Internal Control Senior Analyst

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in Bengaluru seeks an experienced professional to assess and test internal controls spanning Finance, ITGCs, and key business processes. You will walk through Purchase to Pay, Inventory, Order to Cash, and Record to Report flows, ensuring compliance with SOX and internal control standards.

The role requires designing and evaluating controls, updating risk matrices, and coordinating with process owners and external auditors to close gaps and strengthen controls framework.

Qualifications

• MBA in Finance/Accounting or CA/bachelor’s degree in business or accounting.
• 2–4 years of professional experience in Risk Assessment and Internal Controls.
• Experience of SOX, Internal audit, internal controls, IT audit and ITGC.
• Knowledge of flowcharts design and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Test internal controls for a country or set of countries for a large Global Company.
• Conduct walkthroughs of business processes and ITGCs; update process documentation and flow charts.
• Perform design and operating effectiveness assessments of controls to ensure PCAOB compliance.
• Document SOX testing and results per internal controls methodology.
• Evaluate control deficiencies and provide remediation recommendations.
• Coordinate audit efforts with process owners and external auditors.

Skills

SOX compliance

Internal controls

ITGC

Risk assessment

Process documentation

Flowcharts

English proficiency

Education

MBA in Finance/Accounting or CA or bachelor’s in business/accounting

Tools

SAP

Oracle

JD Edwards

Job description

The professional should ideally have a good understanding of Business process and IT General controls (ITGCs). Intensive knowledge for all key business processes like Purchase to Pay, Inventory, Order to Cash (Revenue pro cess), Record to Report, Human resources and Payroll, Tax and Legal compliances. Relevant experience and expo sure to J SOX compliance or similar compliances on Internal Financial controls and assessment is recommended. The professional will be responsible for end-to-end evaluation of Risk and Internal Controls, which involves performing testing and evaluation of control gaps and draft remediation for implementation of the gaps identified as part of the Controls Assessment.

How you'll make an impact:

• Responsible for Testing the internal controls for a country or set of countries as allocated for a large Global Company.


• Conduct Walkthroughs of the business processes and ITGC's supporting creation of the process documentation and the flow chart of the same. Update of the process documentation based on the changes in the nature of the business and its operations. Perform independently the Design Assessment and Operating effectiveness Assessment of Internal controls covering business processes and IT general controls (ITGC) to ensure compliance with PCAOB requirements.


• Assess the design of the respective controls in relation to mitigating the financial risk considering the control description, its attributes, and test plan. Support in updating or drafting a Risk and Control Matrix on the business process as per the established global compliance framework. Documentation of SOX testing and testing results in line with internal controls methodology and pre-defined testing procedures.


• Ensuring the Quality of Testing documentation to the SOX Compliance standards for both business process and ITGC.


• Assist with the evaluation of control deficiencies and provide practical recommendations for remediations.


• Assist in coordinating audit efforts with business process owners, control owners and external audit team.


• Adherence to the Global Internal Controls compliance methodology and instructions from time to time.


• Effective and proactive communication with Global Compliance team as required.


• Ensuring completion of the Testing and adherence to the J SOX Testing timelines. Effective and proactive communication with the Business and controls owners for the same.


• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.


• Living Hitachi Energy's core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your Background:

• Should have MBA in Finance/Accounting or CA/bachelor's degree in business or accounting.


• Must have 2-4 years of professional experience in the areas of Risk Assessment and Internal Controls.


• Must have experience of SOX, Internal audit, internal controls, IT audit and ITGC.


• Knowledge of Access Management, change management, Computer operation, Segregation of Duties (SoD) Knowledge order to Cash (O2C) / Revenue Process, Procure to Pay (P2P) / Purchase to Pay Inventory Management Controls Record to Report (R2R).


• Knowledge of ERP's like S4 Hana/ SAP / Oracle/ JDE / etc. and their native application controls will be preferred.


• Knowledge of flowcharts design and process improvements.


• Proficiency in both spoken written English language is required.