RISK & CONTROLS SENIOR ANALYST (CHARLOTTE, NC)

Compass Group USA Inc•Charlotte, NC

60d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Manager, Risk & Controls, the Risk & Controls Senior Analyst is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with a strong financial/internal controls background to join the North America Risk & Controls team, based in our Charlotte Corporate Office. As part of the Second Line of Defense, the team owns the Internal Controls frameworks and ensuring this continues to meet leading practices and UK Corporate Governance Code requirements as these evolve. This includes working with colleagues across the organization to support a robust risk and control environment by providing a 2nd line opinion, sharing best practice and guidance to ensuring that risk and control issues are documented, challenged, monitored, tested, reported and escalated, according to the organization's governance structure and control frameworks. This role has the opportunity to work with multiple functions in the organization including accounting and finance, digital and technology, HR, compliance, sustainability, and safety. This role is part of a new team, where the candidate will have a hands-on opportunity to help augment the organization's control environment as it progresses on a control enhancement journey.

Requirements

Technically competent and confident in reviewing and identifying improvements in the design and operation of internal controls.
Strong analytical skills, with strong risk awareness and understanding of processes and controls.
Confident stakeholder management, communication, and able to build relationships.
Excellent planning, coordination and organization skills and managing multiple priorities and stakeholders.
Previous experience working in Finance Control, Internal Audit, External Audit, Risk Assurance, and/or Controls Assurance.
Self-starter with the ability to lead and to work independently and engage with teams at all levels in the organization.
Ability to translate and communicate technical or complex ideas in a simple, engaging, and concise manner.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential, with the ability to influence at all levels, as is the ability to function effectively in teams.
Four-year bachelor's degree in accounting, or finance.
Professional qualification such as CPA or CIA.
4-5 years of experience in financial controls, internal audits, SOX audits, risk and controls assessment, risk assurance, preferably in a Big-4 consulting firm or Fortune 500 organization.
Strong knowledge of Internal Auditing Standards, PCAOB Standards, and COSO, etc.
Recent (past 5 years) US SOX experience strongly preferred.
Excellent PC Skills (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, Electronic audit work papers, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP S/4 and HFM preferred.
Familiarity with the UK Corporate Governance Code preferred.

Responsibilities

Support the ongoing design and implementation of the Internal Controls framework.
Perform day-day execution and first level review of 2LOD activities such as controls testing, monitoring, tracking action items, etc.
Ensure business processes have appropriate controls to optimally manage risks, assisting with the execution of risk assessments where necessary.
Provide ongoing support and review to control owners as they document and operate Risk and Control Matrices (RACMs).
Collaborate with process and controls owners to obtain process understanding, documenting the process flows and/or procedure documents.
Evaluate control deficiencies and oversee remediation of those deficiencies.
Identify and document leading practice controls which can be published across the organization. Develop guidance to support the organization with control compliance, such as evidence maintenance, job aids, etc.
Partner with business teams on cross-departmental projects to improve the overall control environment.
Stay up to date on internal and external changes that may impact the design or operation of controls and partner with the appropriate stakeholders to make changes accordingly.
Support training initiatives across the organization to improve awareness and understanding of internal control requirements.
Partner with both internal and external audit teams to facilitate streamlined and effective audit processes, as necessary.