Controllership Service Lead

Accenture; Washington, New York, West Chicago Township (Washington County, NY, IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Delivery Lead Senior Manager to oversee accounting activities for a major outsourcing client. This role focuses on governance, financial reporting, and risk assessment, ensuring the implementation of effective controls and processes. The ideal candidate will enhance client relationships while driving process improvements and efficiencies through automation and technology. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will contribute significantly to the financial integrity and operational excellence of client services. This is an exciting opportunity to make a substantial impact in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Strong background in financial reporting and governance frameworks.
• Experience in risk assessment and control implementation.

Responsibilities

• Oversee accounting activities and ensure effective financial controls.
• Develop and implement controls testing processes and training.

Skills

Governance

Financial Reporting

Risk Assessment

Process Improvement

Client Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Master's Degree in Business Administration

Tools

Financial Reporting Systems

Automation Tools

Job description

Delivery Lead Senior Manager | Senior Level | Full time

The Controllership Delivery Lead will be responsible for overseeing all accounting activities in a large-scale accounting and finance outsourcing client. This primarily includes governance, reporting methodology, preparation and documentation of financial controls processes, risk assessments, design and implementation of controls, plan and complete test of controls, and evaluating, reporting and resolving control deficiencies to ensure the design adequacy and operating effectiveness of financial reporting controls. Ensure that the overall account establishes a sound system of controls over financial reporting to ensure reliable and timely financial information to clients. Design, assess, implement and monitor a robust Financial Reporting Controls Framework, governance and methodology. This role will also be responsible for establishing the Reporting Controls Framework for the IFRS financial statements and reporting.

This Controllership Delivery Lead is responsible for providing governance for the Record to report accounting team as well as focusing on improving client relationship management. This will include getting feedback from clients via Client Advisory forums, mitigating risk to the clients reviewing performance statistics and performing annual reviews of Process documentations, driving client initiatives, looking for improvement opportunities to streamline with a focus on reducing cost and increasing efficiencies via automation and technology.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Incorporate key considerations into framework mapping to the internal and client controls framework governance program management materiality tolerances scope implementation plan.
2. Identify, assess, document and monitor business processes including financial systems that affect the financial reporting. Lead, document and report on risk assessment of the business processes in respect of materiality tolerances misstatements in financial reporting, including establishment of risk ratings for use in client reporting.
3. Develop policies for controls and control objectives for core financial reporting processes.
4. Work with process owners to scope, design, and implement controls to address key risks and ensuring design adequacy and operating effectiveness of financial controls.
5. Develop and implement the controls testing process, including conducting reviews and testing of financial reporting controls compliance by process owners along with monitoring and overseeing the remediation of deficiencies identified.
6. Develop and deliver training and training materials for business process owners on a regular basis to build knowledge and understanding of risks and controls.
7. Actively seek uniformity.