Corporate Finance - SOX Control Group - Associate

Job description

The Finance Control Office, a function of both Firmwide Controllers and the Oversight & Control Group, partners with Finance, the Lines of Business and IT Control groups to create and maintain a sound control environment with the goal of preventing, identifying, escalating, measuring and timely remediation of Finance control issues. The Finance Control Office is responsible for ensuring the execution of the Firmwide control framework across the Corporate Finance businesses, understanding and assessing Firmwide Finance control issues and is responsible for the Firm's Sarbanes-Oxley framework. *LI-POST

The SOX Compliance Office ("SCO"), a sub-group of the Finance Control Office, provides oversight of the overall firmwide SOX compliance program. The SCO partners with the Finance, Business and IT Control groups across the Firm to ensure a sound control environment. It does this by establishing the SOX framework and providing guidance to the Lines of Business ("LOBs") /Functions to execute against the framework. The SCO also develops firm-wide control standards, manages / participates on control-related projects, and provides training on control-related initiatives.

The qualified candidate will support these objectives by providing subject matter expertise on control matters with a primary focus on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance, including interpreting and providing guidance based on the SEC guidance and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board standards to global control groups across lines of businesses and corporate areas. The qualified candidate will also

· Execute and manage the reporting requirements of the program under the supervision of a Vice President on the team; execute against the Quality Assessment program that is established over the monitoring of the SOX testing performed by the LOBs/Functions

· Manage and update our Sharepoint site which is widely used by the LOB SOX Program Managers and their extended program team.

· Participate on other control related projects, as necessary, and develop firm-wide control standards. This role also necessitates staying abreast of key LOB financial reporting control issues to understand the impact on the consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures.

The Associate role will assist in both the design and execution of some or all of these processes.

Desired profile

·  Bachelor's degree in Accounting / Finance
·  Internal or External Audit experience ("Big 4" experience, Certified Public Accountant) a plus
·  3+ Years of Experience
·  Experience with processes and controls
·  Very strong analytical skills, ability to work with large sets of data
·  Knowledge of, or direct experience in, external reporting related processes
·  Ability to execute tasks under aggressive targets, multi-task, and prioritize
·  Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
·  Strong verbal and written communications