Manager, Internal Controls & Compliance

Emera Inc • Halifax, NS

3d • Onsite

About The Position

At Emera, you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help Emera to safely deliver cleaner, reliable energy to our customers. If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. We are currently looking for a Manager Internal Controls & Compliance to join our team in a permanent position. Reporting to the Director Internal Controls & Compliance, Finance, you will work closely with various departments and affiliates to guide, support and execute on our company-wide SOX requirements. Our team works closely with finance stakeholders to strike the right balance between the time and cost impact of compliance with regulatory requirements, and mitigating risk. This partnership often includes collaboration with Internal Audit or third party consultants to reach cost-effective decisions when implementing or evaluating regulatory compliance. We are a large, diverse, complex organization with multiple business units that will offer challenge and career growth.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree with a concentration in accounting, business, or related discipline
• Certifications demonstrating a breadth of knowledge over internal controls over financial reporting, or business (e.g., CPA, CIA, etc.)
• Minimum of 6 years of direct or related work experience. Related experience consists of public accounting, internal audit, or financial analysis/processes or role in financial accounting or reporting
• Successful management of a team, or coordination of individuals, in delivering business/department objectives
• Demonstrated project management, tracking and meeting multiple deliverables and deadlines with appropriate level of stakeholder involvement.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, demonstrated experience with solving problems
• Experience with the design, implementation and evaluation of both design and operational effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting
• Knowledge and experience with OneStream, Oracle EBS or SAP environment

Nice To Haves

• The successful individual will have excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills and an ability to build consensus across an organization by consistently demonstrating credibility as a subject matter expert. You bring maturity, confidence, and decision-making capability, along with enthusiasm and energy.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update centralized SOX deliverables over materiality and associated risk assessments, including:
• Facilitate Affiliate and financial statement line item (“FSLI”) scoping assessment in conjunction with Affiliate Finance Leadership.
• With the support of the key IT stakeholders at Nova Scotia Power (NSP) and Tampa Electric (TEC), facilitate the IT scoping assessment by Affiliate IT Leadership.
• Liaise with Internal Audit and external auditors on the results of the FSLI and IT scoping outcomes, especially any key changes anticipated in the current year program.
• Facilitate the timely update/refresh of Business Process descriptions and controls documentation by the SOX champions and support from Finance leaders within Affiliates.
• With the support of the key IT stakeholders at NSPI and TEC, facilitate the timely update/refresh of the IT General Controls descriptions and controls documentation.
• Provide advice to Affiliate Management and perform an initial evaluation of their response to deficiencies identified by Internal Audit or external auditors.
• Proactively evaluate whether there are themes to deficiencies, or whether deficiencies identified in one affiliate may also be applicable to another affiliate.
• Maintain relationships with affiliate employees, stay informed on risks and strategic initiatives impacting applicable affiliates, and gain consensus regarding potentially contentious or sensitive items.
• Develop and oversee a continuing education program incorporating developments and best practices for issuers subject to SOX requirements.
• Ability to understand business risks, challenges and recognize opportunities for process improvements
• Seek to continuously improve the SOX program to become more efficient and effective through optimization and automation.
• Perform limited quality control procedures over selected working papers across the organization to identify potential areas of SOX policy deviation.

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits plan
• 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue
• Access to a free on-site fitness centre
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Parental leave top-up plan
• Wellness benefits
• Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies
• A focus on employee development
• Available sponsored education programs
• Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work
• Mentoring opportunities
• Fundraising-matching
• Volunteer programs
• Various committees and employee resource groups
• Scholarships for children of employees
• Short-term incentive plan
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager