Internal Controls Analyst / Internal Controls Manager based in USA, Apply at DFBooking Careers-CAREBRIDGEJOBS in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job description

• A world leading, Fortune 500-sized ($3bn t/o; 10,000 employees) listed manufacturing business, consistently voted as 'one of the best businesses to work for' is looking for an Internal Controls Analyst / Internal Controls Manager*, Americas (reporting directly to the Regional Head of Internal Controls, who in turn reports to the Global Head of Internal Controls, VP).
• A key area of focus is the establishment of a Group-wide internal controls framework which sets a consistent minimum standard of controls expected within each Group business and can act as a baseline for the implementation of any regulatory internal control requirements. The Controls department will work closely with the Group Head of Internal Audit and Group Head of Internal Controls to develop the Group standard internal control framework before taking ownership of the roll-out, implementation and embedding of the framework across the Group.
• You will support the Controls team to design and develop the Group's internal control framework, and ultimately test against the internal controls framework across the Group, covering all 100+ operating units, as part of a high-profile, and fast-growing international team of Regional Control Champions based across the Group's key geographic regions, in the Americas, EMEA and AsiaPac (currently 7 people, but likely to grow to be c.10-15 people).
• We are seeking a Software Engineer to execute the full lifecycle of the product development, by programming well-designed, efficient, and testable code that meets specifications.

Responsibilities

• identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency through automation of control activities.
• assist the local process owners in the creation of local process narrative/maps relating to the controls being evaluated.
• agree any control gaps identified with the local process owner and agree proposed remediation actions with the local management.
• identify and oversee the status of remediation activity, ensuring actions are closed on a timely basis.
• ensure process and control alignment with any changes arising from ERP implementations.
• work with the Head of Internal Audit's team, internal stakeholders in the businesses, the Big - 4 partner and external auditors (including local teams) to ensure alignment on views and approach as the project progresses.
• provide regular project updates and progress reports to senior stakeholders, including the Business Leadership Teams, Director of Group Finance, Head of Internal Audit, Group CFO and Group Audit Committee.
• act as a champion throughout the Group for the concepts of strong governance, internal control and risk management, sharing learnings and good practice across the business.
• be a subject matter expert for specific process/processes in scope for the programme.
• Develop new capabilities and re-architect parts of an existing system.
• Take part in test-driven, iterative development, prototyping, and reviews with a team of developers.
• Design and code middle and back-end in a clean and efficient way.
• Implement scalable and robust services.
• Develop external and internal APIs.
• Develop and run unit and performance tests to ensure scalability and reliability.
• Review and debug code.
• Develops documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and clean code to explain and show solutions.
• Determines and designs system specifications, standards, and programming to prepare and install solutions.

Requirements

• We are looking for a controls, audit, advisory, finance or risk advisory professional (albeit likely early in your career - with probably 1-5 years' experience), with training in a Big 4 / Top 10, a commercial business, or a mix of the two. Experience of accounting and reporting issues faced by a global, publicly listed Group reporting under IFRS; and of rolling out and/or operating in a Controls/ Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) environment would be an advantage. A professional qualification, e.g. CPA, CA, CIA, etc. would be an advantage, but not essential.
• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field
• Between 1 and 3 years of experience in software engineering
• Experience developing server-side web applications in Java
• Experience developing Java Web Services with public API (e.g. REST, SOAP)
• Experience with relational (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
• Proficient in object-oriented development
• Able to effectively and quickly adopt new technology
• Knowledge of Java frameworks, architecture, and design patterns
• Good communication skills
• Remediation Maps Diagrams Design Patterns NoSQL SOAP Internal Audit Recruiting Internal Controls Scalability Web Services Web Applications Ownership Salary Product Development Reviews Reliability Travel PostgreSQL Architecture Risk Management Developers MongoDB Manufacturing Automation Specifications Programming Databases Information Technology MySQL Accounting Java Documentation Finance Software Design Engineering Leadership Business Communication Training Management

Skills

Required

• Java
• REST
• SOAP
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• Object-oriented development
• Good communication skills

Preferred

• CPA, CA, CIA
• IFRS
• SOX
• Internal controls
• Risk management
• Audit

Benefits

• *Level (eg. Internal Controls Analyst and Internal Controls Manager) and salary dependent on location & experience, as a guide, this role will likely be offered at about US$70-95,000 plus package. We will be happy to consult you with this before starting the process, but our aim is for the package offered to be market leading.