Risk & Internal Controls Manager - Amsterdam

Country: Netherlands 
City: Amsterdam 
Req ID: 504407

About CRH

We are CRH, and we are committed to contributing to a more resilient and sustainable built environment. We understand the wider impact our businesses can make in supporting human activity. We continue to do this through the delivery of unique, superior building materials and products for use in road and critical utility infrastructure, commercial building projects and outdoor living solutions.

CRH (NYSE: CRH, LSE: CRH) is the leading provider of building materials solutions that build, connect and improve our world. Employing c.78,500 people at c.3,390 operating locations in 28 countries, CRH has market leadership positions in both North America and Europe. As the essential partner for transportation and critical utility infrastructure projects, complex non-residential construction and outdoor living solutions, CRH’s unique offering of materials, products and value-added services helps to deliver a more resilient and sustainable built environment. The company is ranked among sector leaders by Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating agencies. A Fortune 500 company, CRH’s shares are listed on the NYSE and LSE.

Without you noticing our products, we are everywhere you live, work, and relax.

Our project portfolio includes some of the most sustainable and cutting-edge building projects around the world. Think of the asphalt on the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, the Paris Metro Rail project, but also the Louis Vuitton Museum in Paris, parts of the Burj Khalifa, and the Kennedy Space Centre.

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Position Overview

The Europe Risk & Internal Controls team is looking to hire an experienced R&IC finance manager to support delivery of its expanding objectives, and to drive a number of ambitious strategic improvement programs in 2025 and beyond. The purpose of the role is to support the business with the provision of subject matter expertise on risk and internal control related matters within and across Europe, through divisional-level governance and oversight. A successful candidate will challenge the division’s businesses and provide proactive, practical support to enable management to identify and understand the risks they are exposed to and to ensure these risks are properly managed and mitigated by an integrated internal controls framework.

This role will play a central part in the execution and delivery of strategic objectives associated with each of Europe R&IC’s key pillars, namely:

• Business & Process Reviews - Partnering with the business’ operating entities to deliver process and control enhancements and to promote best practices in relation to internal controls, governance, fraud and risk mitigation.
• Acquisition Integration & Divestment Separation - Supporting with the identification and mitigation of key strategic, financial and operational risks at acquisition due diligence phase, and supporting with the design and implementation of robust internal controls frameworks as part of post-acquisition integration.
• Risk Management & Control - Partnering with key management stakeholders to implement robust governance practices across our division and with a focus on driving proactive risk identification, mitigation and management.
• SOx 302 and 404 compliance - Maintaining ongoing Sarbanes Oxley compliance program across the Europe and assessing opportunities for controls standardisation, automation, and rationalisation.

The successful candidate will play a lead role in a number of key strategic priorities outlined below, with a responsibility for governing the strategic direction, executing the target roadmap, and deploying team resources to achieve the strategic objectives of same within and across the Europe division.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Data Analytics and data-driven controls standardisation (with potential to lead)

• Driving a strategic improvement program that will enable more proactive, data-driven risk identification and risk management across our European businesses, with a focus on standardizing and deploying data-driven controls across key processes that will address areas of recurring risk and audit findings
• Partnering with our Europe Finance and Technology function to embed risk & internal controls into key data automation and data analytics strategies for Europe. Manage the relationships with our current 3rd party service providers of data analytics and data automation services.

Business & Process Reviews

• Partnering with and supporting the division’s businesses with the implementation of internal control frameworks and enhancements.
• Performing business and process review “quick scans” to support local finance directors with identifying areas of process and control enhancements, and identifying opportunities for controls standardisation and rationalisation.
• Providing divisional-level oversight and support to local management during Internal Audit reviews and assisting with the governance and timely remediation of any adverse findings.

Acquisition Integration & Divestment Separation

• Support the team with delivering a process to identify strategic, financial, compliance and operational risk “red flags”, and associated mitigation strategies, at due diligence phase.
• Collaborate in an agile manner with various CRH stakeholders in the due diligence process.
• As part of the post-acquisition implementation phase, partner extensively with local senior management and FDs to assess, design and implement of robust internal controls framework that meets CRH’s internal control standards.

Enterprise Risk Management

• Partner with the Group’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function to support the assessment and identification of significant operational, financial, strategic and compliance risks across the Europe division.
• Collaborate with ERM to manage and mitigate Europe’s key risk profile, with a focus on implementing robust risk & internal control frameworks which support same.
• Support ERM with the execution of bi-annual CRH risk assessment process, participating and engaging with senior division and OpCo management.

SOx Compliance Management (with potential to lead)

• Support with governance and oversight of the division’s SOx framework, maintaining CRH’s strong SOx compliance record by pro-actively supporting OpCo management with SOx 404 and SOx 302 compliance requirements.
• Maintain oversight of the division-wide SOx testing program, support local management with the timely identification and resolution of SOx deficiencies and managing relationships with Internal & External Audit as key stakeholders.
• Support the Europe R&IC team with the assessing and implementing opportunities for controls standardisation, automation, and rationalisation within and across the division.

Stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills

• Manage relationships with our wider regional and business-level R&IC leads throughout Europe, support on key strategic matters and guide delivery of Europe-wide programs and initiatives
• Ensure clear, timely and efficient communication channels exist to update key stakeholders
• Update, identify and resolve issues and report on any other matters as needed
• Participate as required in the Risk & Internal Control Governance Committee to implement key decisions and actions that may arise as they pertain to the Europe division.

Key Characteristics

For this role you should be/have:

• An ability to develop target roadmaps for strategic initiatives and execute in the delivery of associated objectives
• Effective in managing relationships with regional and business-level stakeholders, with excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels including strong verbal and written capabilities
• Demonstrated knowledge of risk, governance, and internal controls requirements
• Strong financial, risk and analytical skills
• Intellectual curiosity with a drive to understand the key issues of the business
• Ambition to become a strategic business partner
• Self-motivated, highly enthusiastic, and able to thrive in a fast paced, dynamic, and commercial environment
• Enjoys building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Able to bring fresh perspectives and progressive viewpoints to solve business issues
• Able to efficiently manage and prioritise workloads, and to go the extra mile to ensure the successful execution of our strategic objectives.

Key Functional Competencies

You possess the following:

• Stakeholder Focus: Identifies complicated requests, explains clearly what can be done for the stakeholder
• Vision: Steps back from a situation to understand it
• Performance-Driven: Lays down measurable results, plans activities and adjusts the working method if necessary
• Manages Complexity: Has the ability to analyse complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
• Communicates effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences

Individual Competencies

You are able to:

• Drive Results - Consistently achieving objectives, even under tough circumstances, pushing self and others to accomplish goals
• Cultivate Innovation - Creating new and better ways for the organisation to be successful
• Collaborate - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Make Quality Decisions - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organisation moving forward

Experience/Education

You are/have:

• 10+ years post qualified experience
• Qualified Accountant or other relevant financial risk and controls experience
• Relevant SOX, enterprise risk management, and controls experience, preferably in an SEC registrant environment
• Previous experience leading a SOx controls / ERM team advantageous but not required
• Experience with data analytics and data visualization tools advantageous (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• US GAAP experience advantageous but not required

Other (Key) Dimensions

Team Structure

The Europe Risk & Internal Controls team is part of the Europe Finance team, reporting to the Europe CFO. The team consists currently of 8 FTEs and includes both Finance and IT expertise.

Key stakeholders

• Executive Management (European and Global Leadership & Finance Leadership Teams)
• Group Enterprise Risk Management
• SOX Steering Committee
• Risk and Internal Control Governance Committee
• Local Risk & Internal Control management across Europe
• Divisional Management and Finance Directors
• Local, Division and other Group Finance teams
• Internal and External Audit
• Europe IT and Group Information Security
• Group Legal & Compliance

What CRH Offers You

• A culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

• Highly competitive salary package

• Comprehensive secondary benefits

• Significant contribution to your pension plan

• Health and wellness programs, including an on-site gym and fitness classes

• Excellent opportunities to develop and progress with a global organization

Connect your future to CRH

We are curious to learn more about you. At CRH, we believe our mutual differences contribute to the healthy, productive, and enjoyable workspace we create. Please introduce yourself and send us your application.

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Please contact our recruitment team at careers@crh.com.

CRH is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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