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Compensation: To $125K.
Job Overview – Internal Controls Manager – 33429
An exciting opportunity to lead a newly established team awaits! This hands-on role allows a candidate with a strong financial and internal controls background to shape the organization’s control environment as part of the North America Internal Controls team, based in our Charlotte Corporate Office. Reporting to the VP of Controls, this position is part of the Second Line of Defense, responsible for managing the Internal Controls framework and ensuring compliance with SOX and UK Corporate Governance Code requirements. The role also involves collaborating across the organization to support a strong risk and control environment and contributing to reporting for the Executive Committee and Group in the UK.
Workplace Policy:
Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level
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About Our Process
Job Overview – Internal Controls Manager – 33429
An exciting opportunity to lead a newly established team awaits! This hands-on role allows a candidate with a strong financial and internal controls background to shape the organization’s control environment as part of the North America Internal Controls team, based in our Charlotte Corporate Office. Reporting to the VP of Controls, this position is part of the Second Line of Defense, responsible for managing the Internal Controls framework and ensuring compliance with SOX and UK Corporate Governance Code requirements. The role also involves collaborating across the organization to support a strong risk and control environment and contributing to reporting for the Executive Committee and Group in the UK.
- Oversee the design and implementation of the Internal Controls framework, ensuring effective risk management practices.
- Lead and manage a team of Internal Controls Analysts in executing controls testing, monitoring, and risk assessments.
- Provide guidance and review for complex sectors in documenting and operating Risk and Control Matrices (RACMs)
- Collaborate with process owners to understand workflows, document processes, and identify best practices for controls across the organization.
- Evaluate and address control deficiencies while developing tools and guidance to support compliance, such as job aids and evidence maintenance standards.
- Stay informed on regulatory updates and partner with stakeholders to adapt controls to align with evolving requirements.
- Support training initiatives to promote awareness of internal control requirements across the organization.
- Partner with audit teams to streamline audit processes and collaborate with stakeholders on enhancing the control environment through process optimization and automation.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- One or more qualifications such as CPA, CIA, FRM, or CRMP
- 4 years of experience in financial controls, internal audits, SOX audits, risk and controls assessment, risk assurance, preferably in a public consulting firm
- Experience with IFRS and GAAP accounting principles
Workplace Policy:
Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level
Linked In Poster:
About Our Process
- We will notify you if you are selected as a candidate for this role. If not, but you fit our specializations, we'll consider you for future openings, and encourage you to apply for other Sherpa roles you're qualified for/interested in.
- Non-Local Candidates: Please note that you are competing with local candidates who don’t require relocation expenses and can start quickly, so let us know if you have plans to move to the area soon.
- Candidates for all Sherpa opportunities must be authorized to work in the United States.
- Sherpa is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Salary : $125,000
