and working closely with the Global Leadership Team, Audit Committee, CFO and the General Counsel.

 

What You Will Do

  • Accountable to the Audit Committee for the annual Risk Assessment exercise and Internal Controls self-assessment cycle.

  • Working across all relevant group functions including Finance, HR, Legal, IT, Sales, Product, R&D to maintain and continuously improve the robust risk management and internal control framework.

  • Lead and advise on the key processes that are in scope for Risk Management review and Internal Controls program and define timetable to stand-up/stand-down any scope changes with supporting detailed documentation of risks and controls.

  • Oversee and manage directly the Risk Management and the Internal Controls Programs, including the design and operating effectiveness of controls, including annual self-assessment and review. 

  • Lead on the remediation of deficiencies identified. This will involve hands-on implementation of new controls, enhancing existing controls and redesigning some processes to mitigate the risk of material misstatement.

  • Key leadership role in Corporate Responsibility including further implementation of CSRD reporting.

  • Position requiring a deployment of a wide set of skills with ability to deliver RIC programs without direct reports in a cross-functional setting.

  • Lead the Risk Management and IC program outwardly into the business, working with stakeholders to influence financial control ownership and responsibility. Establish a cadence and agenda of key control items and steps to resolution with visibility of key topics.

  • Represent the Risk management and IC program in the broader Internal Controls Steerco and collaborate effectively with other, functional controls work-streams.

  • Develop policies and procedures to mitigate risks and achieve reliable financial reporting and protection of company assets.

Qualifications

What We Are Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field

  • Certified Public Accountant Qualification

  • 7 years Post-Qualification Experience

  • Proven experience in board-level reporting and a high standard of verbal and written communication

  • Experience of the external/listed environment

  • A proven leader with a strong background in financial controls and a track record of improving financial control environments in large organisations

 

Bonus Points If You Have

  • Swedish language spoken and written would be an advantage

  • Previous experience working for a Swedish listed company

Additional Information

#LI-Hybrid 

Our Values

Collaboration is our superpower

  • We uncover rich perspectives across the world
  • Success happens together
  • We deliver across borders.

Innovation is in our blood

  • We’re pioneers in our industry
  • Our curiosity is insatiable
  • We bring the best ideas to life.

We do what we say

  • We’re accountable for our work and actions
  • Excellence comes as standard
  • We’re open, honest and kind, always.

We are caring

  • We learn from each other’s experiences
  • Stop and listen; every opinion matters
  • We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.

 

More About Cint

In June 2021, Cint acquired Berlin-based GapFish – the world’s largest ISO certified online panel community in the DACH region – and in January 2022, completed the acquisition of US-based Lucid – a programmatic research technology platform that provides access to first-party survey data in over 110 countries.

 

Cint Group AB (publ), listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, this growth has made Cint a strong global platform with teams across its many global offices, including Stockholm, London, New York, New Orleans, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. (www.cint.com)

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