Changing the World, One Kibble at a Time

Champion Petfoods is expanding! We are excited to announce we are looking for a Governance & Controls Specialist to join our rapidly growing company.

Champion Petfoods is an award-winning pet food crafter with a reputation of trust spanning 35+ years. From our humble beginnings, founded in a small town in Alberta, Canada, Champion – with its ORIJEN® and ACANA® brands – is a key player in the global premium pet food industry.

Our purpose, To Earn Pet Lover Trust Every Day so Pets Thrive for a Lifetime, provides the foundation for our highest aspirations as a company. Being a partner to the communities that surround us – and the environment that sustains us – are top priorities.

We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about personal and professional growth and see yourself as a key player contributing to our continued success as an award-winning company.

Here’s the scoop - Summary

The Governance & Controls Specialist (G&C Specialist) plays a critical role to enable Champion Petfoods’ system of internal controls over financial reporting. By partnering with local, regional, and global stakeholders, this role supports design, implementation, improvement, and oversight of effective and efficient governance and internal controls.

The G&C Specialist draws on extensive experience, knowledge of leading practices, and organizational requirements to act as a trusted partner, providing governance and control advice to various stakeholders, on various topics, in a rapidly changing environment.

By supporting high-quality business processes, the G&C Specialist plays a crucial role in ensuring control compliance and operational excellence, directly supporting Champion Petfoods’ purpose to earn pet lover trust everyday so pets thrive for a lifetime.

What a typical day looks like

• Work with Control Owners and various other stakeholders to design, support implementation, document, and validate solutions to mitigate control deficiencies.
• Support the monitoring, measurement, reporting, and improvement of governance & control KPIs.
• Perform a key role in the development, implementation, and maintenance of Segregation of Duties assessments and mitigation actions.
• Performs annual self-testing in alignment with testing plans to provide assurances over the effectiveness of internal controls.
• Supports the development and roll-out of governance related training and tools.
• Supports the coordination of activities to drive alignment between Champion and internal / external audit teams.
• Champions the enforcement of policy, procedure, and compliance expectations, escalating matters as appropriate.
• Demonstrates business acumen and leadership to the broader organization through curiosity, challenging the status quo in the spirit of continuous improvement while holding oneself to a high standard of professionalism and fostering a high performance, collaborative, environment.
• Ensures strict confidentiality and privacy of the Company’s financial and business records.
   

In the future, this role may also be tasked with planning, implementing, and managing master data governance and development of the master data management program.

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What you'll bring

Education & Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience directly related to audit, internal controls, and / or corporate governance.
• Bachelor’s degree in commerce or a related field is required.
• Internal Auditor certification is required.
• Preference will be given to those candidates holding certifications in internal controls, information systems auditing, and / or risk management.
• CDMP designation preferred, but not necessary.
• Experience with planning and coordination of diverse stakeholders must be demonstrated.
• Strong policy, process, and control-orientation and experience with the ability to develop and drive conformance with standards.
• Experience with documenting, evaluating, and testing controls.
• Experience with identifying, tracking, and resolving control gaps.
• Demonstrated experience of partnering with business stakeholders to overcome challenges by creating solutions and /or improving processes.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Excellent communication skills are required, both verbal and written, and the ability to communicate well with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work through complexity and ambiguity.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Personal characteristics
• Self-directed with high capacity and dedication to follow-through and complete overlapping projects.
• Demonstrated integrity and professionalism with ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to respect and maintain matters of a confidential nature

Working Conditions

• The majority if work will be in an office environment, but the project requirements may include working in non-standard workplaces.
• Expectations are to work a standard work week but may be required to work some early mornings or evenings to align working time zones with our regional teams.
• Occasional travel maybe required.
• This position has a hybrid work schedule with a combination of work from home and from our Edmonton corporate office.

What can you expect from Champion?

• Safety: a strong commitment to ensure all people are provided with a safe, healthy and respectful environment.
• Earnings: Competitive Wages that give financial peace of mind, RRSP with Company, and donation matching.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision and Employee Assistance Programs to meet your individual or family needs.
• Continuing Education: In House & Online Learning & Development, as well as an Education Assistance Program.
• Quality: a dedication to uphold the highest standards of authenticity, nutritional integrity, and food safety, to earn the trust of Pet Lovers everywhere.
• Other Perks: Free Bag of Premium Pet Food each month, Free Parking and more!

What are you waiting for? Join the pack!

Come as you are.

We value diversity in all forms and know the power it can bring. Workplace equality allows for creative ideas to bloom, diverse points of views to be heard, and increases overall happiness. That sounds pretty good to us.

Champion is an equal opportunity employer. Regardless of your race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, or any other creed, you are wanted here.

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