Senior Finance and ESG Compliance Specialist Denmark Lyngby Application Deadline 06 October 2024

5 days ago


Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Tårbæk Kommune, Denmark COWI AS Full time
Senior Finance and ESG Compliance Specialist

Do you want to create the solutions the world needs today for a better tomorrow? Can you bridge the gap between external regulations and internal guidelines while ensuring a culture of compliance? Then, this is the opportunity for you.

Create solutions to enable a better tomorrow.

We are looking for a Senior Finance and ESG Compliance Specialist to ensure that COWI operates in compliance with accounting practice, internal financial policies, and ESG requirements. You will be part of the Group Finance, Group Compliance team, a group function that performs financial compliance review visits and drives improvement and implementation of internal controls for COWI end-to-end processes including ESG reporting. You will collaborate closely with your colleagues in the Group Compliance team, the Group Reporting team, the ESG team as well as other group functions and finance colleagues globally. You will report to the Head of Group Compliance.

Your key responsibilities include:

  • Developing and maintaining the internal controls framework for COWI end-to-end processes, focusing on financial and ESG reporting processes.
  • Conducting regular compliance reviews with colleagues to assess internal control effectiveness.
  • Monitoring changes in accounting and ESG regulations with the Group Reporting and ESG team to ensure compliance with relevant rules.
  • Acting as a subject-matter expert on accounting, financial processes, controls, and documentation, while training and raising awareness among colleagues, including those in ESG.
  • Contributing to the improvement and development of risk assessment and internal controls methodology.
  • Participating in business trips to Denmark and other COWI locations, expected traveling would be 2-4 weeks per year.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

  • Master's degree in finance, accounting, or other relevant education. Professional certification like ACCA, CPA, CIA, or similar is a valuable asset.
  • Interest in and experience with risk assessment, internal controls development and implementation, and effectiveness testing. Experience with development of ESG internal controls.
  • 5+ years of experience in internal audit, financial compliance, and internal controls. Good understanding of end-to-end processes.
  • Understanding of financial and ESG reporting standards, knowledge of international best practices regarding governance, risks, and compliance
  • Ability to communicate effortlessly in English.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100% of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and home.

With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America, and India, we currently have 8,000 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy, and environment into play.

If you have unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Head of Group Compliance, Valeriya Golubkova at:

Get to know us even better at our website, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve, and what life is like at COWI.

We do our utmost to ensure that our recruitment process is as fair and unbiased as possible. You can help us by not including a photo in your CV when you apply.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. We take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.

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