Financial Officer Risk and Controls

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Job Description

The Financial Officer is a technical role that will support the deliverables of WFARC, under the functional oversight of the Senior Financial Officer that leads the respective work stream. He/she will collaborate and partner with rest of the WFARC team in Washington DC and Chennai, and with staff across other units to deliver on the assigned activities. Where necessary, the Financial Officer will also have lead responsibilities for select initiatives.

What you will do:

The Financial Officer will closely work with WFARC colleagues in:

Evaluating and enhancing the overall system of internal controls through:
Handling end-to-end activities in the ICFR program.
conducting pre-implementation reviews and analysis of new products/ system changes and advise.
Internal clients on controls design improvements.
Supporting and validating controls remediation
Supporting initiatives to strengthen Operational risk management in WFA by:
Analyzing WFA operational risk events and conduct root-cause analysis.
Coordinating WFA’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and preparedness.
Facilitating documentation of BCP recovery procedures, communication and exercises
Preparing briefing on issues and status reports/dashboards for Senior Management on ICFR, Operational risk and Business Continuity .

Selection Criteria:

Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or relevant discipline. Masters degree is a plus
Professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent)
Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in Internal Controls, Auditing, Accounting and/or Operational Risk management
Experience in financial services industry or Big 4 accounting firm is a plus

Knowledge and Skills:

Demonstrated knowledge and skills in implementation of frameworks for internal controls over financial reporting, Operational risk management, and/or Business Continuity planning
Experience leading conversations with external and internal auditors on risk and controls issues
Excellent verbal and written communication, including report writing and presentation skills

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