Internal Controls Specialist Professional

Mission Statement:

The professional should ideally have a good understanding of Business process Intensive knowledge for all key business processes like Purchase to Pay, Inventory, Order to Cash (Revenue process), Record to Report, Human resources and Payroll, Tax and Legal compliances. Relevant experience and exposure to J SoX compliance or similar compliances on Internal Financial controls and assessment is recommended. The professional will be responsible for end-to-end evaluation of Risk and Internal Controls which involves performing Design Effectiveness assessment, operating effectiveness testing and evaluation of control gaps and draft remediation for implementation of the gaps identified as part of the Controls Assessment.

• Responsible for planning of Internal controls testing for the BUs (Business units) or set of countries as allocated for a large Global Company.
• Assist team members (Tester) to conduct Walkthroughs of the business processes and creation of the process documentation and the flow chart of the same. Recommend required design changes to the respective BU ICM in case any.
• Asist team members (Tester) in relation to Operating effectiveness Assessment of Internal controls covering business processes to ensure compliance with PCAOB requirements.
• Review of SoX testing and testing results in line with internal controls methodology and pre-defined testing procedures
• Ensuring the quality of Testing documentation is in line with SoX Compliance standards.
• Collaboration with BU ICM to discuss and align on identified deficiencies in relation to design assessment & operating effectiveness of the controls.
• Assist in coordinating audit efforts with BU ICMs, business process owners, control owners and external audit team.
• Adherence to the Global Internal Controls compliance methodology and instructions from time to time.
• Assist in preparation of J-SoX reporting & preparation of J-SoX scoping.
• Collaborate with external auditors to facilitates seamless audit process and address any identified issues promptly.
• Effective and proactive communication with Global Compliance team as required.
• Ability to work under strict timelines and at pressure situations to manage the timelines of delivery.
• Open to work under global time zones as required.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

• MBA in Finance/Accounting or CA/bachelor's degree in business or accounting.
• 6-8 years of professional experience in the areas of Risk Assessment and Internal Controls.
• Knowledge of SoX, Internal audit, Internal controls, IT audit and ITGC
• Knowledge of ERP's like S4 Hana/ SAP / Oracle/ JDE / etc. and their native application controls will be preferred.
• Knowledge of flowcharts design and process improvements.
• Ability to exercise professional skepticism and judgement while evaluating risks and controls mapping.
• Ability to effectively interact with internal/external team and work well within a collaborative team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.