Regional Internal Controls Manager
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About the Role
Wood seeks a Regional Internal Controls Manager to support the financial control environment across the assigned region. The role ensures consistent application of the Group's risk and control matrix, provides regional oversight, monitoring, training, and operational support to in-country finance teams.
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Responsibilities
- Implementation of Group control policies and processes, ensuring clear communication and adoption at regional level
- Coordinate the regional annual control assessment cycle, ensuring timely completion of reviews and submissions to Group Internal Controls
- Monitor compliance with RACM and the Business Control Framework across country teams
- Identify, track and support remediation of control deficiencies within the region
- Support internal assurance reviews across regional entities and assist in preparing follow up action plans
- Work with Group Internal Audit and Head of Internal Controls on scheduling and supporting audit activity within the region
- Assist in preparing regional finance governance reporting for presentation to Regional leadership and controllers
- Maintain accurate regional controls documentation, ensuring standardisation across countries
- Provide regional input to finance system controls, including testing and monitoring of key automated controls
- Work with country finance teams to improve control effectiveness, efficiency and documentation quality
- Support month end and year end close controls, ensuring accurate and timely submissions
- Deliver training to regional and in country finance teams on Group controls, RACM, BCF and good practice
Requirements
- Accounting qualification (ICAS, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, CPA) or equivalent experience
- Strong experience in financial controls, internal audit, or finance operations within a multinational environment
- Good understanding of IFRS, control frameworks and financial governance requirements
- Ability to work across multiple countries and cultures
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and support remediation activities
- Hands on approach with strong attention to detail
- Clear and confident communicator
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Job Description
- The Regional Internal Controls Manager supports the effective operation and continuous improvement of the financial control environment across their assigned region.
- The role ensures the consistent application of the Group’s risk and control Matrix (RACM) and provides regional oversight, monitoring, training, and operational support to in‑country finance teams.
- The role works closely with Regional Finance Controllers, BU Controllers and Group Internal Controls to strengthen governance, remediate control gaps, monitor compliance, and support delivery of a high‑quality second line of defence within the region.
- This role does not design Group policies but ensures their rigorous operationalisation at regional level.
Responsibilities
- Implementation of Group control policies and processes, ensuring clear communication and adoption at regional level.
- Coordinate the regional annual control assessment cycle, ensuring timely completion of reviews and submissions to Group Internal Controls.
- Monitor compliance with RACM and the Business Control Framework across country teams.
- Identify, track and support remediation of control deficiencies within the region.
- Support internal assurance reviews across regional entities and assist in preparing follow‑up action plans.
- Work with Group Internal Audit and Head of Internal Controls on scheduling and supporting audit activity within the region.
- Assist in preparing regional finance governance reporting for presentation to Regional leadership and controllers.
- Maintain accurate regional controls documentation, ensuring standardisation across countries.
- Provide regional input to finance system controls, including testing and monitoring of key automated controls.
- Work with country finance teams to improve control effectiveness, efficiency and documentation quality.
- Support month‑end and year‑end close controls, ensuring accurate and timely submissions in accordance with Group timelines.
- Deliver training to regional and in‑country finance teams on Group controls, RACM, BCF and good practice.
Qualifications
- Accounting qualification (ICAS, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, CPA) or equivalent experience.
- Strong experience in financial controls, internal audit, or finance operations within a multinational environment.
- Good understanding of IFRS, control frameworks and financial governance requirements.
- Ability to work across multiple countries and cultures.
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and support remediation activities.
- Practical mindset and strong organisational skills.
- Hands‑on approach with strong attention to detail.
- Collaborative, supportive and able to build trust with finance teams.
- Clear and confident communicator.
- Continuous improvement mindset.
About Us
- Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors.
- With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle.
- Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies.
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