Internal Control Business Partner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Serve as the main risk and controls partner for designated functions, starting with Tax, Treasury, HR, and other corporate processes as the organization evolves.

• Acquire a thorough understanding of the pertinent business processes, systems, financial reporting risks, and operational priorities.

• Conduct process risk assessments and maintain high-quality risk and control matrices, process narratives, control descriptions, and ownership documentation.

• Collaborate with process and control owners to create effective controls that mitigate identified risks while avoiding unnecessary operational complexity.

• Advise business owners on control execution, evidence requirements, and documentation, ensuring accountability remains with the relevant first-line owner.

• Lead and facilitate SOX walkthroughs, audit readiness activities, evidence coordination, and the assessment of control design and operational effectiveness.

• Detect control deficiencies, facilitate root-cause analysis, and collaborate with stakeholders to develop sustainable remediation plans.

• Track remediation progress and deliver clear reports on control health, risks, overdue actions, and emerging issues.

• Work closely with Financial Reporting, Internal Audit, external auditors, and external advisers to align expectations and efficiently resolve control-related inquiries.

• Represent the business context in audit discussions and translate auditor requirements into clear, proportionate, and actionable steps for process owners.

• Support business transformations, new system implementations, process redesigns, acquisitions, and other strategic initiatives from a risk and controls viewpoint.

• Identify opportunities to automate controls, minimize manual effort, and enhance continuous monitoring through data, dashboards, workflows, and AI-enabled tools.

• Collaborate with the IT Controls team where business controls rely on automated controls, system-generated data, EUCs, IPEs, IUCs, or underlying ITGCs.

• Contribute to the ongoing development of Internal Controls methodology, policies, training, and the broader Risk Partner operating model.

⛳️ Requirements

• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in internal controls, SOX compliance, financial risk, business process controls, finance transformation, or a combination of these areas.

• Strong practical knowledge of SOX 404, ICFR, COSO, risk and control matrices, process walkthroughs, control design, operational effectiveness, and deficiency remediation.

• Significant in-house experience is essential.

• Experience in a first-line business role, or as an embedded in-house risk and controls partner supporting process owners.

• Experience assisting one or more corporate processes such as Tax, Treasury, HR, payroll, OPEX, Financial Reporting, or other finance-related domains.

• A proven ability to influence process owners and senior stakeholders without relying on direct authority.

• The capability to challenge constructively, articulate control requirements in plain business language, and balance risk mitigation with operational feasibility.

• Experience leading or supporting remediation, process improvement, system implementation, or business transformation initiatives.

• Evidence of leveraging technology to enhance processes or controls, such as through automation, dashboards, data analysis, workflow tools, system configuration, or AI-enabled solutions.

• Familiarity with management review controls, IT-dependent controls, EUCs, IPEs/IUCs, and the relationship between business controls and ITGCs.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation

• Career growth and learning opportunities

• Flexibility and ownership

• Collaborative and innovative culture

• Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects

• International environment and talented teams