Internal Controls

TD Bank•Mount Laurel, NJ

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The Finance Manager provides a range of strategic Finance advice, analysis and support for key business areas/portfolios as assigned. Proactively manages senior relationships in order to provide seasoned and deep business insights, decision support and guidance and works closely with various stakeholders and team members as required. The Financial Controls team is a newly established function within the AMCB Finance division, designed to strengthen AMCB's governance and control environment over financial reporting and operational processes. It aims to do so by building a Finance 1B function to Bank Standards and increasing collaboration, communication and support to 1A. Its primary objective is to proactively manage, monitor, and enhance the effectiveness of financial controls, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and risk mitigation across the bank’s financial reporting and operations.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree
7+ years of relevant experience
Progressive experience in financial controls, internal audit, within a large, complex organization — ideally within the financial services or banking sector.
Deep knowledge and experience of key processes and internal controls over financial reporting.
Strong working knowledge of SOX 404, internal control frameworks (COSO), FDICIA regulatory requirements.
Experience designing, implementing, and evaluating operating effectiveness of internal controls.
Excellent stakeholder management skills – able to influence and collaborate with process owners, auditors and senior leadership.
Provides training, guidance, and support to process/control owners on SOX requirements and best practices.
Drives continuous improvement in the bank’s ICFR control environment through assessments and remediation tracking.

Nice To Haves

Accounting or financial designation preferred.
CPA highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Conducting financial analysis/research, reviews and/or audits to support functional goals/objectives.
Acting as interface with Finance partners/leaders and external parties.
Serving as a source of advice to senior management in field of specialty; may lead team(s) of related specialists/experts.
Undertaking and completing a variety of complex projects and initiatives requiring seasoned business partner specialist knowledge and/or the integration of cross functional processes within own area of expertise.
Communicating difficult concepts; converting information to compelling business context and advice; influencing and gaining alignment across increasingly senior stakeholders.
Working autonomously as the lead and guiding others within area of expertise.
Working closely with business partners to gain deep understanding of the business and relevant objectives in order to contribute to the strategic direction of respective business and/or the enterprise.
Formulating relevant and meaningful data analysis through comprehensive data visualization tools, profiling tools, segmentation, as well as leveraging advanced modeling and analytics.
Leading on the interpretation of complex business issues, generating multifaceted insights and identifying opportunities to help drive business growth or address business/enterprise needs.
Effectively communicating relevant/meaningful recommendations on a range of finance management issues or related operational processes to all levels within the organization.
Acting as a subject matter expert for LOB Finance area supported and providing guidance/advice and recommendations to support dealings with internal/external partners.
Identifying and developing key business performance measures or metrics for own area and ensuring benchmark/best practice information is shared with appropriate parties.
Working to maximize shareholder value by developing key strategies/tactics for own unit and by conducting business and/or financial analysis to support key business decisions and the achievement of business partner or department objectives.
Leveraging advanced data and analytics where possible to ensure business leaders are provided with comprehensive information to enable strategic decision support.
Developing and/or assessing significant business cases/new initiatives applying expertise and ensuring criteria for own area are met (e.g., taxation, accounting practices, forecasted rates of return, evaluate outcomes, test assumptions, interface with others for appropriate input, identify benchmarks).
Proactively partnering and supporting the business to develop business, financial, operational, or organizational strategy for the organization.
Ensuring alignment between business segment and enterprise goals/thresholds.
Providing strategic insights and proposing solutions for the organizations they support that deliver superior risk adjusted profitability.
Creating “story-telling” presentations on business performance (competitive analysis, etc.).
Acting as a catalyst in driving forward initiatives critical to delivering strategy.
Developing and implementing growth strategies.
Partnering with the business to develop financial plans and forecasts.
Applying management-level focus.
Acting as a respectful “challenger” to provide alternative points of view.
Leading the development/implementation of new financial models, operating service standards, methodologies, frameworks and paradigms to support on-going reporting, audit and/or analysis functions for own area.
Synthesizing complex and vast amount of information and translating into actionable insights and strategy.
Monitoring and analyzing financial performance, acting as custodians of cost.
Adhering to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to activities for our business area.
Ensuring respective programs/policies/practices are well managed, meets business needs, complies with internal and external requirements, and aligns with business priorities.
Consistently exercising discretion in managing correspondence, information and all matters of confidentiality and privacy; escalating issues where appropriate.
Ensuring business operations are in compliance with applicable internal and external requirements (e.g. financial controls, segregation of duties, transaction approvals and physical control of assets).
Participating in cross-functional/enterprise initiatives as a subject matter expert helping to identify risk/provide guidance for complex situations.
Conducting internal and external research projects; supporting the development/delivery of presentations/communications to management or broader audience.
Conducting meaningful analysis at the functional or enterprise level using results to draw conclusions, makes recommendations, assesses the effectiveness of programs/policies/practices.
Monitoring service, productivity and assessing efficiency levels within own function and implementing continuous process/performance improvements where opportunities exist.
Identifying/recommending/supporting the implementation of actions/remediation plans to address performance/risk/governance issues.
Actively managing relationships within and across various business lines, corporate and/or control functions and ensuring alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements.
Keeping abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assessing potential impacts.
Maintaining a culture of risk based management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite.
Participating fully as a member of the team, supporting a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensuring timely communication of issues/points of interest.
Providing thought leadership and/or industry knowledge for own area of expertise and participating in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit.
Keeping current on emerging trends/developments and growing knowledge of the business, related tools and techniques.
Participating in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team.
Keeping others informed and up-to-date about the status/progress of projects and/or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities.
Contributing to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices.
Leading, motivating and developing relationships with internal and external business partners/stakeholders to develop productive working relationships.
Contributing to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce.
Acting as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally.