Finance Risk, Control and Compliance Senior Coordinator

About the company

Dentons Business Services EMEA serves as the operational backbone of Dentons, the world's largest law firm, enabling exceptional service delivery to clients across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. As a critical part of Dentons' global network, our EMEA business services team drives efficiency, innovation, and collaboration.

Job Overview

This position will involve contributing to the creation and maintenance of policies and procedures, supporting the design and implementation of data security measures, and working closely with the finance transformation project team and other office teams across Europe.

The coordinator shall assist Risk, Control and Compliance (RCC) Lead in the following workstreams:

1. Design internal controls for finance processes and document those in appropriate internal guidance (policies, procedures, guides).
2. Elaborate and implement appropriate system access controls framework for the finance main system, that ensures only authorized personnel have access to sensitive data and systems establish and observe compliance with relevant laws and internal guidelines.

Activities would include:

• Collaborate with other workstreams in Finance Transformation, and people in local finance teams to (i) obtain or confirm the business process related information required for the recommendation of appropriate controls, and also to validate such controls; or (ii) provide support and guidance to various teams regarding policy implementation, internal controls, and data security matters.

• Work with stakeholders to ensure that internal controls are effectively documented in policies and procedures and that those are in line with organizational goals and strategies.
• Draft, review, and update policies and procedures (collectively referred to as policies) to ensure they are:
  -clear, comprehensive
  -aligned with new process design and other Dentons policies, best practices and regulatory requirements.
  -consistent in language, cross referencing and formatting
  -kept under version control and organized in a central repository.
• Collaborate with finance teams in offices when required to obtain information or validate
• Test or assist testers in checking system access security controls,
• Track and resolve security change requests according to established process.
• Execute changes to system-users’ access and maintain appropriate track and documentation.
• Maintain records and documentation of approaches, decisions, meeting notes, etc.
• Use advanced Excel functions to maintain and organize data sets, ensuring accuracy and completeness support data analysis, reporting, and policy documentation; assist in data management and analysis tasks related to finance transformation, internal controls, and data security.

• Good knowledge of internal controls and compliance requirements in finance
• Experience in writing policies, procedures, and documentation is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English, with strong command of business English.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, v-lookup, macros, etc.).
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams and geographies.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, strong organizational and time-management abilities.
• Proactive, adaptable, able to manage change effectively and a keen attention to detail.
• Ideally, experience with the Elite 3E system.

Language Capabilities

We are a truly global law firm and as such, always welcome hearing from those with foreign language capabilities.

Inclusion, Diversity & Equity

Essential to our success as a global law firm is our ability to attract and retain the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds. We want a work environment where everyone can reach their potential and we have an inclusive culture which respects individual differences.

We undertake and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession and we encourage all our partners and staff to get involved. We welcome you to learn more about inclusion, diversity and equity at Dentons.

Equal Opportunities

Dentons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and support those in the workplace who have a disability.

Reward and Recognition

Remuneration and benefits package will reflect the successful candidates experience and country where hired.