Risk Management Specialist

7 days ago


Northbrook, Illinois, United States CF Industries Employee Services LLC Full time
Job Summary

The Manager, Policy, Process, and Controls is responsible for evaluating risks, processes, and controls to support CF Industries' control environment. This includes evaluating, recommending, and implementing improvements in processes and controls to improve process efficiency and control effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities
  • Evaluate risks, processes, and controls to ensure compliance with FASB, SEC, PCAOB, and internal control requirements.
  • Support the evaluation of risks and controls, and lead the annual risk assessment process.
  • Evaluate risk to processes and controls and provide guidance and counsel to business process owners to mitigate risks.
  • Maintain the Risk and Controls Matrix (RACM) by working with other groups within the Company to ensure completeness.
  • Identify internal controls deficiencies, coordinate with business functional owners to remediate the deficiency.
  • Support reporting of process and control matters to the Process and Controls Council.
  • Proactively evaluate and work with control owners to identify efficiencies in the performance of controls, including through automation.
  • Support CF's testing of key reports and critical spreadsheets.
  • Advises process and control owners on the development of new key reports/critical spreadsheets.
  • Administers the annual review of service organization reporting and critical third parties.
  • Liaise with external and internal auditors to communicate changes in controls on a timely basis.
  • Coordinates audit plans with external and internal auditors and business functional owners, as well as the implementation of SOX controls and the ongoing testing of the internal control environment.
Staff Supervision and Development
  • Plans, coordinates, and reviews work assignments.
  • Identifies training needs of subordinates and provides means to meet the needs, including conducting formal employee training sessions.
Matrix Responsibilities
  • Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and process oversight for the areas of the corporate controller's group.
  • Provides direction to individuals regarding their roles and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling corporate goals.
  • Empowers and promotes the proper level of responsibility and authority for others to learn, grow into new responsibilities, and make the proper decisions to obtain the overall department objectives.
  • Demonstrates the highest level of integrity and trust in all aspects of the job by working continually towards self-development, staying abreast of all current information and technology, and be knowledgeable with FASB & AICPA governing bodies affecting functional areas to increase innovation and ensure compliance.
  • Promotes the corporate controller's group by developing strong relationships between department members and other CF departments through a high degree of communication across management.
  • Promotes the matrix organizational structure, including cross communication, and encourages cross involvement between people and groups.
Other Areas
  • Develop greater analyses skills across the team.
  • Initiates, researches, and documents improvements to current methods and procedures.
  • Performs or directs the performance of special projects as assigned.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, or its equivalent is required.
  • Master's degree in Accounting is preferred.
  • CPA license (or similar professional licensure, such as Certified Internal Auditor) is preferred.
  • 7+ years of diversified accounting experience with internal controls, accounting procedures, and technical accounting policy pronouncements.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills required.


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