Internal Control Specialist

Mission/Purpose:

Implement and mature the system of control to achieve adequate risk management in Metalsa's operations and thereby support compliance with the company's objectives. Maintain a standard work base aligned with international COSO control frameworks. Promote the culture of risks and controls, managing with the Plant Leadership Teams and functional managers to achieve it. Deploy through controls, policies, and procedures. Provide risk monitoring, action plans, audit results, control/procedure alignment and control environment indicators.

Key Accountabilities

• Risks identification to carry out project proposals and design controls for their mitigation.
• Proactively identification of operational, financial/legal risks and opportunity areas to trigger solutions.
• Perform Control testing.
• Ensuring the development of effective (root Cause) countermeasures and action plans on vulnerabilities detected by Internal Audit, External Audit, Internal Control or others.
• Execution of training and awareness actions to increase the risk management culture at different organizational levels.
• Coordination of process standardization efforts defining roles and assigning responsibilities, in alignment with global, regional and local priorities.
• Preparation of regulatory proposals and advice on the development of policies with their corresponding deployment.
• Generation of internal benchmark around audits carried out at Metalsa facilities for better preparation and alignment to observations.

Academic & Experience

Trained in Internal Control & Audit tools preferably from Public Accountant /Industrial Engineering with 5 Years of experience in areas of Internal Audit, Internal Control.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of Internal Audit/Internal Control techniques.
• COSO Framework, SEC Compliance and SOX
• Internal Audit Standards. (IAS) (IFRS desired)
• Process Documentation and Change Management.
• Knowledge of norms, laws and legislation of the region.