Internal Controls

**How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?**: The Sr Supervisor of Internal Controls & Master Data is responsible for contributing in the creation and maintaining of internal controls in compliance with Air Liquide standards and industry best practices, as well as evaluating and leading efforts to improve business processes within the BSC. It also entails overseeing the maintenance of the master vendor and customer databases. The Sr Supervisor of Internal Controls & Master Data reports to the BSC Managing Director. The position has an avg of 15-20 direct reports. **Responsibilities**: **Internal Controls**: - Supports the full management of internal controls over the financial reporting cycle, including annual top-down scoping and risk assessment. - Maintains COSO Framework Structure and establishes Risk and Controls Matrices, including annual documentation refresh and design and operating effectiveness evaluation. - Leads control remediation efforts with efficient and effective tracking and reporting of deficiencies through internal control validation testing / monitoring - Identifies and develops remediation plans for newly identified deficiencies and gaps. Identifies resource constraints, lack of expertise and lack of remediation priority. Identifies and shares Best Practices among the team and disseminates globally. - Contribute to manage / maintain Oracle GRC Access Controls Governor (ACG) to ensure compliance and adequate segregation of duties (SOD) across Air Liquide Americas. Manages the SOD matrix within GRC to actively monitor SOD on a proactive basis. Assists in remediation of Segregation of Duties for critical digital assets (CDA’s). - Contribute to the self-testing and continuous controls monitoring to help accounting teams mature control operation and effectiveness. This includes coaching, mentoring and training of accounting personnel. - Participates in compliance areas including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) compliance. - Contribute to perform the PCI-DSS compliance annual risk assessment, including prioritization and validation testing of the PCI compliance program across multiple business units. - Assists management with the Risk Mapping Process, as well as follow-up on developed action plans, ensuring risks are adequately managed and mitigated. - Actively drives and participates in special projects identified by senior management to find strategic solutions to issues facing a growing international company. This includes participation in control design / redesign work to safeguard organization assets. - Act as the primary/ secondary focal point to internal and external auditors to assist in their completion of efficient audit(s). Work with entity and cluster CFOs for addressing external audit sensitive requirements. - Assists management with remediation plan development, execution and support for control owners. - Participates in Internal and External Audit process walkthroughs (Financial and IT), to act as "knowledge resource" and to gain an understanding of the current processes and controls, including documentation of process flows with risk identification tied to key control principles. - Coordinate Information Protection and evaluate associated risk exposures - Provide support to the company's anti-fraud programs (Sapin II) - Maintain the BSC Risk Mapping. - Supervise the maintenance of the DOA (Delegation of Authority) updated in the tool. - Become a point of contact for process standardization / improvement within BSC management. Arbitrage disputes within BSC process owners and within BSC & entities high ranked officers based on compliance role. - Lead / Contribute Continuous Improvement initiatives related to Compliance/Auditing. - Participate in ERP implementations in the role of compliance supervisor Make decisions in terms of compliance. Sign off for the project advance. Go/No Go decisions. **Master Data** - Supervise, create and maintain a vendor database per policy and procedures defined for the Vendor & Customer Management process. - Supervise, create and maintain customer databases. - Ensure and validate all required documentation is received, reviewed and saved for audit purposes. - Supervise the validation of all new vendor setup requests and comply with internal Air Liquide procedures (e.g. ‘call back’ procedure). - Ensure proper documentation is provided for new Customers and new customer sites such as D&B, trade references and Sales Tax Certificates prior to setup. - Report KPIs of Vendor and Customer Master activities. - Supervise / perform yearly Vendor Master database clean up per policy and procedure requirements. - Lead training backup resources and provide support during testing phases. - Collaborate and coordinate with Supply Chain Management, Purchasing and Accounts Payable on new and existing vendor setup requests. - Assist and support projects as needed. - Supervise a team of analysts working on the internal control activities. **_______