Director, Internal Controls & SOX Leader

Transamerica; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Transamerica is seeking a seasoned senior role to manage day-to-day execution of the Aegon Americas Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls program with oversight of global country units. You will coordinate with Finance, Operations and Technology, identify control deficiencies, and report to Group Risk and senior management.

You will partner with external auditors to plan assessments and drive remediation in a complex, financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field, or equivalent work experience.
• 15 years of combined business experience.
• Seven years of experience in managerial and leadership roles.
• In-depth knowledge and hands on experience with internal controls, audit or risk management within the financial services industry.
• Ability to document and verbally communicate financial reporting processes in a clear and concise manner, including assessment of design and operating effectiveness controls.
• Project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the evaluation and design of internal controls.
• Make recommendations for improvement and drive changes to both controls and processes.
• Oversee the documentation, timing and execution of consolidated reporting process flows, with a focus on internal controls and SOX compliance.
• Lead the execution of management’s SOX risk assessment and scoping activities related to the global SOX effort to ensure proper risk identification, process mapping and controls linkage for a sustainable internal control framework.
• Lead the development and implementation of goals, policies, priorities and procedures relating to internal controls over financial reporting and SOX.
• Prepare and present updates to senior and executive management including supporting deliverables and other tasks needed to support the audit committee’s responsibilities for controls and our external auditors as laid out in their charter.
• Partner and liaise with external auditors and external consultants to plan and implement an assessment of the control environment and the annual plan and timeline for doing so.
• Prioritize within a multi-year plan on what is most important at different stages.

Skills

Internal controls

Audit

Risk management

Project management

Communication skills

SOX knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field

Tools

SOX framework

Job description

Transamerica is seeking a seasoned senior role to manage day-to-day execution of the Aegon Americas Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls program with oversight of global country units. You will coordinate with Finance, Operations and Technology, identify control deficiencies, and report to Group Risk and senior management.

You will partner with external auditors to plan assessments and drive remediation in a complex, financial services environment.