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What's the role?
At Bloomberg Finance we are committed to delivering extraordinary support to our business partners by providing insight on business performance, financial oversight and thought leadership.
The Finance Control Management Team is responsible for the strategy and administration of the internal controls framework that monitors and manages risk across Bloomberg's Finance processes, including financial reporting, hire to retire, procure to pay, order to cash, fixed assets, IT General Controls, and statutory reporting.
In this role you will actively collaborate with Finance stakeholders and be responsible for providing insight and advice to strengthen the organizations internal controls and drive continuous process improvements. You will also ensure appropriate execution and governance of our Financial Risk Framework by providing guidance and hands-on support to our stakeholders, where necessary.
We'll trust you to:
• Act as advisor to business partners in assessing risk and defining appropriate mitigation controls through activities including development of Risk and Controls Matrices (RACMs), process flow mapping, and refinement of controls
• Support the governance framework for internal controls over financial reporting by providing oversight on the effectiveness of key financial and entity level controls, identifying any material deficiencies or design gaps
• Periodically evaluate the operating effectiveness of controls, including planning, stakeholder management, developing test plans, executing fieldwork and reporting results
• Facilitate the periodic management certification process of internal controls
• Provide reporting to senior management and stakeholders You'll need to have:
• 7+ years of external audit, internal audit, internal controls and/or relevant controls experience of a publicly traded company.
• Experience in identifying key risks and evaluating internal controls for financial reporting, procure to pay, and order to cash business processes, and IT General Controls
• Strong knowledge of audit process, control evaluation and testing methodologies, and other Financial and Operational Internal Control methodologies and terminology e.g. COSO.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to manage stakeholders and set the tone for strengthening the controls environment
• Aptitude to identify internal efficiencies and implement internal process improvements
• An interest in working independently, thinking critically and analytically, performing research and being solution oriented We'd love to see:
• Winning attitude, professionally and personally driven
• Excellent time management skills and ability to deliver work on assigned schedules
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment in a role that has high visibility throughout the organization
• CPA designation
• Experience working with SAP is a plus Does this sound like you?
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are.
