Internal Control Officer

Job description

Position Statement:

Ensure hotels comply with Hilton’s requirement on operations related internal control and compliance. Identify control weakness, support to create a healthy control environment, provide technical support & training, encourage best practice sharing.

Position Summary:

§  Focus on Finance Operations related internal control, including but not limit to Revenue/ Cash/ AR/ Credit management, Procurement/ Receving/ Cost/ Inventory management, Contract/ AP/ Payroll managerment, IT/ System management, etc.

§  Every week, prepare trip report to identify findings during the visit to the hotel and distribute the report to hotel DOF, GM, Area DOF/Leadership Support, Area GM, RFD, and GCM Finance Controls & Compliance Director, hold communication meeting to discuss the findings and potential risks with DOF and GM, and relavent HODs if neccesarily.

§  Based on trip reports to identify findings root causes or potntial fraud case if there’s any, discuss with hotel DOFs on the action plan and follow up with the plan till it is implemented and completed.

§  Ensure to raise the red flag/potentiial fraud to Regional Level if any serious control weakness identified in the hotels.

§  Conduct online or on-site training, share cases and best practices to all cover hotels regularly, ensure hotel Team Members fully understand of internal control requirement/knowledge and enhance the control environment.

§  Every quarter, submit “Rectification Data” to ICO Team Lead and summarize “ICO Quarterly Findings Report” to Area GM, RFD, Area DOF/ Leadership Support and GCM Finance Controls & Compliance Director.

§  Support hotel DOFs in design of internal control process based on Hilton Policies and individual hotel’s requirements according to their own business situations.

§  Actively participate in ICO team regular meeting, proactively share common issues and review methods within ICO team.

§  Actively participate ICO team project, including but not limited to Quarterly ICO Findings & Best Practice Sharing to non-Finance TMs, Big Data analysis, ICO Newsletter, catch up with APAC Compliance, Gantt Chart, etc.

§  Every year, update ICO checklist to ensure all new/updated control points are included.

§  Participate in the 2-Year Career Development Plan of ICO, continuously implement self-learning and make sure self-improvement to ensure phased completion of work and tasks.

§  Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned or required.

Required Qualifications

§   Minimum 5 years previous experience in an operational accounting role

§   More than 2 years previous experience in a supervisor operational accounting role

§   Effective communication skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely express ideas both verbally and in writing, including ability to interact at all levels of management.

§   Absolute discretion and confidentiality regarding sensitive information.

Willingness to travel – as this role will require a fair degree of traveling around the region