Global Financial Risk & Controls Principal Lead

Global Financial Risk & Controls Principal Lead

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Master’s Degree a plus.
• 10+ years relevant working experience in Risk and Control, Audit, Compliance, Risk Management, Finance, and/or Accounting.
• In depth knowledge of Finance architecture, systems and processes, as well as the Controller and Business functions, is an advantage.
• Experience in control design and implementation and development and execution of standard operating procedures.
• Experience in gap assessment and deficiency remediation.
• Experience working with global teams and generating inputs from diverse Subject Matter Experts is a plus.
• Expertise in summarizing information into concrete processes, flows and/or action plans.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, across organizational levels, functions, and regions.
• Highly analytical, proactive, with strong attention to detail and follow up skills.
• Flexible, team-oriented, with good interpersonal skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight on controls and manage control initiatives to improve the health of internal controls and the control environment.
• Partner with Finance Controllers to ensure procedures and controls are adequate and effectively implemented to mitigate material risks and gaps are timely escalated.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand the end-to-end process, identify risks and recommend risk management strategies.
• Review, assess, and provide independent assessment on control design and execution and ensure consistent adoption of operating standards and minimum controls.
• Analyze root cause of control breaks and gaps; provide expert guidance on remediation actions.
• Work as trusted advisor to Finance Controllers on formulating actions to mitigate risks and remediate control deficiencies.
• Partner with various stakeholders to analyze, prepare, and present materials to senior stakeholders to support the Statement of Accountability and Disclosure Committee Questionnaire sign-off process.
• Lead monthly risk and control forum with senior Finance Controller stakeholders to present progress and results of control initiatives, state of risk and control environment, emerging risks, significant residual risks, MCA, Audit, Issue Management, and general control and compliance.
• Monitor and track the progress of initiatives. Identify and mitigate roadblocks and escalate any risk to effective and timely delivery.
• Understand the impact of new control initiatives and support Finance Controller’s to implement new control initiatives; support various control and compliance initiatives including control transformation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree a plus.
• Experience working with global teams and generating inputs from diverse Subject Matter Experts is a plus.