Senior SOX Analyst

Introduction:

The TMCC SOX Program Management Office (SOX PMO) team is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Senior SOX analyst candidate. The primary responsibility of this role is to facilitate the annual assessment of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting for TMCC stand-alone SEC reporting and as a subsidiary of TMC. Reporting to the Manager SOX Compliance, the person in this role will support the Client SOX compliance department’s objective to ensure financial reporting compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate the assessment of control effectiveness for respective business units; work with process owners as needed to implement/modify controls to mitigate risk
• Assist processes owners in documentation of processes, controls, process flow and data flow documentation.
• Assist process owners in the identification of risks and design of controls
• Plan and coordinate SOX walkthroughs and testing performed by Internal and External Audit
• Coordinate with departmental SOX liaisons to ensure process consistency, consolidate status, and identify items for escalation
• Meet with process owners to understand business processes and changes to control the environment
• Provide support for key SOX stakeholders (process owners, Internal Audit, External Audit, and senior management)
• Oversee document repository and adherence to retention policies
• Support quarterly sub-certification process
• Lead efforts to research testing exceptions and deficiency identification
• Perform root cause analysis with process owners to identify the source of deficiencies.
• Coordinate and lead remediation efforts for respective business units; develop action plans and monitor efforts for remediation.
• Prepare deficiency reporting for upper management and TFSC/TMC, including analysis for potential financial impact.
• Perform continuous improvement efforts to ensure the design of controls is improved to mitigate the risk of fraud, human error, and other design deficiencies.
• Ensure ongoing communication with process owners for key SOX deliverables and support ongoing operation of controls.
• Assist/lead special projects with financial reporting impact.
• Serve as subject matter expert for financial reporting risks and controls.

Requirements:

Required Skills:

• Four-Year College Degree (BA or BS) - Accounting (business/finance) Audit background
• 5-10 Years of relevant work experience - min of 5 years
• Familiarity with Audit, Sarbanes Oxley, COSO, GRC methodologies and frameworks
• Strong written and oral communication
• Strong analytical skills, initiative; ability to multi-task
• Ability to develop strong partnerships and influence people
• Ability to work with ambiguous or changing work situations, tasks, assignments
• Ability to quickly learn new applications or software tools
• A high degree of organizational skills with the ability to work in a deadline driven environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams
• Lucid or other process flow software
• Attention to detail and provide accurate data
• Work collaboratively with team members
• Meet regular performance expectations

Preferred Skills:

• Advance degree (Master of Accounting / MBA)
• CPA / CIA / CFE
• Financial Services, banking, or automotive industry experience
• Archer Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Software