Role Overview

The Lead, Business Controls will be a courageous safety leader, adhering to and sponsoring safety and environmental rules and procedures. In this role, the candidate will support the Manager, Controls Advisory in developing and maintaining Teck’s Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) control framework, taking a lead role in managing Teck’s SOX program. As a key team member in the transformation of ERP implementations to SAP S/4HANA, the Lead will engage in process design and control assessments, providing advisory support as a key initiative they will be involved in immediately.

The successful candidate will participate in process walkthrough and design meetings to support updates to process flow diagrams, narratives, and Risk Control Matrices (RCMs) as required. They will also play a crucial role in transforming the control environment to achieve higher automation, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. The Lead will manage relationships with internal and external auditors, ensuring that SOX-related activities are efficiently completed and that control deficiencies are validated. Additionally, the Lead will supervise emerging ICFR and SOX issues and their implications, providing mentorship on optimal practices for crafting, implementing, and maintaining business processes, with SOX implications summarized clearly and concisely.

Furthermore, the Lead will identify and communicate gaps in existing process designs, offering optimized solutions that integrate with Teck’s current processes and procedures. They will prepare presentations to inform stakeholders about key issues, gaps in process design, and proposed solutions to address these problems. Collaboration with functional teams will be essential to understand business requirements and translate them into effective internal controls. Lastly, the Lead will advise on system implementations to ensure the implementation and monitoring of project control protocols.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Support the Manager, Controls Advisory to develop and maintain Teck’s management controls, policies and advising documents, and supervise compliance
• Provide advice on financial reporting and internal control matters for stakeholders
• Support ERP implementations to SAP S/4HANA with process design and control assessments
• Participate in process walkthrough meetings to support updates to process flow diagrams, narratives, and Risk Control Matrices (RCMs), as required
• Liaise with other risk management functions, Assurance & Advisory (A&A) and external auditors to ensure SOX related activities are efficiently completed and control deficiencies are validated
• Collaborate closely with control owners to ensure control deficiencies are documented and appropriately remediated on a timely basis
• Supervise emerging ICFR and SOX issues and implications
• Act as a systems administrator for the Global Risk & Compliance (GRC) system and assist users in maintaining control documentation
• Implement internal controls framework to ensures compliance with SOX regulations across business processes
• Influence and collaborate with various stakeholders across Teck, including Teck Digital Systems (TDS), operating sites, business units, and other departments on projects
• Prepare and provide mentorship on optimal practices for crafting, implementing, and maintaining business processes, with SOX implications summarized in a clear and concise manner
• Identify and communicate gaps in existing process designs and offer optimized solutions that integrate with existing Teck processes and procedures
• Prepare presentations to inform key issues, gaps in process design and solutions to address problems
• Support ad hoc projects by identifying risks, developing a work plan, coordinating resources, and implementing the plan to address risks
• Collaborate with functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into effective internal controls.
• Advise on system implementations to implement project assurance protocols and project controls.
• Be an authority in issues resolution and being proactive with seeing opportunities to strengthen the overall risk management culture
• Be able to take the initiative and be responsible for analyzing big picture issues, while being able to scrutinize details

Qualifications

• CPA, CA designation (or equivalent), with experience working for a Big 4 accounting firm

• 6+ years of post-qualification experience in a multi-national company or with an emphasis on internal controls and SOX

• Strong understanding of SOX legislation, systems, and internal controls over financial reporting, including Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) requirements

• A strong background in ERP implementation design, security, user access management, with relevant certifications (e.g., SAP Security Certified, CISSP) being beneficial

• Understanding of risk management frameworks such as the COSO framework and Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies (COBIT)

• Experience crafting process flow diagrams, writing process narratives and designing key SOX controls

• Excellent attention to detail as well as effective written and oral communication skills

• Curiosity to learn and understand how things work and proven track record to evaluate and deconstruct business issues

• Critical thinking to creatively solve problems in a constantly evolving environment is a must

• Working knowledge of Spanish and understanding of the mining business are assets

• Strong management of self, learning agility and motivation for driving organizational results

• Ability to build positive relationships