Internal Controls & Finance Transformation Manager

SUMMARY

The Internal Controls and Finance Transformation Manager is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring the integrity, efficiency, and compliance of financial and operational processes across the Guam and Saipan businesses.

This role is critical in embedding a strong internal control culture, aligned with the Inchcape Controls Framework, to safeguard company assets, ensure accurate financial reporting, and support regulatory compliance.

Beyond compliance, the role is also a catalyst for change—driving finance transformation initiatives that enhance process efficiency, reduce risk exposure, and improve the quality of financial insights available to decision-makers. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Operations, and IT, to implement best practices, and support the organisation’s broader strategic goals.

This position requires a proactive and hands-on leader who can balance governance with innovation, influence stakeholders at all levels, and deliver measurable improvements in both control effectiveness and operational performance. The role also plays a vital part in preparing the business for internal and external audits, ensuring that all control-related activities are well-documented, tested, and continuously improved.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Internal Controls & Compliance

• Champion the consistent application of the Inchcape Controls Framework across all business units in Guam and Saipan.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of internal controls, including risk assessments, control matrices, and process narratives.
• Coordinate and oversee monthly and quarterly control certification testing with third-party consultants, ensuring timely and accurate evidence submission by control owners.
• Conduct targeted spot audits to proactively identify control weaknesses, assess root causes, and recommend corrective actions.

• Monitor regulatory and policy changes that may impact compliance and ensure timely updates to internal procedures.

Finance Transformation & Process Improvement

• Lead initiatives to modernize and optimize finance processes, leveraging automation and best practices to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy.
• Align priorities of identified inefficiencies, control gaps, and improvement opportunities with Regional Finance Transformation team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Finance, IT, Operations) to implement process enhancements and ensure alignment with business objectives.

• Develop and maintain clear documentation of workflows, roles, and responsibilities to support transparency and accountability.

Stakeholder Engagement & Training

• Serve as the primary liaison between control champions, department heads, and external consultants, fostering a culture of compliance and ownership.
• Deliver training and workshops to build internal capability in control awareness, risk mitigation, and compliance best practices.
• Support internal and external audit engagements by coordinating responses, preparing documentation, and tracking resolution of audit findings.

• Provide regular reporting to senior leadership, including dashboards, risk assessments, and progress updates on control and transformation initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
• Experience
  • At least 5 years of experience in internal controls, audit, compliance, or finance operations, preferably in a multi-entity or international environment.
  • Experience with Dealer Management Systems (e.g., CDK, Kerridge, Reynolds & Reynolds).
  • Proven track record in leading finance transformation or process improvement projects.
• Licensure
  • Professional certification such as CPA, CISA, CIA, or equivalent is a plus.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Knowledge
  • Internal Control Frameworks: In-depth understanding of internal control systems such as COSO, SOX, or Multinational Controls Frameworks (MCF), with specific emphasis on documentation, testing, remediation, and continuous improvement practices.
  • Inchcape Controls Framework: Expertise in applying the ICF across multi-entity businesses to promote consistency, transparency, and compliance.
  • Audit & Regulatory Standards: Solid knowledge of internal and external audit requirements and compliance obligations in both local and international regulatory environments.
  • Finance & Accounting: Strong grounding in accounting and financial operations to ensure compliance activities are well-integrated with business performance goals.
  • Risk Management: Practical understanding of enterprise risk management principles, risk assessment processes, and mitigation strategies.
• Skills
  • Analytical & Investigative Thinking: High attention to detail with strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills to identify control gaps and drive root cause analysis.
  • Project Leadership: Proven ability to lead finance transformation initiatives and cross-functional process improvements, using automation and best practices.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels, including control champions, department heads, auditors, and senior executives.
  • Compliance Reporting: Proficiency in developing dashboards, risk assessments, audit reports, and compliance documentation that support strategic decision-making.
  • Technology Proficiency: Skilled in using DMS platforms (e.g., CDK, Kerridge, Reynolds & Reynolds), Microsoft Office Suite, and other tools for internal control testing and reporting.
• Abilities
  • Collaborate with External Bodies: Demonstrated experience working with internal auditors, consultants, and/or regulatory bodies to support audit readiness and ensure a strong control environment.
  • Influence Without Authority: Ability to lead through influence, promoting a culture of compliance and ownership across functional teams.
  • Train and Empower: Capability to design and deliver training workshops to raise awareness and build internal capacity around risk mitigation and control best practices.
  • Multi-Task in High-Pressure Settings: Flexibility to manage multiple control certifications, audits, and improvement initiatives in dynamic business conditions.
  • Proactive Risk Identification: Ability to identify emerging compliance risks and implement timely corrective actions before issues escalate.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The physical requirements of this position involve sedentary work, which involves sitting most of the time.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, and viewing a computer terminal

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• In door office, air conditioning, well-lit office space
• This role routinely operates standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

This position has no direct supervisory responsibility

OTHER DUTIES

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.