Senior Specialist, SOX Control & Compliance
hace 11 días
Warrington
Join Our Team as a Senior Specialist, SOX Control & Compliance!\n Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We’re on the lookout for a passionate and skilled Senior Specialist, SOX Control & Compliance to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring the integrity of our financial controls and compliance processes. Role Purpose\n The SOX / ICFR Analyst is essential in executing our SOX and ICFR program. You will deliver reliable control documentation, support testing activities, track issues, and manage evidence. Your expertise will help foster a strong and sustainable financial controls environment across various processes and business areas. Key Responsibilities\n\n • Execute Testing: Carry out assigned SOX and ICFR testing activities in line with approved methodologies, timelines, and quality standards.\n, • Documentation Support: Refresh process narratives, risk and control matrices, flowcharts, and related documentation for assigned processes and controls.\n, • Walkthrough Participation: Engage with business and control owners to understand processes, identify key control points, and accurately document process changes.\n, • Control Testing: Test the design and operating effectiveness of key controls by reviewing evidence, performing analysis, and documenting results clearly.\n, • Evidence Management: Track evidence requests, follow up with stakeholders, and maintain organized records to ensure audit readiness.\n, • Issue Identification: Identify exceptions, documentation gaps, or control concerns and escalate them promptly for further assessment.\n, • Remediation Tracking: Maintain action logs, follow up on milestones, and validate closure evidence as needed.\n, • Relationship Building: Foster strong working relationships with business partners, control owners, and team members to support smooth program delivery.\n, • Process Improvement: Contribute to special projects and opportunities to standardize or automate testing and documentation processes.\nCore Accountabilities\n\n, • Timely and accurate completion of assigned testing and documentation activities.\n, • Production of clear, complete, and well-organized working papers and supporting evidence files.\n, • Adherence to methodology, documentation standards, and review feedback.\n, • Timely communication of issues, delays, or exceptions to the reviewer or manager.\n, • Constructive collaboration with stakeholders to support overall team delivery.\n, • Contribution to a disciplined, sustainable, and continuously improving controls environment.\nRequired Skills and Experience\n\n, • Understanding of internal controls, SOX/ICFR concepts, and financial reporting risk, with relevant experience in controls testing, audit, finance, or compliance roles.\n, • Ability to document processes clearly, analyze evidence, and perform testing activities with attention to detail.\n, • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a structured environment.\n, • Effective written and verbal communication skills, with a willingness to engage confidently with stakeholders.\n, • Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify anomalies and control concerns.\n, • Proficiency in standard productivity tools and comfort working with data, spreadsheets, and system-generated reports.\nPreferred Qualifications\n\n, • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Commerce, Risk Management, or a related discipline.\n, • Relevant experience in SOX testing, internal audit, external audit, finance controls, or compliance within banking or financial services.\n, • Progress toward or completion of a professional qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA, CIA, or CISA is an advantage.\n, • Exposure to process mapping, risk and control matrices, or enterprise control frameworks such as COSO is beneficial.\nLeadership Expectations\n\n, • Demonstrates ownership of assigned work and escalates issues in a timely and professional manner.\n, • Applies a strong quality mindset and maintains discipline in documentation and evidence standards.\n, • Collaborates effectively with colleagues and stakeholders, contributing positively to team goals.\n, • Shows curiosity, learns quickly, and incorporates feedback to improve performance and technical knowledge.\n, • Supports a positive controls culture through reliability, professionalism, and continuous improvement thinking.\nSuccess Measures\n\n, • Assigned testing and documentation completed on time and with minimal rework.\n, • High-quality workpapers and evidence packs that support efficient review and audit reliance.\n, • Timely identification and communication of exceptions, issues, or delays.\n, • Positive feedback from reviewers, managers, and stakeholders on quality and collaboration.\n, • Growing technical capability and increasing ability to handle more complex reviews independently.\n\n At BNY, we believe in fostering a culture that empowers our employees to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Our teams leverage cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to drive transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide. \n Join us at BNY, where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we can power the future of finance. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Be part of something extraordinary!