Internal Control Analyst

Volvo is one of the world's leading manufacturers of heavy commercial vehicles, marine & industrial power systems and components for the aircraft industry.Comprising eight business areas - Mack Trucks, Renault Trucks, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Buses, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Aero, Volvo Penta and Volvo Financial Services - Volvo is closely associated with quality, safety and environmental care.The Group currently employs about 81.000 people and recorded sales of approximately SEK 201 billion in 2004.The Volvo share is traded on the stock exchange in Stockholm and on NASDAQ in the USA.Volvo Financial Services (VFS) provides services in three main areas: customer finance, treasury operations and real-estate management.These services enable Volvo to apply a Group-wide approach to financial risk. Volvo Financial Services - Internal Control Analyst A new staff position, Internal Control Analyst is being created to meet the requirements of compliance with Sarbanes Oxley and to improve the Internal Control environment across VFS entities on a Global basis.This position will report to the Manager, Internal Control based in Gothenburg, Sweden and cover our European and International activities.Main responsibilities: - Co-ordinate and manage the annual SOX plan and testing resources at the regions.- Co-ordinate and manage company wide Internal Controls.- Ensure that controls, core policies and procedures are implemented in all emerging markets.- Assist the Manager Internal Controls in conducting process improvement / internal control reviews.- Assist the Manager Internal Controls in ensuring controls are adequate for all system implementations prior to being released in production.Qualifications: - A graduate degree in finance or accounting, and minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience.- Good knowledge of SOX and/or Internal Controls in a financial services environment.- Experience from a captive financial service company which offers leasing products, installment credits etc.is a plus (e.g.customer finance company).- Fluency in English is essential, knowledge in other languages is a plus.- Highest level of ethic standards and integrity. The person would spend about 50 % of time on the Sarbanes Oxley requirements and the rest on areas stated above.About 25% of international travel is expected, as this is an integral part of the internal control function of a global organisation.