Senior Analyst, Financial Risk Management

Uber; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

Benefits

Job summary

Uber's Financial Risk Management team seeks a Senior Analyst to design and implement a world-class financial controls program covering Revenue and Partner Payments. You will collaborate with product teams, Internal Audit, and external auditors to maintain a robust risk and control environment.

The role requires 4–6 years of audit or risk experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and familiarity with SOX, GAAP, and ERP systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics required or preferred.
• 4–6 years of audit (internal or external), controls, compliance or risk management experience.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to plan and perform multiple tasks.
• Ability to analyze complex processes to identify financial, operational, systems and compliance risks across major finance cycles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Work with control owners to evaluate, design, develop and implement effective and efficient financial controls.
• Work with process owners/business functions to improve the efficiency of the control environment through automation or process improvements.
• Build and maintain flowcharts, narratives and control documentation for key financial processes related to Revenue and Partner Payments.
• Build and maintain relationships across Finance, Internal Audit, external audit and other stakeholders to drive effective financial risk management.
• Identify and manage existing and emerging risks through early detection and preventative measures.
• Collaborate with FRM IT teams to bridge gaps between IT controls and business controls, including ITGC.
• Provide control-related support and training to mitigate financial risk.
• Implement new processes and controls in response to business changes (new products, system enhancements, acquisitions, reorganizations).
• Work with external auditors to ensure controls are SOX-compliant.
• Oversee third-party control testing and address identified gaps with business partners.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Risk management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics

CPA/CA/CIA/CFA/CISSP/CISM (preferred)

Tools

Oracle ERP

SQL

Job description

About The Team

Financial Risk Management is the team responsible for understanding, analyzing and responding to risk events within the finance function. Its mandate is to partner with the business to proactively manage risk and maintain an effective and efficient control environment over financial risks. Whenever change occurs, there is risk; in order to respond to the ever-changing nature of Uber, a focus on risk is required to ensure we are compliant with statutory requirements and understand the impact of risk and use it to perform informed decision making.

About The Team

Financial Risk Management is the team responsible for understanding, analyzing and responding to risk events within the finance function. Its mandate is to partner with the business to proactively manage risk and maintain an effective and efficient control environment over financial risks. Whenever change occurs, there is risk; in order to respond to the ever-changing nature of Uber, a focus on risk is required to ensure we are compliant with statutory requirements and understand the impact of risk and use it to perform informed decision making.

About The Role

The Senior Analyst, Financial Risk Management will be focused on coordinating and building a world class financial risk management program, through the strategic design and implementation of a financial controls program to respond to risk across existing and emerging products at Uber, specifically related to Revenue and Partner Payments. The successful applicant will work closely with various product teams and business process owners, Uber's Internal Audit team and external auditors to manage financial risk by facilitating an effective and efficient control environment.

What You'll Do

• Work with control owners to evaluate, design, develop and implement effective and efficient financial controls
• Work with process owners/business functions to improve the efficiency of the control environment through implementation of automation or process improvement.
• Build and maintain flowcharts, narratives and control documentation for key financial processes, specifically related to the Revenue and Partner Payments pillars.
• Build and maintain relationships across Finance and the wider business, Internal Audit, external audit and other external stakeholders to drive effective financial risk management.
• Understand and manage existing and emerging risks through early detection and adopt preventative measures to manage them.
• Work closely with the FRM IT teams to bridge gaps between IT controls and business controls, including automated controls and appropriate system scoping efforts (ITGC).
• Provide control related support and training for the team to help mitigate financial risk through fostering an effective controls environment.
• Implement new processes and controls in response to changes to the business environment, such as: new product introduction, system enhancements, acquisitions, internal process changes and reorganization.
• Work closely with our external auditors to ensure the controls are successfully positioned under SOX compliance.
• Oversee the controls testing provided by 3rd party service providers over the in-scope products as required through management's testing and work with the business partners to timely address the identified control gaps.

What You'll Need/Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (Accounting, Finance or Economics preferred)
• Minimum of 4-6 years of audit (internal or external), controls, compliance or risk management experience
• Strong organization skills with an ability to plan and perform multiple tasks
• Ability to analyze complex processes to identify potential financial, operational, systems and compliance risks across major finance cycles
• Ability to effectively communicate in written and verbal form across a wide array of internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently
• Ability to thrive in environments of uncertainty

Preferred Qualifications

• Big 4 accounting firm, management consulting, and/or internet/ technology industry experience
• CPA/CA/CIA/CFA/CISSP/CISM
• Demonstrated project management experience (PM certification a plus)
• Experience managing, monitoring and remediating deficient financial controls, specific to Revenue (including ASC 606) and Partner Payments.
• Process management experience, including process redesign and optimization
• Working technical knowledge of US GAAP, SEC reporting requirements, SOX requirements, including PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5
• Experience with Oracle or another large-scale ERP
• SQL knowledge a plus

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $122,000 per year - USD $135,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.

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