Senior Analyst - SOX Governance, Oversight, and Automation
About The Position
The SOX Program and AI/Automation Senior Analyst will join the CFO Group Business Line Risk team to support critical risk mitigation, governance, and automation initiatives that support Ally’s Financial Controls program. This position offers the opportunity to advance automation and AI-enabled solutions across CFO Group Business Line Risk that will be used for control-based testing to support SOX compliance, while also contributing to governance, quality assurance and control oversight activities. Key responsibilities include supporting SOX scoping and planning, oversight of the account reconciliation testing program, supporting Issue Management assessment and reporting, and coordinating Financial Controls Committee meetings. At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience
- High school Diploma or GED equivalent
- 3+ years previous work experience in Accounting, Risk
- Excel Proficiency - Advanced MS Excel skills including pivot tables & v-lookups
- Introductory experience with Artificial Intelligence tools
- Communicate optimally; both written and verbal, and across multiple teams
- Meticulous and flexible, along with strong organizational, problem solving, and analytical skills
- Demonstrate the ability to work independently and provide frequent updates to team managers on progress and potential issues
- Ability to recognize opportunities for and initiate process improvements within the team and in business divisions
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor in Accounting preferred
- Finance
- CPA, CIA or equivalent, a plus
- Financial Services experience, or public accounting
- Control-based testing experience
- Experience with audit industry documentation standards (preparation of workpapers, flowcharting, narratives, walkthroughs, and control testing)
- Proven knowledge of internal control and risk concepts and auditing standards
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (IT, operations, compliance, finance) to improve processes and ensure strong governance
- Be a change agent to help lead improvement initiatives incorporating automation and AI-enabled solutions within the CFO Business Line Risk team
- Support oversight of the account reconciliation testing program, including scoping, sampling, testing, and monitoring of prepared account reconciliations, as well as monthly reporting on program activity and results and providing feedback and opportunities for improvement to account reconciliation preparers
- Support the preparation of relevant quarterly Audit Committee materials
- Support the execution of Issue Management protocols, including quality assurance of identified and remediated issues, review and challenge of established remediation plans, and lead preparation and oversight of monthly reporting and progress.
- Coordinate with Risk to support their review and challenge
- Prepare and present risk reports, dashboards, status updates, emerging risks, and metrics to senior management and governance committees, as necessary
- Build and foster relationships with cross-functional teams (IT, risk, operations, compliance, finance) to improve and ensure strong risk oversight
- Collaborate with internal and external auditors, as needed
- Encourage a culture of risk awareness, continuous improvement, and accountability throughout the business lines and within the CFO Group Business Line Risk team
- Support the CFO Group Business Line Risk team through special projects and ad hoc initiatives, as needed
Benefits
- 20 paid time off days
- 11 paid holidays
- 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly
- Industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions
- Student loan pay downs
- 529 educational save up assistance programs
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Financial learning center and financial coach access
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Employee, spouse and child life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions
- Healthcare FSA
- Critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance
- Total well-being program
- Adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Dependent Day Care FSA
- Back-up child and adult/elder care days
- Childcare discounts
- Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program
- Subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program
- Employee discount programs
- Travel allowances
- Relocation assistance
- Signing bonus
- Equity
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
