Consultant – Financial Reporting Controls

Consultant – Financial Reporting Controls

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or finance, or equivalent experience preferred
• Professional certifications such as certification in Internal Audit (CIA), Public Accounting (CPA), Information Systems (CISA), or Control Self-Assessment (CCSA) required
• Six to eight years of progressive professional experience in audit, finance, accounting, regulatory compliance or similar field. Public accounting preferred
• Proven knowledge in risk, internal control and security frameworks, principles and practices (e.g., COSO, COBIT, ITIL)
• Familiar with GAAP and STAT accounting bases
• Proven knowledge of information risk components and General Computer Controls
• Strong analytical skills to research and evaluate highly complex operations and systems, risk assessments and process redesign projects
• Ability to develop risk mitigation strategies and make risk recommendations to senior management
• Strong project leadership capabilities
• Strong decision-making skills to evaluate alternatives and recommend solutions
• Excellent organization and planning skills to set priorities and plan work
• Comfortable interacting and communicating with all levels of management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with all levels of staff, management and external sources, including the ability to express complex risk and control concepts to people without technical backgrounds, both verbally and in writing
• Personal computer skills, as well as knowledge of related software, including PowerPoint and Visio presentations

Responsibilities

• Provides technical consulting on the development and implementation of new process execution strategies, including the development of policies, procedures, processes and controls
• Leads major process review and initiatives across Controllership
• Performs process design reviews during key business projects to help ensure potential errors continue to be effectively mitigated
• Facilitates the design and governance of automated controls using Oracle’s advanced control suite
• Performs timely and objective root cause analysis related to potential control breakdowns detected by management, regulators or auditors
• Prepares and presents findings and recommendations to business unit controllers
• Provides CPE accredited education regarding internal control concepts
• Provides strategic thought leadership around Nationwide’s financial reporting control environment
• Works directly and independently with various senior company leaders to review and assess the effectiveness of entity-level controls and overall governance mechanisms
• Implements necessary action steps to transition relevant process data elements to the Enterprise GRC administrative system (Open Pages)
• Serves as a resource for resolution of the most complex design, implementation, support and operational problems
• Provides process expertise for direction, mentoring and guidance for less experienced staff
• Surges and provides support for peak FRC compliance periods by completing more complex assessments

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.