Finance Specialist - Cell Operations

As a member of the Finance Global Operations (FGO) team, you will coordinate with various office accounting departments, the FIRM controllership, external auditors, the applications support team, and other stakeholders.

Your role involves supporting both internal and external audits across global offices by collaborating closely with the Firm controller, as well as external and statutory auditors. For internal audits, you will work with office, service line lead, internal auditors to support the audit which includes periodic reviews of internal controls and audits of site offices. For external audits, you will go through the process steps of the activities to ensure the integrity of financial reporting and compliance with statutory requirements are met.

To facilitate effective audits, you would be supporting and working on supporting the audit to share relevant data such as financial statements with auditors and work with different stakeholder to consolidate the back-up, compare with the samples to support the audit function. You would also be supporting the service line in redesigning audit processes to incorporate improved data management practices and leveraging data analytics for early risk detection. You will also engage in dynamic audit planning, coordinating with various teams, including global operations and office accounting teams, to execute risk-driven audits. You should establish control to create maintain a single source of truth for audit data is crucial, as is ensuring data integrity and confidentiality. You will develop effective audit methodologies and conduct periodic reviews of internal controls based on past audit results to identify process gaps and potential risks, thereby establishing effective controls.

To better plan audits and allocate resources, you will work with different stakeholder to understand the requirement, audit period and create an audit calendar for the upcoming year and provide timely support. You will also ensure that policy changes and business process documentation (SOPs) are consistently updated and adhered to by the team. By partnering with functional leadership, office accounting managers, and regional CFOs, you will identify operational issues, gather necessary information, and implement practical solutions. Furthermore, you will develop, implement, report, and review Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with functional leadership.