Senior Manager- Finance transformation & Business Controls - CA (10-18 yrs)

Our client is a global leader and this role is for their Capability centre in India

- Accountant qualification is essential- this would mean Chartered Accountant

Summary:

- The Business Controls Transformation Senior Manager / Manager will be responsible for delivering elements of the ICFR pillar of the global finance transformation programme, as well as supporting the other finance transformation pillars (e.g. finance ERP implementation) by providing ICFR input and insight.

The ICFR pillar includes the delivery of:

- Transformation of the ICFR annual cycle.

- Transformation of how ICFR are designed, implemented and operated, across the global organisation.

- ICFR support for the wider transformation being delivered through the finance transformation programme, which cover data, systems, people, organisation design, and global process owners.

- Project management and oversight for the implementation of deficiency remediation, for the purposes of SOX 404 (a) and (b) reporting.

- The ICFR pillar covers business and IT processes both at the group and within divisions.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

- Lead the day to day delivery of specific short-term transformation and long-term transformation elements of the ICFR project plan, focused on either (1) business controls operating at the group or (2) business controls covering transactional processes, including with the divisions. You may also be asked to lead the day to day delivery of some elements of the ICFR annual cycle transformation, under the leadership of the Head of Next Gen SOX.

- Where relevant, manage the internal and external support, to deliver the specific elements of the ICFR project plan according to the planned costs and timetable.

- Contribute towards regular project management reporting to the Head of Business Controls.

- Transformation and the Head of IT Controls Transformation.

- Highlight potential challenges or revisions necessary to scope, timetable, resources or dependencies.

- Identify improvement opportunities within the specific elements of the ICFR project plan that you are managing, both short-term and long-term, for example process changes or the automation of a particular control.

- Collaborate with IT Controls Transformation peers delivering specific IT elements of the ICFR project and with the Internal Controls team, who lead management's testing activities.

- If necessary, prepare briefing documents for the Group's external auditors on the elements of the ICFR project plan that you are managing.

- Collaborate with the teams of other key internal stakeholders who have ownership in some or all of the ICFR project plan, to deliver the necessary transformation and address concerns they may have.

Skills & Capabilities:

- Good project management and organisation skills, in order to be able to manage the delivery of one or several workstreams to short-term and long-term deadlines.

- Good management skills, for directing the day-to-day activities of the internal and external support.

- Strong communication skills, to be able to clearly articulate the status of work and the risks that may cause timetable or cost challenges.

- Good ICFR skills, covering business processes, is essential. This may be either be (1) at a Group level, covering group-wide process such as impairment and entity level controls or (2) at a transactional level, covering the standard financial reporting processes.

- Some knowledge and skills to leverage IT contributions to ICFR, including but not limited to IT general controls and IT automated controls.

- Able to operate in a fast-paced environment in a management role that is empowered to deliver change.

Qualifications & Experience:

- Qualified accountant with PCAOB audit experience and post-qualification experience in a professional services or industry role.

- Experience of delivering ICFR activities day-to-day, across at least one whole financial year cycle.

- Experience of navigating material weakness or significant deficiency remediation is advantageous, but not essential.

- Some experience of significant finance transformation activities in ICFR or with ICFR impacts, such as a GRC implementation, global process owner deployment, an ERP implementation, or technology enablement of the annual ICFR cycle, is advantageous, but not essential.

- Experience of US GAAP is advantageous.