Senior Specialist Risk Management & Assurance

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At Abbott, you have the opportunity to make a positive impact on the world through challenging and rewarding work as part of a highly successful and trusted organization that is shaping the future of health. Realize your potential!

Corporate Finance Services (CFS) is the central finance organization for Abbott in The Netherlands, supporting all 9 Abbott sites and 20+ legal entities in The Netherlands, in the areas of Financial Planning & Projects, Controlling, Financial Compliance and Risk Management, Tax & Customs.

For our Corporate Finance Services Organization based in Zwolle we are looking for a:

Senior Specialist Risk Management & Assurance

The Senior Specialist Risk Management & Assurance will participate in building, maintaining and executing a Financial Compliance and Internal Control framework within all Abbott entities in the Netherlands. This will include implementing/improving compliance in current processes, promoting awareness of compliance, conduction internal audits on controls and processes and advising management on remediation of identified risks.

The areas of responsibilities include:

• Dutch law and Dutch regulations, related to financial processes
• SOX
• Internal and Corporate Financial Policies and Procedures
• Support on US GAAP reporting
• Fraud prevention

The function is reporting to the Manager Risk Management & Assurance.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Building and maintaining a Financial Compliance and Internal Control framework for Abbott in The Netherlands.
• Identify compliance risks, advise management on remediating these risks and follow up on implementation of the remediation.
• Set up an Internal Audit structure and Internal Audit programs to identify potential risks and periodically inform Management.
• Coordinate with Corporate Internal Audit to determine the focus of upcoming Internal Audits and work with the entities in the Netherlands in scope to perform pre-audits to eliminate risk, in order to avoid potential audit recommendations by Corporate Internal Audit.
• Assist the entities in the Netherlands in scope during a Corporate Internal Audit. Assist the entities to implement recommendations and follow up on identified suggestions. Work with the entities to assure timely reporting on the status of the implementation of recommendations.
• Assist the entities in the Netherlands in scope for SOX in their yearly SOX process. Conduct internal SOX training and testing. Assist the entities to remediate identified deficiencies and monitor the implementation of this remediation.
• Provide support to the entities in the Netherlands in Abbott's anti-fraud programs. Identify potential areas of risks and work with the entities to limit these risks.
• Set up and conduct trainings to enhance the compliance awareness.

Besides the Financial Compliance and Internal Control framework the Senior Specialist Risk Management & Assurance will be involved in the creation, maintaining and execution of 1 set of Internal Policies and Procedures for The Netherlands. This process will include:

• Identification of the current available Internal Policies and Procedures by Abbott entity.
• Prioritization of Policies and Procedures to be written, which become applicable for all Abbott entities in the Netherlands.
• Determine the implementation plan.
• Write/Coordinate the writing of/Assist in writing these Policies and Procedures.
• Set up and conduct trainings on Internal Policies and Procedures.

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