Senior Accounting Auditor

act digital; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm is seeking a mid-senior level professional in Lisboa to oversee accounting control setups, ensuring compliance with organizational standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in control or audit within the banking or financial sector and possess excellent organizational and critical thinking skills. This Contract position requires effective communication with regional finance teams and preparation of reports for senior management.

Qualifications

• Experience in control or audit, preferably in the banking and/or financial sector.
• Strong accounting expertise.

Responsibilities

• Acquire knowledge of accounting control setup quality.
• Build transparent communication with stakeholders.
• Ensure Group Accounting Control Plan compliance.
• Perform oversight review of control setups.
• Prepare reports for Senior Management.
• Monitor recommendations from audits.
• Hold regular Internal Control Committee meetings.

Skills

Accounting expertise

Control or audit experience

Organizational skills

Critical thinking

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Acquire a strong knowledge of the accounting control set up quality in the regions/entities placed under your scope.
• Build a strong, trust, transparent and efficient two-way communication, and partnership with the region/entities/process stakeholders under your coverage.
• Ensure that the Group Accounting Control Plan is properly rolled out and monitored in the regions/entities placed under your coverage.
• Perform oversight review of control set-ups in the regions/entities under your coverage. Estimate and measure the deficiencies identified in the accounting controls set up under your coverage and prepare associated reports to Senior Management and governance bodies.
• Ensure that Regional Finance teams comply with their control obligations, and that they have fully implemented the Group Accounting Control Plan and all procedures prescribed by the Infinity Platform.
• To obtain and analyze certificates covering accounting stream from the different entities/regions under your scope.
• To have a good understanding of the production and control set-up of the entities/regions under your scope.
• To have the ability to understanding and report in a concise and precise way the problems faced by entities/regions and the action plans to remediate.
• To contribute to the preparation of the related reports.
• Monitor recommendations issued by General Inspection / Internal Audit, Regulators and External Auditors in the regions.
• Follow up operational risk incidents involving Finance and their impact on the control framework. Monitor remediation plans and timeline.
• Hold regular (at least quarterly) Internal Control Committee (FORCC) meetings with the regions/entities of the scope to review the accounting control issues.
• Contribute to the Accounting and Financial Risk Committee (AFRiC) for the allocated regions and transversal topics.
• Hold ad-hoc meetings with Regional Finance when needed.
• To ensure that any other Controls Plans are properly rolled out.

Technical Skills

• Experience in control or audit (preferably in the banking and/or financial sector).
• Strong accounting expertise.

Language Skills

Soft Skills

• Organizational skills
• Critical thinking

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Consulting

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting