Leads the East Asia internal controls program, assessing business and financial controls, identifying risks, driving remediation, maintaining risk control documentation, and improving governance processes. Partners with regional Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Compliance, and Technology teams to embed controls, automate activities, and maintain audit readiness. Delivers training and promotes risk management accountability across Singapore, Hong Kong, and the broader region.
Work Flexibility: Hybrid
Join Stryker and play a pivotal role in strengthening the control environment across one of our most dynamic regions. This is an opportunity to partner with senior business and finance leaders, drive governance and risk management initiatives, and help shape scalable processes that support sustainable growth. You will influence how controls are designed, embedded, and optimized across East Asia while enabling efficient and compliant business operations.
What You Will Do
- Lead the East Asia Internal Controls program and ensure compliance with corporate control frameworks, policies, and governance requirements.
- Assess the effectiveness of key business and financial controls across regional entities and identify opportunities to strengthen the control environment.
- Conduct risk assessments to identify control gaps, emerging risks, and process weaknesses and develop mitigation plans.
- Drive remediation activities for audit findings, monitoring results, and compliance assessments to achieve timely closure of control deficiencies.
- Maintain and enhance Risk Control Matrices (RCMs), key control documentation, and supporting evidence to ensure audit readiness.
- Partner with Finance, Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Compliance, and Technology teams to embed effective controls into business processes.
- Lead process improvement, automation, and governance transformation initiatives that increase preventive controls and reduce manual activities.
- Deliver training, coaching, and awareness programs that strengthen control ownership, risk management practices, and accountability across the region.
What You Will Need
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Internal Controls, Audit, Risk Management, Compliance, Finance Controllership, or related disciplines.
- Experience working within multinational organizations across multiple countries.
- Knowledge of internal and external audit processes.
- Knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS.
- Experience with compliance and governance programs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional certification such as CPA, CA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent.
- Experience within the medical device, healthcare, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industries.
Additional Information
- Location: Singapore or Hong Kong.
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