About this role
MAS is Sri Lanka’s largest exporter and South Asia’s largest design-to-delivery solution providers in apparel and textile manufacturing. With a global community of 100,000, today, MAS spans across 13 countries with its portfolio expanding into wearable technology, FemTech, logistics and fabric parks worldwide. Over three decades, MAS has gained global recognition for its ethical and sustainable working environment as well as its impeccable craftsmanship and product excellence.
Location - Battaramulla
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and manage the Audit Committee (AC) calendar, ensuring effective delivery of AC responsibilities and acting as the link between leadership and the AC.
- Ensure 4 AC meetings are held annually, with timely reporting from functional heads and CEOs.
- Oversee timely Board updates, action item tracking, agenda finalization, meeting scheduling, minutes, pre-reads, and BoardPac uploads.
- Schedule AC and preparation meetings for the following year well in advance.
- Support AC oversight across governance, ethics, compliance, and brand protection through dashboards, KRIs, reporting, trend analysis, risk identification, and escalation of key issues.
- Monitor Code of Conduct, speak-up culture, compliance risks, regulatory changes, breaches, audit findings, remediation actions, and brand protection controls.
- Identify governance gaps, emerging risks, recurring issues, and opportunities for process improvements and automation.
- Support GCEO and leadership in delivering governance priorities and accountabilities.
- Strengthen shareholder protection by mitigating reputation risks related to non-managed entities.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of governance codes and recommend improvements where required.
Qualifications and Skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Business Management, or a related field.
- Professional qualifications such as CIA, CA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent governance, risk, or assurance certifications are an added advantage.
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in Internal Audit, Risk Management, Governance, Compliance, Internal Controls or related disciplines. Candidates with Internal Audit experience, including at least 1-2 years in a Big 4 accounting or professional services firm, will be preferred