Head of Financial Controls

Head of Financial Controls

Requirements

• A minimum of 15+ years of experience managing a SOX Program, internal audit department or as an external auditor for a big four firm.
• Ability to interact well with executive leadership and senior management; strong presentation skills required.
• Strong accounting and accounting system knowledge (e.g. SAP) is preferred.
• Ability to lead, prioritize and identify impact points that balance multi-segment, multi-function and global constituencies with limited resources is critical and ideally can be demonstrated in past experiences.
• Ability to adapt easily to change, can manage in an uncertain environment, and manage multiple tasks with competing interests for time and evolving priorities.
• Strong execution and analytical skills, ability to influence change and drive results.
• Excellent written/verbal skills a must.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial controls unit (FCU) in all aspects of the Company’s ICFR / SOX Program, including onshore and offshore teams.
• Serve as the chair of AIG’s quarterly Internal Control Governance Committee, coordinating all meeting materials and leading the Committee through the agenda.
• Lead annual materiality, scoping and risk assessment activities to establish the annual ICFR/SOX Program scope.
• Provide training and guidance to process and control owners on ICFR/SOX policy matters to enforce accountability and foster a control-focused culture across the organization.
• Work with Management to remediate known control deficiencies and ensure remediation plans are designed to address the root cause and prevent reoccurrence.
• Advise Management in regard to evaluating the impact on controls resulting from transformation activities and other projects impacting financial reporting.
• Provide quarterly and ad hoc reporting communications for defined stakeholder groups including the Internal Control Governance Committee and Group and local Audit Committees.
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors frequently to ensure that AIG’s ICFR policy and methodology is aligned to maximize external audit reliance on AIG’s ICFR / SOX Program.
• Lead the global balance sheet reconciliation quality control team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the insurance or financial services industry is preferred.
• CPA/CIA preferred.
• Managerial experience with staff located across multiple locations, particularly multi-national, with considerable time zones differences is strongly preferred.