The Senior Internal Control Manager for Sustainability Reporting (ICSR Manager) has a critical role responsible for establishing, implementing, and maintaining robust internal control frameworks over ABB's sustainability reporting processes. This position ensures the integrity, accuracy, and reliability of ESG data and disclosures in compliance with CSRD, ESRS, and other regulatory requirements.

The ESG Internal Control senior manager is responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving an end-to-end assurance process for sustainability reporting aligned with regulations and internal control requirements. This senior leadership role ensures that the ESG requirements are embedded in the existing ARIC framework, and the end-to-end assurance process is followed.

Working in a complex, multinational environment, the role requires significant stakeholder engagement, innovative thinking, and in-depth understanding of ESG and IC frameworks, in addition to experience in controls governance, and assurance methodologies. The ideal candidate will bring demonstrated ability to build consensus and a commitment to embed ESG requirements into the organization.

Your Responsibilities:

• Framework Implementation: Evolve and maintain ABB framework for internal controls over sustainability reporting, ensuring all processes meet Corporate standards.

• Risk Management: Design and conduct ICSR risk assessments to identify and mitigate the risk of material misstatements. Assess risk profiles of reporting processes and determine required mitigation efforts based on risk levels.

• Process governance: Oversee the management and timely updates for process and control documentation for sustainability reporting processes (SAP Signavio) and ensure compliance with minimum documentation requirements for sustainability reporting processes.

• Continuous Improvement and automation: Champion initiatives to improve processes, systems, and data quality organization-wide in collaboration with Sustainability Topic Content Owners and Business Area Sustainability Reporting Leads. Support technology enhancements to increase automation and data integrity.

• Assurance & Governance: Oversee the internal assurance certification process for sustainability reporting across all entities. Oversee quarterly and yearly internal control self-assessment programs to evaluate the design and operational effectiveness of controls. Monitor findings and ensure timely remediation of any deficiencies.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with the Corporate Assurance Risk & Internal Controls team, and collaborate with various Sustainability Topic Content Owners, Business Area IC teams as well as Sustainability reporting team to embed robust control processes and communicate internal control findings to relevant stakeholders.

• Training and Communication: Design and deliver comprehensive training and certification program to control owners and control performers as well as sustainability assurance process participants.

Your background:

• At least 8 years of progressive experience in internal controls, assurance, audit, or compliance within multinational environments. Experience in the field as compliance/internal controls manager, in a country, is a must to have.

• At least 2 years of experience in internal controls over sustainability reporting

• Effective at overseeing project execution and maintaining clear, constructive communication with stakeholders.

• Demonstrated analytical capability to evaluate complex processes and data flows.

• Deeply interested in ESG and focused on contributing measurable improvements in this field

• Experience with applications servicing ESG reporting (e.g. Snowflake) is a plus

Candidates must be eligible to work in Switzerland. Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.