Sustainability Reporting Internal Controls Manager (m/f/d) (WARSAW, PL, 00-841) Full Time

Role: Permanent

Reporting to: SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING DIRECTOR

Location: GBS Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability Reporting Internal Controls Manager (m/f/d)

  
Position
 

JTI has established a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Team in the Warsaw Global Business Services with high exposure to other corporate functions within the Group.

In a context of increasing sustainability reporting needs, whether regulatory or strategic, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Team ambitions to be a trusted data provider, enabling the seamless integration of sustainability in business decision-making, and demonstrating that profitability and purpose can thrive together.

The Reporting Team allows the Corporate Sustainability function to drive transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement in our organization’s sustainability performance. The Team’s mission is to accurately measure, report, and communicate JTI environmental and societal impacts and mitigating activities — empowering stakeholders with actionable insights to foster sustainable business growth, innovation, and long-term value creation, thereby supporting Company purpose and strategic objectives.

In the Reporting Team, the Sustainability Reporting Controls Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the data collection and reporting processes and associated controls are designed to ensure the complete, accurate and timely reporting of qualitative and quantitative sustainability data points. The Sustainability Reporting Controls Manager works in close coordination with the Sustainability Reporting and Data Manager and the Sustainability Reporting and Data experts (Data Analytics). He or She is will be reporting to the Sustainability Reporting Director. Please note the Internal controls experience is a must have for the position.

 Responsibilities: 
 

In this role, you will:

• Design and maintain the internal controls framework for sustainability reporting
  – Ensure the framework is robust to meet the sustainability standards and regulations
  – Monitor controls implementation and cooperate with Functions / Business Units to ensure that controls are adequately implemented and operate effectively 
  – Take care of the maintenance of the control repository tool – including reflection of the current changes in the controls wording and scoping
  – Maintain and supervise the Management Self-Assessment on controls and Remediation process in line with deadlines agreed with Management.
• Oversee and coordinate the third-party audit process for sustainability data, supervising the yearly plan to close gaps (if any) and improve data quality and audit process 
• Manage IT controls related to the sustainability reporting tool or to any other automated interface with other source systems.

Requirements

• Relevant university degree. Other professional qualifications such as CPA, ACCA or sustainability-related accreditations are considered a strong plus
• Over 5 years of experience, of which: 
  – min 3 years with either Big Four or specialized Sustainability Consultancy firm
  – Internal controls role within the finance function, internal audit or other experience related to process and control design
  – Successful fulfilment of complex projects/programs involving several internal & external stakeholders
  – Exposure to assurance providers
  – Exposure to the sustainability reporting environment, upcoming reporting regulations, standards and benchmarks
• English fluent
• Good knowledge of risk identification and control design to mitigate same risk in data collection / reporting processes and supporting systems 
• Proficient in MS Office and Excel and tech-savvy (e.g. reporting tools, AI, data analytics, PowerBI, PowerApps, SharePoint etc.)
• Knowledge of Workiva and AuditBoard is considered a strong plus