Manager - Governance, Risks and controls

Job Title: Manager - Governance, Risks and controls

About the Function:

Our Finance team deliver sustainable growth for our business, customers, and much-loved brands. We're part of a $12.2 billion gross profit organisation, responsible for driving an exceptional level of performance and creating the potential for future growth.

Whether we're utilising our digital capabilities and analytics to inform our business strategy or creating capacity to invest in the future - no two days are the same in our Finance team. Wherever your skills lie, we'll help you to learn and develop, supporting you along the way in our inclusive culture.

About the role:

We are seeking a Governance, Risk & Controls professional to strengthen our risk culture, enhance financial process discipline, and enable informed, compliant decision-making across the organisation. This role will lead financial governance, internal controls, and risk management initiatives, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to establish a robust control environment that supports sustainable business growth.

Role Responsibilities:

Financial Governance & Risk Management

• Drive compliant, efficient, and effective management of financial assets and resources in alignment with business strategy and operational priorities.
• Lead the monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement of financial processes and related administrative activities.
• Provide expert guidance on financial governance, internal controls, and risk matters, ensuring a strong control culture is embedded across the business.
• Design, implement, and manage internal control programs and financial risk frameworks to uphold governance standards and regulatory expectations.
• Assess the effectiveness of management and governance controls, with a particular focus on financial and end-to-end business processes.
• Ensure risks are proactively identified, assessed, monitored, reported, and mitigated in line with the organisation's risk appetite.
• Oversee compliance with internal policies, external regulatory requirements, and industry best practices, ensuring audit readiness at all times.
• Support the closure and remediation of internal and external audit observations through action planning, tracking, and stakeholder engagement.

• Apply strong knowledge of end-to-end business processes, ERP systems (preferably SAP S/4HANA), and digital solutions to drive process transformation and capability enhancement.
• Promote operational excellence and digital innovation to enable process efficiency, standardisation, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive documentation of standard operating procedures (SOPs), process controls, and governance frameworks to strengthen process discipline.
• Leverage data, analytics, and insights to enhance risk visibility, improve control design, and support proactive decision-making.

• Lead and oversee the daily operations of business support, technical, or functional teams, ensuring high-quality execution and performance.
• Set priorities, coordinate effectively with cross-functional teams, and ensure seamless workflow to meet business objectives.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, influencing behaviours and driving alignment on governance, risk, and controls standards.
• Exercise sound judgement in resolving day-to-day matters, ensuring decisions align with company policies, procedures, and local business requirements.
• Operate with a high degree of accountability, delivering against team performance goals related to quality, timeliness, and output.
• Communicate with clarity and professionalism, managing sensitive issues with discretion, tact, and stakeholder alignment.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and development to build capability within the team and broader business community on governance, risk, and control practices.

• Identify opportunities to optimise processes, eliminate inefficiencies, reduce manual intervention, and strengthen automation and control effectiveness.
• Support transformation initiatives, system changes, and key business projects by ensuring risk and control considerations are embedded in design and implementation.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, transparency, and proactive risk management across functions.
• Deliver measurable improvement in process control maturity, audit outcomes, and overall risk posture.