Internal Control Officer

About our company

“We partner with Europe to empower and enhance a sustainable energy market”.

Located in Luxembourg, we are a service company that hosts Europe's single leading trading platform(e-CAT) for cross-border transmission capacity. On behalf of TSOs, we auction the available long and short-term transmission capacity rights on all internal EU borders.

On the 1st of October 2018, JAO became the Single Allocation Platform (SAP) for all European Transmission System Operators (TSOs) that operate in accordance with EU legislation, since it is able to implement and fulfill all regulatory obligations and requirements. We provide accounting (clearing and settlement), contracting, reporting and project support services.

About the job

We are looking for an Internal Control Officer to join our team in Luxembourg on a full-time basis. In this role, you will support the formalization and continuous improvement of JAO's Internal Control Framework, helping to ensure that key controls are effectively documented, monitored and maintained across the organisation.

You will work closely with stakeholders from different departments, coordinate assurance activities, contribute to reporting processes, and support initiatives that strengthen the Company's control environment and governance maturity.

Key activities in the position:

• Establish, maintain and continuously update the central inventory of key controls across the Company, including control ownership, frequency and evidence requirements.
• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of the Internal Control Framework.
• Define control methodologies, standards and documentation requirements.
• Coordinate the collection and maintenance of evidence supporting key controls and promote the efficient reuse of evidence across assurance activities.
• Coordinate internal and external assurance activities relating to the control environment, including support for SOC audits and other assessments.
• Perform control monitoring and review activities to assess whether key controls are appropriately documented, evidenced and followed up.
• Maintain oversight of identified control weaknesses, findings and agreed remediation actions, and follow up with control owners on implementation progress.
• Provide practical guidance and support to control owners regarding control documentation, evidence requirements.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of key business processes and different control areas to support control owners in identifying control best practices and improvement opportunities.
• Closely cooperate with second line defence functions such as Risk Management.
• Prepare periodic reporting on the status, maturity and effectiveness of the internal control environment for Management and governance bodies.
• Contribute to building awareness of internal control principles and good governance practices throughout the Company.
• Promote control and evidence collection automation.

We are looking for someone with the following skills set:

• Degree Education Level in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Audit, Law (4 years after A-Level), or equivalent.
• Fluent in English with excellent written and spoken skills
• Minimum 3 to 5 years' experience in internal control, auditing, risk management, compliance, governance or a similar position such as in a Big Four firm.
• Familiarity with internal control frameworks such as COSO, assurance activities, governance processes and the Three Lines Model.
• Experience in maintaining documentation, registers, evidence repositories or similar governance tools.
• Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Strong organisational and documentation skills.
• Ability to coordinate activities across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Structured approach to work.
• Ability to identify gaps and improvement opportunities and translate them into practical actions.
• Ability to establish a coherent course of action to achieve goals and to closely follow-up.
• Ability to work in a multicultural team.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Highly trustworthy and able to handle confidential information.

Additional Requirement

According to the Luxembourg law of July 23rd 2016 (as amended), the successful applicant will be required to provide a Criminal Record before signing the employment contract.

We offer

• Yearly salary paid on 13 months basis
• 31 days holidays per year