Manager. Regulatory Policy

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
We are currently recruiting a Manager - Internal Controls within the Finance department.
The Manager will be responsible for leading one or more individuals to ensure effective design and operation of SOX 404 internal controls over financial reporting. Facilitate and apply CRL’s risk-based compliance strategy and methodology, ensuring prevention or detection of both errors and fraud in all financial processes.
Lead efforts to analyze process, perform ongoing risk assessments, design and walkthrough all assigned controls, evaluate for optimal operational and financial performance of CRL and recommend modifications and improvements.
Review and approve team member work products, ensuring quality work products are produced as efficiently as possible.
Manage CRL’s Project Assessment program, utilizing risk assessment methodology to identify, mitigate and report impacts to SOX framework. Design efficient control solutions to drive operational efficiencies, maintain compliance with company policies, and reduce risk of material financial misstatement.
Prepare scoping documentation, global SOX compliance calendar, training and facilitate annual audit process.
Document and assess processes utilizing Microsoft Visio, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. Monitor, lead, and report on internal control process stability and facilitate preparation and execution of remediation plans, including validation of operation of controls on behalf of management.
Bachelors degree (B.A. /CPA/ACCA highly preferred.
Knowledge and experience in Governance, Risk, and Control (GRC) frameworks, approaches, tools, methodologies (i.e., Experience in Access Management; Segregation of Duties (SOD), Fraud Risk Analysis and Mitigation.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, deliverables, and stakeholders.
Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
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