The Head of Internal Control is responsible for ensuring that Nomad Foods has adequate controls in place and complies with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Able to analyse complex risks and develop effective control frameworks.

High integrity and commitment for overseeing compliance to ensure internal controls are effective.

An effective communicator who can report on findings, explain controls and interact with all stakeholders.

• Lead the internal controls team, promoting continuous improvement
• Identify risks related to financial reporting and implementing internal controls to mitigate those risks
• Develop and lead programs to ensure Nomad Foods has the right controls in place, focusing on internal control over financial reporting (ICFR)
• With upcoming SAP4Hana rollout, develop a new set of internal controls leveraging the capabilities of the new system to create a more robust and efficient control framework, a globally consistent process/controls operation, and to implement and embed this new framework into the company
• Manage auditor relationship for controls
• Lead and drive controls upskilling, training and guidance for all countries. Includes documentation requirements
• Own the SOX risk-based scoping process, at the account and process level
• External and internal radar to identify best practice and potential SOX implications of changes to controls as a result of but not limited to, accounting regulations, internal company policies, system enhancements or implementations, company reorganisations
• Oversight of SOX implementation where required at newly acquired businesses

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting or Finance
• Knowledge and understanding of US public company/SEC regulations, IFRS GAAP and SOX controls
• 5 years in a medium-large multinational
• 4 years in a big 4 audit firm
• 12 years of accounting/reporting/controls/audit experience
• 10 years in a supervisory or management role
• Experience presenting to senior management and Board of Directors
• Led a controls team or designed global control frameworks