Head of Internal Control

2 days ago

Chennai, India Lactalis India Full time

About Us:

Lactalis Group, a world leader in the dairy industry since 1933, is committed to producing high-quality, nutritious, and delicious dairy products. With a presence in over 100 countries, our diverse portfolio includes renowned brands such as Président, Galbani, Parmalat, and Stonyfield. Lactalis India is a significant part of this global family, rapidly expanding its presence in the Indian market with beloved local brands like Tirumala, Anik, and Prabhat. At Lactalis India, we blend local expertise with international standards to cater to the diverse tastes of Indian consumers. We are dedicated to innovation, sustainability, and excellence, ensuring our products meet the highest quality standards while supporting the local dairy industry. Join us in our mission to bring the best dairy products to households across India and be part of a team that values quality, integrity, and passion.


Job Summary:

Lactalis India is seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of Internal Controls to lead, implement and manage the company's internal control framework. This critical leadership role involves the design, implementation, documentation, assessment, and monitoring of controls to ensure robust risk management and compliance in financial reporting, business operations and compliance with local laws and regulations.

The Head of Internal Controls will collaborate with business and process owners, senior leadership, and external/internal auditors to enhance control effectiveness and drive continuous improvement. Emphasis will be placed on standardization, automation, and the application of best practices to fortify the internal control environment. The successful candidate will report directly to the Lactalis India CFO and dotted line reporting to Zonal Finance - Lactalis Asia, Oceania, and Africa (LAOA). The role will also be required to propose the right size internal control organization structure and build the team.


Roles and Responsibility:

  • Designing and implementing comprehensive internal control framework, including. infrastructure, policies and processes, technology and reporting requirements for the organization.


  • Conduct periodic risk assessments to identify and evaluate key risks to ensure internal controls are effectively designed in preventing both intentional and unintentional errors.


  • Lead internal controls reviews across all business processes at sites of the company including milk procurement, industrial processing, supply chain, commercial, logistics and distribution center operations, including overseeing monthly inventory stock counts.


  • Deliver adequate and timely reporting on the internal control reviews and control deficiencies to ensure appropriate communication to business process owners and country leadership team.


  • Work collaboratively with business and process owners to implement and monitor remediation efforts that result from internal control assessments, ensuring the effective implementation of corrective actions through rigorous follow-ups.


  • Consistently seek standardization and automation while applying best practices to manage internal controls. Utilize innovative technology where applicable to enhance control design, documentation, assessment, and review processes, fostering continuous improvement in operational effectiveness.


  • Design and implement companywide programs and processes for control self-assessments, issue and remediation tracking and incident management, enabled by GRC technology. Implementation of automated continuous risk and controls monitoring capabilities, enabled by GRC technology.


  • Develop and provide thorough training on internal control objectives, methodologies, and strategies. This involves guiding participants in tasks such as recording and managing risk events, producing reports, articulating risk events clearly, evaluating risks, and formulating efficient risk reduction plans.


  • Actively engage with internal and external auditors to ensure consideration and resolution of all relevant risks and audit findings.


  • Conduct surprise visits to milk collection centers, chilling centers, industrial sites, distribution centers, sales channels to gauge awareness on internal controls and its execution.


Desired Skills and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field. Professional certifications such as CA, CPA, CMA, CIA, or equivalent.


  • Minimum 8-10 years of experience in similar position or internal controls, internal audit, risk management or a related field. Work experience in a similar industry, food and beverage, FMCG or Big 4 / reputed consulting firm will be preferred.


  • Strong knowledge of internal control frameworks, financial reporting, and regulatory requirements.


  • Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.


  • Demonstrating strong analytical skills including the ability to spot, assess and address risk materiality and interdependencies.


  • Proficiency in leveraging technology and automation to enhance internal control processes in SAP environment.


  • Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a proactive and innovative approach to problem-solving.


  • Languages: English, Hindi, Tamil (Preferable)

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