Finance Governance Specialist

Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR)

• Implement and undertake required ICFR activities, including scoping, risk assessment, test planning, issue management, and remediation to meet the program’s objectives.
• Design and provide advisory on controls to support process/control owners in strengthening business processes and controls with financial statement impact.
• Strategize, plan, and lead ICFR compliance testing activities with auditors and control owners, ensuring adherence to international audit standards, sufficient documentation, and evidence.
• Coordinate execution of ICFR testing and conduct quality reviews on test results to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare and present ICFR compliance reports to management and the Audit Committee.
• Monitor the operational effectiveness of key controls supporting financial close and reporting processes.
• Follow up on audit findings with management to ensure timely closure of issues and effective remediation.
• Partner with control owners to improve governance maturity and compliance culture across the business, and to continuously improve internal controls and streamline financial reporting processes
• Undertake other assignments or special projects, as requested by management and/or Audit Risk Committee to ensure continued effectiveness and efficiency of all internal controls over financial reporting.

Policy Manager for CelcomDigi Group Finance and Limit of Authority (LOA)

• Support policy owner in governing both LOA Policy and Finance Policy and provide SME advisory to group and subsidiaries on LOA and Finance related matters.
• Develop maintain, and enforce Finance policies, manuals, SOPs, and governance frameworks.
• Maintain centralised depository of LOA delegation matrix, and ensure continuous compliance to LOA policy/manual by every division
• Conduct regular review to ensure defined authorization limits in the Policy’s Authority Matrix and those in Division Authority Matrix are reviewed and validated on a quarterly basis against the systems to ensure that limits are up-to-date in system.
• Provide SME support to project(s) /BAU operations on LOA related setup, e.g. review approver limit setup design, change agent for approval delegation and approver setup maintenance.

• 6–10 years in finance governance, IT systems and business process audit, internal controls, or finance systems, ideally in a complex or multinational environment.
• Professional auditor certification preferred.
• Hands-on experience with ERP platforms (SAP, Oracle, or equivalent) and system integrations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive cross-functional change.
• Solid understanding of finance domain processes, finance operations, and data/system governance
• Experience in auditing and technical knowledge of the Accounting Standards.

Governance Expertise: Specific governance capabilities required for the role:

• Finance Policy Governance & Standardization - Ability to design, maintain, and enforce Finance policies, manuals, SOPs, and governance frameworks.
• Limit of Authority (LOA) Governance - Deep understanding of delegation of authority principles, approval controls, and operational risk mitigation.
• System & Process Governance - Knowledge of embedding controls into ERP/finance systems and managing process harmonization.
• Financial Data Governance - Understanding of data flows, master data governance, and controls that protect reporting accuracy.
• Compliance & Regulatory Understanding - Familiarity with corporate governance requirements, regulatory expectations, and financial reporting standards.