Remote Financial Controls Advisor

Summary

Join our employee-centric hybrid work environment as a Sr. Financial Controls Advisor, partnering with leaders and stakeholders across the company to provide dedicated financial risk and controls expertise.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• CPA or CIA preferred
• 4+ years of progressive experience auditing internal controls, preferably in public accounting
• Experience designing, testing and implementing internal controls and reviewing business processes
• Advanced knowledge of Sarbanes/Oxley (SOX) and NAIC Model Audit Rule (MAR)
• Insurance industry experience helpful

Responsibilities

• Identify risks in the financial reporting process and ensure appropriate risk-based controls are in place to mitigate those risks
• Provide consultation and advice to functional teams in the design and execution of controls
• Communicate with and educate process owners on the benefit and importance of internal controls
• Take a hands-on approach in the development of control documentation. This position will often prepare drafts of control language and attributes for management’s review
• Develop a detailed understanding of business processes and prepare various documents to communicate understanding to team members and internal/external auditors
• Act as a point of contact with internal/external audit to resolve questions and issues with respect to internal controls
• Develop strong working relationships with process owners and their teams
• Drive continued development and building of a risk management culture through coordination of employee awareness and training programs that emphasize the importance of risk management
• Partner with process and control owners in control gap remediation
• Make recommendations on the decommissioning of obsolete controls associated with the significant changes in process due to the Modernization initiative

Benefits

Hybrid work arrangements