Senior Internal Controls Analyst — Hybrid & SOX

Transamerica; Cedar Rapids (IA); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Bonus for Eligible Employees

Benefits Package

Pension Plan 401k Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Disability Insurance

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Employee Discounts

Career Training & Development

Health/Life Balance Benefits

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Wellness Program

Parental Leave

Adoption Assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Back-Up Care

Volunteer PTO

Referral Bonuses

Inclusion & Diversity

Job summary

Transamerica is seeking a seasoned professional to support the Aegon Americas Sarbanes Oxley controls program within the first line of defense. You will help identify and test key controls, document processes, and coordinate remediation with management and external auditors.

Hybrid work (In Office: Tue–Thu in Cedar Rapids) with a salary range of $82,000–$108,000 and a broad benefits package. Requires 5+ years in internal controls, audit or risk management in financial services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or relevant field, or equivalent work experience.
• Five years of experience in internal controls, audit or risk management within the financial services industry.
• Experience working on internal audits and/or operational risk assessments.
• Ability to document and verbally communicate financial reporting processes in a clear and concise manner, including assessment of design and operating effectiveness of controls.
• Communication skills to educate/raise awareness of foundational elements/methodologies needed to support an internal control framework.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design of internal controls and make recommendations for improvement.
• Assist in documenting financial/accounting/actuarial process flows, with a focus on internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Support the execution of management’s SOX risk assessment and scoping activities to ensure proper risk identification, process mapping and controls linkage for a sustainable internal control framework.
• Assist in the development and implementation of goals, policies, priorities and procedures relating to internal controls over financial reporting and SOX.
• Prepare updates to management, to include management control remediation plans.
• Work with external auditors to plan and implement an assessment of the control environment, coordination of timing and execution of process walkthroughs, and a process for timely sharing of potential issues for resolution with respect to internal controls.
• Collaborate with the first line in development of action plans to assess the adequacy of action taken by management to correct reporting deficient conditions, accepting adequate corrective action and continuing reviews with appropriate management on action considered inadequate until satisfactory resolution.
• Help coordinate the system to capture and track control deficiencies through all global country units, as well as internal and external audit findings to resolution.
• Help support testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.
• Collaborate and assist in assessing control implications within the Issue Paper process.
• Support internal controls leadership on the oversight of all global country units.

Skills

Internal controls

Audit

Risk management

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or relevant field

CPA preferred (Big 4 experience)

Tools

SOX testing

Job description

Transamerica is seeking a seasoned professional to support the Aegon Americas Sarbanes Oxley controls program within the first line of defense. You will help identify and test key controls, document processes, and coordinate remediation with management and external auditors.

Hybrid work (In Office: Tue–Thu in Cedar Rapids) with a salary range of $82,000–$108,000 and a broad benefits package. Requires 5+ years in internal controls, audit or risk management in financial services.