Company Overview
French luxury fashion brand
Main Responsibilities
Internal Control and Risk Management Manager
Build a solid, integrated, interdependent, intelligent risk management program and internal control system, embed the ownership and culture, therefore protect the brand and safeguard company reputation and assets
Risk Management
Play a leading role for Japan Risk Oversight Committee by coordinating the annual enterprise risk assessment process to development and review of the Global Integrated Risk Management framework for Japan
Engage closely with relevant local Executive Committees to develop a deeper understanding of regional risk appetite and risk profile; execute a prioritization of key risks for embedding an integrated and adapted risk management program.
Develop a strong business partnership with local functions and divisions to ensure a highly collaborative working partnership, bringing transparency to the identification of strategic, operational, legal & compliance, cybersecurity, and people risk given the local risk specificities and developing methods to demonstrate robust coverage for systems, processes, and associated risks.
Be a conductor of risk awareness initiatives: ensuring the business continuity plan and other disaster recovery in place and up to date, plans are periodically review and tested promoting a culture of proactive risk management, helping embed our operational model and communicating frequently to ensure enthusiasm, support, and progress for integrated risk management across the organization.
Closely liaise with the global Risk Management Officer as a point of contact for IRM topics for
Internal Control
a) Policies and Procedures
Develop policy update/development plan with line manager and business owners
Follow up on execution of policy update/development plan with policy owners to ensure timely development/update of policies and procedures according to plan
Assist policy owners on policy update/development, training and communication
Conduct quality check of policy draft to ensure draft is up to quality standard
Organize release of policies and keep record of China policies and procedures
b) New and Existing Process Review
Plan and conduct process review to identify internal control issues/improvement opportunities and solutions and occasionally test the effectiveness of the control.
Advise the local functions and divisions as they review their internal processes and control environments to identify, assess, treat, monitor, and report on risk exposures.
c) Internal Audit Support
Provide coordination and other assistances on internal audit projects
Support business process owners to review and confirm the audit risk and action plans
Follow up on internal audit reports and ensure timely closure of issues
Insurance
Manages annual insurance renewal process in liaise with the Global Insurance Team, providing the financial information.
As the Japan Insurance coordinator, becomes a point of contact for global and local for all internal locations including retail to report and escalate any incident relating to company assets and products.
Becomes a point of contact for the local insurance agents, companies, and underwriters for Japan.
Key Requirements
BA degree or above
CIA or CPA qualification a plus
5-10 years of Internal Audit / Internal Control / Risk Management experience with an international audit firm and/or with a multinational company
Working experience at insurance industry is a big plus
Industrial experience at luxury/retail/FCG industry is a plus
Profound knowledge of best practices in internal control/internal audit and policy & procedures
Native Japanese and fluent in English