Senior Financial IT Analyst - SOX Controls & Compliance

Senior Financial IT Analyst - SOX Controls & Compliance

Description -

Job Summary
• This role is primarily responsible for managing SOX & Compliance 404 Controls from IT Systems perspectives. As a SOX Control Owner, the role requires confirming effective execution of SOX controls applicable to the scope of the activity. The role actively participates in major IT initiatives, ensuring effective communication with stakeholders and integration of business and regional perspectives. The role initiates and cultivates relationships with influential decision-makers at the highest levels and key tactical leaders, advocating for IT best practices, and shaping strategic business planning with a pronounced IT influence. The role also provides mentorship to lower-level employees and ensures the realization of operational and strategic plans.

Responsibilities:

1. Establish and Document Internal Controls from IT systems perspective: identify, document, and maintain internal controls that address potential risks to financial reporting.
2. Assess and Test Controls from IT systems perspective: regularly assess the effectiveness of these controls and test their design and operating effectiveness.
3. Report on Internal Controls from IT systems perspective: include internal control reports in periodic reports, stating responsibility for maintaining adequate internal controls and their assessment of the controls' effectiveness.
4. Internal & External Auditor Attestation: Liaison to attest the assessment of internal controls over financial reporting from IT systems perspective.
5. Identifies opportunities where IT can deliver cost-effective, standardized solutions to cater to the needs of multiple business, function, or geography entities.
6. Leverages extensive Supply Chain Finance specific business acumen to propel engagement in large-scale IT undertakings.
7. Participates in major IT projects, ensuring business and regional stakeholders are effectively communicated with and integrated.
8. Initiates and nurtures relationships with influential decision-makers positioned at the highest levels of the business, function, geography, or organization, alongside key tactical leaders.
9. Recognizes the demand for new IT processes and substantial enhancements to major IT processes and spearheads their development and implementation.
10. Communicates project status to stakeholders, ensuring risks are identified and mitigation plans are in place.
11. Advocates for the proliferation of best practices developed from interactions between businesses, functions, or geographies and other counterparts.
12. Engages in strategic business planning where IT's influence is pronounced and shapes the overarching business strategies of customer organizations.
13. Contributes innovative ideas and may lead large cross-functional teams, exercising independent judgment to solve unique and complex problems impacting the business.
14. Provides mentorship and guidance to lower-level employees, thus ensuring the realization of operational and strategic plans.

Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration.
• Typically has 10+ years of work experience, preferably in financial statement analysis, internal audit, accounting.

Preferred Certifications
Chartered Accountant (CA) / Certified Public Accountant (CPA) / Cost & Management Accountants (CMA)

Knowledge & Skills

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• SAP S4 HANA Finance Applications
• Accounting
• Auditing
• Variance Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Internal Controls
• Process Improvement

Cross-Org Skills

• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope
• Impacts large functions and leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects.

Complexity
• Provides highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.