Internal Control Manager

YILPORT Holding

YILPORT Holding is a privately held, wholly owned subsidiary of YILDIRIM Group, one of the fastest growing and most developed Turkish industrial groups with its container terminals in Turkey, Malta, Sweden and Norway, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Peru and Ecuador through multiple continents.

As being the first Turkish global port operator, we provide total supply chain solutions to our customers with state-of-the art technologies and with the best talents across all operations. 

With a massive pipeline of new investments, our ambition is to become one of the top 10 container terminal operators over the next 10 years. 

For our growing team, we are looking for enthusiastic team members to take an active role as an Internal Control Manager to be based in YILPORT Holding Headquarter in Maslak, Istanbul.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or closely related fields from Universities.
• Have at least 8-10 years of experience in internal control preferably in a multinational company,
• Written and oral fluency in English is a must (Spanish, Portuguese as a second language is an asset),
• Strong understanding of COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission) Integrated Framework, internal control, financial documentation, business process analysis and enterprise risk assessment,
• Professional knowledge of ERP Programs (preferably SAP FI/C0),
• Professional knowledge of MS Applications (Excel, Word and Power Point)
• Holder of CIA or CCSA (strongly preferred),
• Strong reporting, facilitation, presentation, and research skills,
• A ‘can do’ approach, willingness to learn and extend the role above and beyond the job description,
• Is self-directed and self-motivated, able to work both independently and within a highly collaborative team environment,
• Have process and result driven approach,
• Strong analytical and organizational skills and ability to organize and prioritize work and handle multiple tasks simultaneously and complete tasks according to deadlines,
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills interact with people from various countries, cultures and all business levels,
• Leadership ability, passion to develop others and eager to work in a collaborative manner with her/his team and peers.
• Have excellent attention to details,
• Good team player with strong problem solving and negotiation skills,
• No obstacles for domestic & international travel when required,
• Completed military service for male candidates.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Internal Control Manager will play a vital role in creating and implementing Internal Control standards in all terminals and ports located in Region Turkey, Iberia, Nordic and LATAM. Additional responsibilities will be as follows:

• Ensure all assets’ security, sustainability and compliance with local and global laws, legislations and take precautionary actions,
• Prepare and update workflow diagrams,
• Build and implement operational and systemic (IT/ERP) control mechanisms for detected risks via cooperation with process owners,
• Prepare and publish policies and procedures regarding workflows and train the people who are implementing,
• Prepare company’s yearly financial, operational, and legal risk map and advise management about possible risks and effects for strategic actions,
• Prepare annual internal control plans in compliance with annual targets, strategy of the company and risk map; follow up the operational, financial and compliance audits plan and present improvement suggestions to management and eliminate weak control areas,
• Analyze and build a control mechanism operational job descriptions and ERP systems user rights in terms of segregation of duties,
• Support all internal and external audit activities.