Job Description

The Financial Controls Oversight (FCO) group is a part of Corporate Finance Business Risk Management team in the Controller\xe2\x80\x99s Organization within Corporate Finance. The FCO team is responsible for the execution of the Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Compliance program across the entire organization in order to support the quarterly and annual CEO and CFO certification over internal controls over financial reporting. In order to support the SOX attestations, the key functions of the group include determining the material accounts, business areas/locations, and risks required to be addressed as part of the SOX program, working with business and accounting personnel to identify controls throughout the organization that mitigate financial reporting risks, testing identified key controls, and assessing the materiality of the impact of control deficiencies identified.Key Responsibilities:

• Assess automated key SOX application controls, system calculations, interfaces, reports, and end-user computing controls
• Assess new key SOX application implementations
• Evaluate the impact of automated application level controls on Business Unit and Corporate Finance processes
• Identify, document and maintain evidence supporting automated processes to initiate, record, process and report transactions from key SOX applications and perform testing
• Liaise with the Business Units and Corporate Finance to remediate risks, findings and gaps, and propose automated application level control improvements to remediate exceptions identified, and work with management to track issues to resolution
• Participate in management\xe2\x80\x99s compliance to SOX requirements for a significant class of transactions including financial statement risk assessment, design walkthroughs, operating effectiveness testing and reviews, identification, evaluation and remediation of deficiencies
• Participate in discussions with process and control owners to assess inherent risks, identify controls and control gaps, by conducting walkthroughs with end-to-end knowledge of assigned business units
• Communicate and coordinate with external auditors regarding execution of the SOX program to ensure maximum reliance on our work with effective channel of communication

• Certified Public Accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor or Certified Internal Auditor is a plus
• 3 + years of progressive IT, auditing, SOX, Big 4 firm practice testing controls; preferably financial services
• Strong IT automated system experience and accounting background with theoretical and practical knowledge of US GAAP, SOX 404 and SEC financial reporting standards
• Degree in information technology and accounting, or related field
• Stay current on new technical literature applicable to the automated systems and internal control process (e.g., PCAOB guidance, SEC, etc.)
• Collaborative, quick learner, team player and good under pressure, ability to multi-tasking and participate in various projects/process improvement

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