Together with our client Philip Morris International (PMI), we are currently seeking a Manager Internal Controls (Nordics) based in Stockholm, Sweden. 

PMI has chosen to undertake something incredible. They are totally transforming their business and shaping the future with one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future. 

With PMI’s journey towards a smoke-free future and a consumer-centric organization, the company encounters new opportunities and risks. To safeguard the company’s business objectives, ensure its delivery against strategic opportunities, and protect the company against emerging uncertainties, highly professional and industry-leading internal controls practice is required. The Internal Controls (IC) function within PMI employs agile methodologies to advise stakeholders globally, ensuring the timely evolution and optimization of PMI’s control framework. This is done while accounting for evolving and emerging risks and fostering the adoption of a balanced risk culture across the Three Lines.

Your Responsibilities:

• Business partnering role in embedding risk culture to support tone at the top according to the Three Lines framework; supporting and implementing the First Line capability development in risk and controls ownership. Specifically, Manager supports alignment with Swedish Match (SWMA) and PMI integration teams and supports the SWMA 1 Line in risk and controls ownership which is aligned to PMI standards, in compliance with internal PMI Policies & Procedures and internal controls as defined by management for the operational effectiveness of day-to-day operations.
• Operational risk management (bottom-up) facilitating role for risk identification and reporting in order to support First Line reaching its objectives and enabling the market management with risk-based decision-making, in collaboration with the ERM Function. Particularly, supporting identification of risks in regards to SWMA integration which should be adequately investigated and timely escalated to the Management and integration teams, and reported according to PMI standards. 
• Control advisory to First Line to ensure robust control design mitigating pervasive and emerging key risks, including localization of controls e.g., M&A and Sustainability; support and drive the alignment of cluster and SWMA control environment to PMI standards, as well as maintain risk & controls taxonomies. 

Excellent communication and presentation skills in English, with experience in project management and the ability to deal with ambiguity. Swedish is meritorious. We believe you have relevant experience from the ‘Big Four’ or other public accounting/audit/consulting firm. Working on global assignments with digitalization’s and transformation projects preferably from a fast moving consumer goods and B2C global international company. You have:

• University degree (MSc) level education (e.g. Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Informatics, etc.)
• Post University Professional Certification/Education – examples: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Executive Master Internal/Operational Auditor (EMIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Governance Risk Compliance Professional (GRCP) Certification, etc. (at least one)
• 5-10 years of experience in (Enterprise) Risk Management, Internal Controls, GRC, Audit, Accounting, Finance, or a combination of the six. 

To thrive in this position, we believe you are a results-driven and energetic person, always striving to achieve goals and deliver the highest quality. You are dedicated, able to stay focused while driving projects to completion, and flexible in your approach.

This is a recruitment process where OIO acts as a partner to Philip Morris. Terms for the employment will be directly discussed with Philip Morris if you are offered the position.

Additional info:

• Extent: Full time, permanent employment (initiated with a probationary employment)
• Preferred start: Asap, with consideration of your notice period
• Location: Garnisonen, Karlahuset (hybrid set up)
• Contact person: Linnéa Hernvall

PMI’s new vision means they are reinventing the financial modelling, planning and forecasting tools. Join the Finance team and you’ll work across the full breadth of the business, making sure the new commercial model is profitable and sustainable. There’s something new to learn every single day: changes to integrate and challenges to conquer. If you love working collaboratively and taking risks, you’ll be in your element at PMI.  

PMI’s work spans the globe and includes audit, treasury, internal control and commercial financial support. Whether your skills are in financial control, planning and forecasting, data analytics or digital risk, there’s space to move your career forward in any number of directions.  

PMI’s success depends on the talented employees who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you’ll be a part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong. At PMI you can pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – their staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress. 

Our passion is to help you find the right role and workplace. At the same time, we are aware of the fact that you are picky and choose carefully before taking your next career step, we would do the same. That is why we are dedicated in making sure we get to know you and your ambitions during the recruitment process. We believe that people in the right place have a greater chance of reaching their full potential. Through fair, uncomplicated employment conditions and a present leadership, we strive to help you grow professionally. In this way, we aim to become an obvious career partner for you. We are as picky as you are.