Senior Internal Controls Analyst | SOX

About the position

Reporting to the Internal Controls Manager, this role serves as part of the second line of defense, maintaining and enhancing the internal controls framework to ensure compliance with SOX and UK Corporate Governance Code standards as they evolve. This position involves working collaboratively across the organization to uphold a strong financial risk and control environment by providing independent assessments, sharing best practices, and ensuring thorough documentation, review, testing, and reporting of risk and control activities. The successful candidate will play a key role in enhancing the company's control environment and contributing to executive-level reporting for the UK-based corporate office.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the ongoing development and implementation of the internal controls framework.
• Execute and review second-line defense activities, including control testing, monitoring, and issue tracking.
• Ensure financial and accounting processes include effective controls for risk management, supporting risk assessments when required.
• Provide guidance and review for complex business units as they maintain and operate Risk and Control Matrices (RACMs).
• Collaborate with process owners to document process flows and control procedures accurately.
• Identify control deficiencies and manage the remediation process effectively.
• Develop second-line policies, including guidance on self-assessment methodologies, testing, sampling, and control governance.
• Create resources to support control compliance, such as job aids and documentation standards.
• Monitor internal and external regulatory changes impacting control frameworks and partner with stakeholders to implement necessary adjustments.
• Deliver internal control training initiatives to strengthen organizational awareness and compliance.
• Partner with internal and external audit teams to ensure effective audit processes.
• Collaborate with the Canada Controls Team on framework execution and standardization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA, CIA, FRM, or CRMP certification
• 3+ years of experience in a Big 4 public accounting audit role or a comparable environment with a focus on financial controls, SOX audits, and risk management.
• Recent experience in financial controls, audits, and SOX compliance for large publicly traded organizations ($3B+ revenue).
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP standards.
• Strong experience with Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Visio.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with SAP and HFM preferred.
• Familiarity with the UK Corporate Governance Code is preferred.

Benefits

• 4 weeks of Vacation/Sick Days!
• 13 paid Holidays and 3 half-day days
• Affordable health, vision, and dental coverage
• Company-sponsored life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability benefits
• Discounts, wellness rewards, health coaching, and employee assistance programs
• Pet insurance coverage
• Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
• Commuter benefits
• Onsite gyms and medical clinic
• Extensive career advancement opportunities