RISK & CONTROLS MANAGER (CHARLOTE, NC)

Job Description

Job Description

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As the leading foodservice and support services company, Compass Group USA is known for our great people, great service and our great results. If you’ve been hungry and away from home, chances are you’ve tasted Compass Group’s delicious food and experienced our outstanding service. We have over 284,000 US associates who work in award-winning restaurants, corporate cafes, hospitals, schools, arenas, museums, and more in all 50 states. Our reach is constantly expanding to shape the industry and create new opportunities for innovation. Join the Compass family today!

great people. great services. great results.

Each and every individual plays a key role in the growth and legacy of our company. We know the next big idea can come from anyone. We encourage developing and attracting expertise that differentiates us as a company as we continue to raise the bar.

Job Summary :

Reporting to the Director, Risk and Controls, the Risk & Controls Manager is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with a strong financial / internal controls background to join the North America Risk & Controls team, based in our Charlotte Corporate Office. As part of the Second Line of Defense, the team owns the Internal Controls frameworks and ensuring this continues to meet leading practices and UK Corporate Governance Code requirements as these evolve. This includes working with colleagues across the organization to support a robust risk and control environment by providing a second line opinion, sharing best practices and guidance to ensuring that risk and control issues are documented, challenged, monitored, tested, reported and escalated, according to the organization’s governance structure and control frameworks. This role has the opportunity to work with multiple functions in the organization including accounting and finance, digital and technology, HR, compliance, sustainability, and safety.  This role is part of a new team, where the candidate will have a hands-on opportunity to help augment the organization’s control environment as it progresses on a control enhancement journey.

Responsibilities :

• Support the ongoing design and implementation of Internal Controls frameworks.
• Manage Risk & Controls Seniors / Analysts in executing controls testing, monitoring, and reporting results, etc.
• Ensure business processes have appropriate controls to optimally manage risks, assisting with the execution of risk assessments where necessary.
• Provide ongoing support to corporate functions and / or operating sectors to review to and challenge their identified risks and controls as documented in their Risk and Control Matrices (RACMs).
• Collaborate with process and controls owners to obtain process understanding, documenting the process flows and / or procedure documents.
• Identify & document leading practice controls which can be published across the organization.
• Develop guidance to support the organization with control compliance, such as evidence maintenance, job aids etc.
• Partner with business teams on cross-departmental projects to improve the overall control environment.
• Support the enterprise risk management process
• Stay up to date on internal and external changes that may impact the design or operation of controls and partner with the appropriate stakeholders to make changes accordingly.
• Support training initiatives across the organization to improve awareness and understanding of internal control requirements.
• Partner with both internal and external audit teams to facilitate streamlined and effective audit processes, as necessary.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across all levels of the organization to enhance the control environment through process optimization and automation.
• Respond to emerging regulatory updates / UK Corporate Governance Code updates.

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Qualifications :

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Compass Group is an equal opportunity employer.  At Compass, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Associates fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.

Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer : this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with a criminal history (including relevant driving history), in a manner consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York Fair Chance Act. We encourage applicants with a criminal history (and driving history) to apply.

Compass Corporate maintains a drug-free workplace.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Associates at Corporate are offered many fantastic benefits.

Associates may also be eligible for paid and / or unpaid time off benefits in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For positions in Washington State, Maryland, or to be performed Remotely, click here for paid time off benefits information.

Req ID :    1475806

Compass Corporate

Julia Vogel

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