Finance Compliance Specialist

Finance Compliance Specialist VilniusPermanentAre you interested in enhancing governance and ensuring financial integrity on a large scale? Are you skilled at bridging regulations, policies, and practice while partnering with leaders to shape stronger processes and controls? Then this opportunity could be for you.Create solutions to enable a better tomorrowWe are seeking a Finance Compliance Specialist to ensure COWI operates in compliance with accounting standards, internal financial policies, and ESG requirements. You will join the Group Finance and Group Compliance team, which oversees financial compliance evaluations, formulates and applies new control measures, and facilitates transformation throughout our worldwide operations.This position encompasses more than just observation; it focuses on facilitating transformation, integrating comprehensive policies, and leveraging data analytics for enhanced accountability and stability.Your key responsibilities include: Conduct financial compliance reviews across business units, applying internal audit methodologies to assess risks, analyse gaps, and recommend corrective actions.Use big data and analytics to identify trends, lags, and anomalies in audits, with a focus on construction contracts and project reporting.Ability to independently create and drive implementation of new internal controls throughout financial, ESG, and comprehensive business processes to guarantee conformity with COWI Policies, global standards and local regulations.Facilitate change management initiatives by backing teams, involving stakeholders, and supplying constructive feedback to leadership for informed decision-making.Monitor regulatory and reporting standards and translate them into practical guidance, updated policies, and control measures.Collaborate across Group Compliance, Reporting, ESG, and Finance to refine governance frameworks and embed a culture of accountability.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.Furthermore you should have:Master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Auditing, or similar.7+ years of experience in internal audit, compliance reviews, financial controls, or risk management, implementation of processes and controls.Demonstrated ability to design and implement new controls, drive policy development and compliance across multiple stakeholders.Methodological and critical thinker with experience using data-driven methods for audits and compliance reviews.Experience with using data analytics, AI and robotisation for internal audit, compliance reviews and continuous control monitoring is an advantageEffective change management and communication capabilities—capable of engaging leadership and supporting colleagues through new procedures.A place to work and so much moreAt 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. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility, and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.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 at home. With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.What we also offer:Salary for this position Private health insurance after the probation periodAccident insurance from the first day of your employmentHybrid way of working1 extra day off after birthdayOther benefits, such as: new and modern office space, various COWI partners discounts and offers, social initiatives and corporate events.on ranges from 4000-5500 EUR before taxes. We believe in your professional capability therefore the final offer will be based on your competencies and experience.Got more questions?If you have unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Talent acquisition Partner, Shruti Gupta at srgu@cowi.com.Get to know us even better at our website www.cowi.com where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve, and what life is like at COWI.Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is keyWe 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. And 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.