Sr. Finance Analyst- SOX Risks and Controls

1 week ago


Cleveland, Ohio, United States The Sherwin-Williams Company Full time


As a 'SOX Risks & Control - Senior Analyst' within the Global Accounting Center of Excellence, you will have the opportunity to gain exposure to many of our operating business units, interact with leaders of the organization and positively impact enterprise ongoing continuous process improvement.

The SOX Risks and Controls team is primarily responsible for partnering with global finance teams and other key stakeholder groups to assess, design and document financial processes/controls and influence/collaborate in company-wide Finance initiatives, including large-scale system implementations and other enterprise-wide initiatives.


CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assess, design and document controls within the global organization specific to key financial business processes, risks, and controls


Work with Management to understand key financial business processes, evaluate risk, and design the applicable SOX compliant control framework across the global organization.

Assist in establishing a company-wide Risk and Control Matrix

Apply accounting and audit concepts when assessing key processes and related risks.


Partner with internal and external audit teams to assist with questions identified through their execution of the annual Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance program over established controls.

Work with key business process personal to resolve identified control deficiencies by the internal and external audit teams.


Provide periodic updates to finance leadership for monitoring status of process walkthroughs, test of controls, identified deficiencies and remediation activities, as applicable.

Actively build strong relationships with company leadership and key business personnel

Stay up to date on current guidance, methodologies, and global finance policies implemented.

Assist with control design initiatives surrounding system implementations / conversions throughout the Company.

Educate and create awareness of critical SOX Accounting concepts to business personnel regarding the completeness and accuracy of controls executed


Seek ways to influence change in SOX control execution utilizing new tools implemented and new reporting available through OneStream/Oracle Cloud implementations.

Understand common pitfalls to control execution and seek opportunities to enhance current processes in place.

Career Development / Team Dynamics

Encourage best practices with communication to management including increased face-to-face conversations to drive efficiencies/build relationships.

Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment.

Use technology and resources to continually learn/share knowledge with team.

Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict confidentiality.

Attend professional development and training sessions on a regular basis.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

FORMAL EDUCATION:

Required:
Bachelor's degree with a major in Accounting or Finance

Preferred:
Advanced degrees or certifications (MBA, CPA, CIA, etc.)

KNOWLEDGE &

EXPERIENCE:

Required:

3+ years of prior work experience in accounting and/or auditing.

Understanding of general accounting principles (US GAAP/IFRS, SOX and COSO) to assess key processes and identify risks.

Experience in executing SOX testing and audit related projects.

Experience in working directly with internal auditors, external auditors and/or management in resolving issues and improving processes.

Excellent written and verbal communications, with the effective use of active listening skills.

Strong time management and organizational skills

Confidence and assertiveness to interact independently with business management and external auditors on a regular basis.

Ability to adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict confidentiality.

Proactively interact with key management to gather information, resolve problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.

Self-directed, comfortable working independently and without daily supervision.

Preferred:
Experience with a Big 4 firm, or similar public company audit experience

Familiar with Oracle and global consolidation systems

TECHNICAL/

SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:
Demonstrates advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Financial Systems & Digital Literacy - Stays well-informed on new or continually transforming Financial and cross-functional systems/platforms

Detail-oriented

Travel up to 10%

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