Financial Compliance Specialist

Are you motivated to ensure financial compliance across all areas of a 10bn euro organization? Are you perhaps looking at making a move away from operational work and apply your process knowledge and strong moral compass to a growing and ambitious global business? If so, this could be your opportunity to join our Risk, Controls and Compliance (part of Arla Corporate Finance) as a Financial Compliance Specialist in our Gdansk office.

About the job

As our new Financial Compliance Specialist, you will work closely with and support other members of the team in a variety of tasks and activities to ensure the functioning and improvement of robust risk, controls and compliance systems. You can expect this position will give you a fantastic opportunity to grow, taking on more complex responsibilities as your experience develops.

Specifically, you will be involved in:

• risk assessments across processes and countries with focus on fraud and financial reporting risks
• ensuring risk awareness and that relevant risk response if considered when processes or business models are changed or new are developed
• providing tools to guide functions and zones in how to effectively assess and manage risks and secure compliance
• monitoring implementation status of agreed corrective actions, procedures and controls
• conducting defined reviews / internal audits of processes and controls from the fraud and financial reporting risks perspective
• driving continuous monitoring and follow up on performance of minimum compliance requirements
• controls automation through transaction scanning and/or other digital solutions

Who are you?

• You have approximately 2-4 relevant experience in similar position either from a large international organisation or from a Big 4 consulting/auditing business. Internal audit experience is considered an advantage
• We expect you to have a relevant master’s degree
• You have a strong knowledge from work experience within accounting, internal/external auditing, internal controls and financial compliance
• Professional certificates in accounting or auditing are a welcome enrichment of your profile
• You have the ability and appetite for influencing role in a large business where you can develop internal control systems whilst navigating organization matrix and engaging with a wide range of stakeholders
• You have attention to detail and an analytical mindset comes naturally to you, along with a technical flair for new technological and digital solutions
• While based in Gdansk, you may be expected to travel between 5-15 days a year

What do we offer ?

• Flexible working time (start your day of work between 7-9) and home office work possibility
• Relocation allowance
• Financial support of your education
• Medical care & life insurance 
• Additional benefits like gym card, vouchers, travel points or cinema tickets, etc.
• Scandinavian working style & no dress code
• Home kit – monitor, laptop, keyboard, mouse, headsets, webcam
• Referral program for employees
• Employee Assistance Program (legal, psychological, health, financial consulting, etc. )
• Support for your healthy lifestyle (fruit day, facility for sportsmen, sport challenges and activities, Arla active teams / sport groups)
• Additional holiday depending on length of employment (up to 4 days)

… while in the office you can also use some of below:

• Modern office space with beautiful view and high standard furniture (i.e. adjustable desks)
• Chill-out rooms with X-box, pool table, board games, football table and swing