AI-Driven Internal Controls Lead

Dow Jones & Company; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Plans

Paid Time Off

Retirement Plans

Comprehensive Insurance Plans

Wellness Resources

Education Benefits

Family Care Benefits

Commuter Transit Program

Subscription Discounts

Employee Referral Program

Financial Health Programs

Cybersecurity Protection

Job summary

Dow Jones & Company is seeking an Internal Controls Optimization Lead in New Jersey to drive evaluation, streamlining, and enhancement of the internal control environment within a transforming AI-enabled Finance organization.

You will collaborate across Finance Operations, lead process improvement, and implement automated controls while maintaining effective risk management and compliance monitoring. Strong communication and project coordination are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related work experience in internal controls, audit, compliance, or finance operations.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of auditing principles and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance.
• Understanding of finance operations processes (order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report).
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve internal control and compliance issues independently.
• Experience with designing and implementing internal control policies and procedures.
• Strong data analysis skills and prior business process improvement experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to explain issues to varied audiences.
• Willingness to learn new AI solutions and adapt to changing tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or engage in business process improvement initiatives to simplify, standardize, and automate controls.
• Evaluate control impact of process and system changes; recommend rationalization and design enhancements.
• Assist with adoption of new audit and monitoring tools, including AI-enabled solutions.
• Research and resolve general compliance issues; escalate as needed.
• Analyze Finance Operations data to support issue resolution and management reporting.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation of decisions, changes, and remediation status.

Skills

Internal controls

Audit & compliance

Finance operations

SOX compliance

Data analysis

Communication

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

ERP systems

Billing & reporting tools

AI-enabled audit tools

Job description

Dow Jones & Company is seeking an Internal Controls Optimization Lead in New Jersey to drive evaluation, streamlining, and enhancement of the internal control environment within a transforming AI-enabled Finance organization.

You will collaborate across Finance Operations, lead process improvement, and implement automated controls while maintaining effective risk management and compliance monitoring. Strong communication and project coordination are essential.