Title:  Senior Internal Control Specialist

Job Purpose

• The Senior Internal Control Specialist's mission is part of a structured internal control approach that is consistent with the risks identified, unifying and providing added value for the Group's entities

Main Scope/Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop the internal control reference framework, contribute to the development and updating of policies and procedures, and provide support/training for Stakeholders (JESA Entities)
• Implement (or continue to deploy) the relevant tools for internal control and compliance processes (Procedures, Charter, Control sheets…)
• Monitor and support the business lines in carrying out first-level controls and challenge them on the control system.
• Conducting control missions of the organization's processes to minimize risk, improve performance and productivity, and ensure that operations comply with established rules and delegations of authority.
• Formulating recommendations, co-constructing remediation/action plans, and monitoring their implementation.
• Participate in defining the annual plan for internal control reviews in the Group's entities, covering the various processes and areas of risk & participating in their implementation.
• Monitor the risk on Receivable Accounts and challenge the provisioning plan (Risky AR monitoring).
• Check the reliability of the information system and financial and operational reporting (WIP, AR, Cost, Revenue…..)
• Check the regularity of financial transactions and their compliance with procedures, laws, and regulations (GL Accounts Analysis, Reconciliations…..)
• Participating in the mapping of financial and accounting risks and ensuring that they are regularly updated.
• Reporting on internal control activities (Monthly reporting and monitoring plans).
• Manage external audit assignments and ensure the consistency and reliability of the data/ information shared with auditors.
• Participate as required in co-leading projects to implement new processes or systems.

Education

• Bac + 5 
• Curricula: Higher education in audit, finance, or management control experience in an audit or consultancy firm

Global Experience

• 4 to 8 years 

Specific Experience in the position

• In-depth knowledge of Moroccan accounting regulations
  Tools, processes, methods, and analysis-oriented, with an appetite for information systems.
  Good knowledge of ERP systems (ideally SAP) and the Office pack. Good experience with specific internal control/audit (and ideally compliance) tools.
  Rigorous, proactive, and forward-thinking, with proven adaptability and writing skills.