Senior, Financial Controls and Compliance

American Water•Camden, NJ

About The Position

People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals. We are Beautifully Different. We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey. About American Water American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886 and celebrating 140 years in 2026, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to approximately 14 million people with regulated operations in 14 states and on 18 military installations. American Water’s approximately 7,000 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders. For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on LinkedIn , Facebook , X and Instagram .

Requirements

Strong knowledge of auditing, internal controls, risk assessment and SOX-related activities
Strong written and oral communication skills, including proven ability to interact effectively with internal stakeholders, management and external professionals (i.e. auditors)
Full, end-to-end ownership of assignments including, proactively engaging appropriate members to jointly resolve issues and communicate results
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on initiative, knowledge sharing, team building and decision making
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
5+ years of relevant accounting or auditing experience required.
Prior public accounting and/or internal audit experience a strong preference.

Nice To Haves

CPA preferred.
Prior experience working with Optro (previously known as AuditBoard) and SAP a plus
Prior experience working in the utility industry a plus.

Responsibilities

Run the day-to-day activities for SOX compliance.
Collaborate with owners to ensure SOX Controls are designed and operating effectively for in-scope systems.
Ensure controls are submitted and completed timely by owners within SOX system.
Maintain complete listing and monitor changes of key reports.
Develop strong relationships with business process and information technology owners in coordinating SOX compliance.
Assist in the review and assessment of control deficiencies, including development of remediation plans and determination of adequacy of mitigating controls.
Serve as liaison with external/internal auditors to manage auditor request list for control testing and resolve questions on relevant control matters.
Schedule and administer walkthrough and system observation meetings with internal and external auditors.
Serve as administrator of the Company’s SOX compliance platform / database (Optro).
Identify areas where internal controls can be optimized (e.g., shift toward preventive automated controls).
Participate in special projects and initiatives upon management request, including those that would optimize the effectiveness of existing business applications, technologies and systems and build efficiencies/improvements into current business processes.
Work on ad-hoc projects as needed.