Fin Controls & Oversight Sr Cons

Description : Job Description :

Job Description :

Clirnt is seeking a highly motivated individual to join a team of COSO testing professionals and will have enterprise-wide exposure to key stakeholders within the external financial / risk / regulatory reporting infrastructure.

The Business COSO Testing team is a component of Enterprise Controls & Oversight Group in Corporate Controllers.

The Business COSO team supports the Company’s on-going objective of maintaining an industry leading financial reporting control environment and is responsible for the following directives :

• Providing meaningful assessments of financial, risk, and regulatory reporting control environment
• Overseeing compliance with Company’s COSO based policies for internal controls over financial reporting (SEC and Regulatory Reporting) and strategic planning for on-going compliance with the COSO polices (proactive anticipation of internal control related matters)
• Monitoring new and emerging internal control related guidance and issues and assist with facilitating group-wide training to interested and impacted stakeholders
• Providing consultation and subject matter expertise for process and control related matters including evaluating severity of control deficiencies and related remediation efforts
• Providing process and control support and thought leadership for projects
• Interfacing with external auditors, regulators and others on control related matters and,
• Acting as a change agent for continual improvement of the control environment.

This individual will be a member of the Business COSO team responsible for the following team directives :

• Performing COSO Monitoring team responsibilities including : ?Supervising and reviewing the work of other COSO Monitoring Team Members who perform COSO Monitoring Team directives
• Performing walkthroughs of significant processes and ensure required COSO documentation is accurate and reflects relevant risk and key controls
• Validating and challenging risk assessment conclusions, including assessing the appropriateness and completeness of key risk and key controls identified
• Validating and providing credible challenge to identified shared services, third party service providers, and significant applications
• Performing COSO testing of key controls, including design effectiveness assessments and operating effectiveness testing
• Validating and challenging documentation of control deficiencies, including issue description, root cause, unmitigated impact, and corrective actions
• Analyzing the severity of control deficiencies, both individually and in the aggregate, and the impact to internal control over financial reporting
• Assessing the components of internal control for the business unit
• Monitoring open control deficiencies and validating corrective actions
• Building relationships and collaborating with key stakeholders in the SEC and Regulatory Reporting internal control infrastructures and,
• Assisting with projects impacting the team including implementing the Company’s COSO-based Regulatory Reporting Governance & Oversight Framework and the 2013 COSO Framework.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

6+ years of experience in one or a combination of the following : finance, accounting, analytics, reporting or business / technology audit or a BS / BA degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Economics, or Business and 4+ years of experience in one or a combination of the following : finance, accounting, analytics, reporting or business / technology audit

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

• A BS / BA degree or higher in accounting, finance, or economics
• Big four public accounting experience
• A Masters of Business Administration (MBA) or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Designation
• Knowledge and understanding of regulatory agencies : Federal Reserve and OCC
• Ability to present results of analyses and recommendations to senior leaders
• Experience presenting technical concepts to senior leaders
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability
• Ability to translate and summarize complex data into understandable, actionable information and recommendations
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, where flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability are important

OTHER DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

• Experience with governance and oversight accountabilities
• Experience with large financial institutions

Candidate Must Have :

• Applicant meets the basic qualifications in the job description
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