Internal Audit (IA) supports the Audit Committee of the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by independently assessing the firm’s internal control structure, raising awareness of control risk, providing advice to management in developing control solutions, and monitoring the implementation of management’s control measures. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

The Americas Reporting & Analysis Team (“the Team”) is performs two primary functions: (1) management, Board and committee reporting and (2) managing operating activities across the division.

This role is specific to the suite of operating activities, for which the Team, under the direction of the divisional Chief Operating Officer (COO), is responsible for delivering the division’s    forward-looking business planning and strategic transformation initiatives and collaborating with each of IA’s business units (BUs) to forecast and achieve quantitative and qualitative results for the division.

The Team manages strategic process improvements, develops reporting, performs analysis and coordinates execution for the following activities:

• Financial budgeting and forecasts
• Position management, including headcount budgeting, location strategy and open role management
• Contingent worker expense management
• Coordinating periodic reviews of IA BUs with the Global Director of Internal Audit, including developing, monitoring and reporting on operating KPIs
• Serving as project management office for key departmental activities, including quarterly risk assessment and continuous monitoring, annual plan development, annual staff skills assessment and key governance activities related to the remediation and validation of IA findings
• Defining and on-boarding new processes in support of key operating activities

Business knowledge / Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting or other quantitative discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial analysis / accounting, operational management, reporting and analysis, or project/portfolio management 
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with excellent multi-tasking and follow-through ability
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and/or Business Intelligence (BI) tools
• Solutions and innovation minded with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including process re-engineering, the ability to organize and analyze large datasets and report results to various audiences 
• Energetic, self-directed and self-motivated, able to build and sustain long-term relationships with teammates, clients and colleagues