AVP - Control & Compliance - 15+ Years - Pune

Crescendo Global Leadership Hiring India; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 5,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescendo Global Leadership Hiring India seeks a senior Controls & Compliance leader to drive enterprise-wide governance, risk management and financial integrity across multiple finance towers in Pune. You will own policies, controls, and remediation, collaborating with CFOs, auditors and leadership teams.

The role emphasizes transformation, automation and AI-enabled controls, with exposure to regulatory compliance and board reporting at a senior level in a large organization.

Qualifications

• 15–20 years of experience in Controls, Risk & Compliance, Controllership or related finance governance functions.
• Strong expertise in enterprise and financial controls, SOX/ICFR and regulatory compliance.
• Proven leadership in driving controls transformation and audit management.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall Policies, Risk, Controls and Compliance framework and define the control strategy across transition and steady-state operations.
• Provide leadership oversight across PTP, OTC, RTR, Treasury and FP&A, ensuring control effectiveness and delivery of contractual control and controllership requirements.
• Lead enterprise controls governance and collaborate with process GPOs, service management, supplier control leaders and controllership stakeholders.
• Act as the final authority for control effectiveness, remediation plans and control automation initiatives.
• Govern financial integrity across ICFR, SOX, Accounting Policy Compliance and Regulatory Compliance, interfacing with senior finance leadership and external auditors.
• Lead Board-level, Audit Committee and SteerCo reporting, escalate material risks and chair relevant controllership governance forums.
• Drive AI-enabled preventive controls, continuous control monitoring and transformation, ensuring statutory accountability and compliance.

Skills

Enterprise Controls

Financial Controls

SOX/ICFR

Regulatory Compliance

Controllership

Risk Management

Internal Audit

Finance Governance

Job description

AVP - Control & Compliance 15+ Years - Pune

Are you an experienced Controls, Risk & Compliance professional with strong expertise in Enterprise Controls, Financial Controls, SOX/ICFR, Controllership, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance and Control Transformation? We are looking for a senior leader to drive enterprise-wide control effectiveness, governance, remediation and financial integrity across multiple finance and accounting towers.

Location – Pune

Your Future Employer – A leading organization offering senior leadership opportunities in Control & Compliance, Financial Governance, Risk Management and Controllership.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall Policies, Risk, Controls and Compliance framework and define the control strategy across transition and steady-state operations.
• Provide leadership oversight across PTP, OTC, RTR, Treasury and FP&A, ensuring control effectiveness and delivery of contractual control and controllership requirements.
• Lead enterprise controls governance and collaborate with process GPOs, service management, supplier control leaders and controllership stakeholders.
• Act as the final authority for control effectiveness, material control failures, remediation plans and control simplification / automation initiatives.
• Govern financial integrity across ICFR, SOX, Accounting Policy Compliance, Financial Reporting Integrity and Regulatory Compliance, while interfacing with senior finance leadership and external auditors.
• Lead Board-level, Audit Committee and SteerCo reporting, escalate material risks and chair relevant controllership governance forums.
• Drive AI-enabled preventive controls, continuous control monitoring and control transformation, while ensuring statutory accountability and compliance are maintained.

Requirements

• 15–20 years of experience in Controls, Risk & Compliance, Controllership, Internal Audit, Finance Governance or a related function.
• Strong experience in Enterprise Controls, Financial Controls, SOX, ICFR, Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance.
• Proven leadership experience managing controls across multiple finance towers such as PTP, OTC, RTR, Treasury and FP&A.
• Strong expertise in control effectiveness, risk assessment, remediation, control testing, governance and audit management.
• Experience engaging with CFOs, Controllers, Audit Committees, external auditors, senior stakeholders and supplier / client leadership.
• Strong track record in controls transformation, automation, continuous control monitoring and process simplification.

What is in it for you

• Opportunity to lead enterprise-wide Control & Compliance and Financial Governance at a senior leadership level.
• Exposure to SOX, ICFR, regulatory compliance, financial reporting integrity and controllership governance.
• Opportunity to drive control transformation, automation, AI-enabled controls and continuous control monitoring.
• Significant stakeholder exposure across CFO, Controllership, Audit, Operations, GPOs and external partners.