Business Assurance Expert

THE ROLE

Are you passionate about compliance and business assurance activities? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your skills can make a significant impact? Join our team as an Business Assurance Specialist and play a key role in ensuring our Group's internal control framework is robust and effective

We offer for you to be a part of our inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Independent Testing: Execute independent testing of pre-defined control activities or coordinate and review testing performed by others.
• Policy Localisation: Support local and cluster management in implementing the Group's minimum control requirements and localising the internal control framework.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage key stakeholders across the Group's operations, providing consistent and comprehensive assurance over key controllable risks.
• Control Implementation: Support the implementation of control activities in retained processes and maintain related procedures.
• Assurance Planning: Actively participate in the annual assurance planning process across the full GBS Compliance CoC scope.
• Monitoring and Reporting: Perform specific monitoring control activities and provide relevant and insightful reporting on compliance levels, remedial actions, and risk mitigation.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Accounting Knowledge: Good understanding of accounting standards/principles, tax, and statutory reporting.
• Experience: experience in internal or external auditing or internal control compliance.
• Organizational Skills: Strong organizational skills with the ability to follow schedules and achieve goals.
• Analytical Skills: Great logical thinking, analytical, and report writing skills to visualize data in insightful ways.
• Relationship Building: Ability to develop broad, cooperative relationships with diverse stakeholders and colleagues from multicultural backgrounds across multiple countries.
• Proactive Approach: Positive, proactive, and solution-oriented approach to work, with a desire for continued self-development and confidence in dealing with others.

WHAT WE OFFER

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

EVERYONE BELONGS

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

ABOUT US

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we're fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.

EVERYONE BELONGS