Senior Manager, HR Services Audit & Compliance

Senior Manager, HR Services Audit & Compliance, will assist in the execution of FME’s compliance program through designing, aligning and rolling-out our HR Services Audit & Compliance program. The role will lead a team who will undertake activities to prevent, detect and respond to emerging risk. The role with partner with global and local teams to define and implement controls, drive third-party management, audits and follow up on remediation measures.

Your Tasks:

• Provide strategic leadership to Senior Business Analysts defining organizational objectives, prioritzing initiatives, and ensuring optimal resource alignment to achieve global HR goals
• Design, develop and execute HR Services Audit and Compliance strategy ensuring alignment with Internal Controls, Global Internal Audit, Data Privacy and Information Security and other internal stakeholders 
• Accountable for developing HR Services Audit and Compliance framework to drive across HR Services continous improvement and operational excellence  
• Design and launch programs to achieve strategic vision
• Partner with senior stakeholders to determine framework and execution of Global Internal Audit (GIA) intake and coordination for HR Services (HR Managers, HR Operations, Payroll Operations)  ​
• Lead partnership with Internal Controls and Audit teams to proactively identify control gaps, manage incidents, and drive resolution strategies. 
• Present audit outcomes, compliance assessments, and risk mitigation plans to senior leadership and the board 
• Ultimately accountable for global internal controls design and implementation for HR Services​
• Provide guidance on local HRS internal controls in alignment to global design and determine if need to remain as local controls​​
• Lead discussions with HR and Payroll Global Process Owners on wider global HR and payroll process designs discussions and HR Service model transition efforts
• Oversee team’s administration of  periodic audit of Workday, Payroll and Time & Attendance security roles​,
• Collaborate with teams to solution audit findings​ – determine preventive and corrective actions on both local, regional and global levels
• Partner with stakeholders to validate new legislative changes and company policies on processes as well as HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance systems to meet compliance
• Partner cross-functionally with Information Security, Compliance, Data Privacy, and Internal Controls to safeguard data integrity, ensure third-party compliance, and strengthen business continuity plans
• Act as an escalation for all HR Service teams to resolve compliance related incidents such as but not limited to data breaches, incorrect regulation interpretation affecting pay calculation etc.
• Accountable for coordination and reporting of corporate HR risk management semi-annually​ to the board
• Accountable for the global design and coordination of pre-audit readiness assessment procedures; executed quarterly​
• Create, standardize and roll out business management and communication plans and standards for data security incidents (i.e., data breach, data loss) 
• Conceptualize and lead HR Service audit and compliance related training
• Oversee a team who will coordinate and liase with external third parties on audit activities
• Oversee a team to develop and maintain job aids, checklists and other tools to facilitate execution
• Communicate updates, system and business changes to stakeholders as needed
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance and Knowledge Management on wider HR governance quality framework
• Validate internal and SOX standards and controls are met
• Take lead consultant role in projects where data handling process flows are being adjusted
• Oversee team’s project work where database migrations or security protocols are impacted
• Support vendor relationship management including escalation management within respective field
• Other tasks as assigned by the manager

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent business experience preferred
• 7+ years’ professional experience either within an HR environment or Audit/Compliance role
• Multi-country experience with designing or executing internal or external audit and compliance tasks
• Experience with validating policy or legal changes on processes
• Experience in implementation of HR or payroll audit/compliance framework
• Nice to have: experience in HR Service model adoptions or M&A activity
• Nice to have: experience in creation of business resiliency management plans
• Experience with working with multiple external auditors
• strong analytical skills to critically evaluate information
• team player but also able to work independently.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across functions to drive teams towards success-based results
• focused, goal driven, accountable, and exhibit significant attention to detail
• HR and/ or Payroll process knowledge
• Understanding of SOX, GDPR, data protection, compliance frameworks, audit flows
• Microsoft tools
• HCM systems, preferably Workday
• Preferably ticketing systems, such as ServiceNow
• Fluent English
• Preferred additional European language
• Flexibility in working hours to cover global timezones
• Willingness to travel for on-site workshops