Associate Lead Internal Control Specialist

Imagine a future where you will be a part of Ørsted, a global leader in offshore wing energy and the world’s most sustainable company.

Join us in this role where you’ll be a part of a team driving the development and improvement of Ørsted's internal control framework for financial and sustainability reporting, ensuring a strong control culture and robust control environment.

Welcome to Corporate Reporting
You’ll be part of the Internal Control Assurance team where you, together with your colleagues, will be involved in the risk assessment, ensuring the continuous improvement of the Ørsted internal control framework, monitoring and testing of internal controls for financial and sustainability reporting, driving remediation of control deficiencies and contributing to planning and prioritization of the annual internal control cycle. As a team, we are multinational team of 5 employees, located in Copenhagen and Kuala Lumpur. Your work location will be in Kuala Lumpur.

You’ll play an important role in:

• supporting and developing Ørsted's internal control framework using a risk-based approach, in close collaboration with process owners, control performers, and reviewers
• supporting process owners in strengthening their control environment and improving end-to-end processes through practical guidance and clear governance
• testing the effectiveness of controls, identifying deficiencies, facilitating remediation with process owners, and ensure transparent reporting and follow-up on action plans
• supporting the business in remediating audit findings related to internal controls, including root-cause analysis and sustainable corrective actions
• driving awareness and training activities to strengthen ownership of risks and controls across the organization
• contributing to risk and scoping analysis and the development of the annual internal control plan including prioritization and stakeholder alignment
• driving and supporting activities within ServiceNow (our GRC system) including updates to control master data
• monitoring and following up on controls not completed in a timely manner
• supporting the reporting to executive management and Audit & Risk Committee.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have degree in auditing, accounting or finance
• have experience in audit firms, complemented by second-line control functions (e.g., Internal Control Assurance or Governance, Risk and Compliance) in multinational or complex organization
• can demonstrate success in control standardization, automation, managing control deficiencies, and partnering with finance leaders to drive compliance
• have solid SAP knowledge and hands-on experience implementing and developing GRC systems for monitoring internal controls
• are team players with considerable stakeholder management and ability to influence stakeholders at all organizational levels
• have an excellent communication skills and fluency in English are required

Pre-employment background check:
This position requires a background check as part of the hiring process and the offer is dependent on the outcome of this check. You will receive more information during the recruitment process. Background checks are conducted by an external provider in accordance with local legal requirements.

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Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a global leader in offshore wind and is one of the largest renewable energy companies in the world. With us, you’ll play your part in creating a world that runs entirely on green energy. As a leading green energy company, we leverage the curiosity and passion of our people to innovate and develop new technologies or bring existing technologies to scale, collaborating with governments, suppliers, and our industry partners to make renewable energy solutions a reality. At Ørsted, we work together with openness and respect and seek fresh perspectives to solve any task at hand: big or small.

About Ørsted

• We provide countries, companies, and communities with sustainable, reliable, and cost-competitive energy solutions, including offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, and energy storage.
• Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.
• We built the world’s first offshore wind farm, Vindeby in Denmark, in 1991, and completed the world’s largest, Hornsea 2 in the UK, in 2022.
• We were founded in Denmark in 2006 and now have approximately 8,000 employees, working in 15 countries and counting.

An inclusive team
At Ørsted, we strive to be an inclusive workplace where you’re respected for who you are, valued for the unique perspectives you bring, and rewarded fairly for what you achieve. We want all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, no matter their age, race, ethnicity, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

Application deadline

28 August 2026

Location

Kuala Lumpur, MY

Area of work

IT and digital

Employment type

Permanent

Work hours

40

Workplace

Hybrid (office and home-working)

Some of our benefits include