Financial Controls Oversight, VP

Overview

Lead the Financial Controls Oversight team in Bangalore, managing State Street's Global SOX Compliance program and internal control over financial reporting, and serving as a key member of the FCO global leadership team.

What you'll do

• Oversee the Company's internal control over financial reporting compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Drive improvement across all aspects of SOX Compliance, including annual planning, financial statement risk assessment and scoping, identification, evaluation and remediation of deficiencies, and management reporting to support quarterly and annual CEO and CFO SOX certifications.
• Manage and perform annual and quarterly SOX scoping assessments to identify significant general ledger accounts, business processes, geographical locations, and key systems and/or applications with high exposure to financial statement misstatement risk.
• Review and assess the significance to SOX controls and materiality of all non-SOX testing program owned issues identified by First, Second, and Third Line of Defense.
• Evaluate SOX control deficiencies under PCAOB standards for forming quarterly and annual SOX opinions and document the assessment of deficiencies in memo format.
• Assess financial statement risks and analyze the overall impact of ad-hoc issues, events, and incidents.
• Partner with external audit teams to understand audit requirements and PCAOB focus areas for timely integration into SOX program management.
• Participate in the preparation of monthly SOX effectiveness reporting and SOX control deficiency reporting.
• Drive change management and AI-driven process optimization initiatives to improve efficiency, strengthen scalability, and maintain an optimized control environment.
• Continuously develop a dedicated team to support execution of a best-in-class SOX Compliance program.
• Earn a reputation as a leader and subject matter expert on Internal Control over Financial Reporting across the organization.
• Manage all members of the team in Bangalore.

What you'll need

• Certified Public Accountant.
• Strong accounting background with theoretical and practical knowledge of US GAAP, SOX 404, and SEC financial reporting standards.
• 10+ years of progressive SOX Audit experience, including Big 4 firm practice testing controls.
• Stay current on new technical literature applicable to internal control over financial reporting (PCAOB guidance, SEC, etc.).
• Strong written communication skills.
• Collaborative, quick learner, team player and good under pressure, with the ability to multi-task, participate in various projects and process improvements, and effectively challenge and influence.
• Ability to prioritize and drive results in a deadline-driven environment while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong project management, time management, and organizational skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in financial services (preferred).

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Reports to the Head of Financial Controls Oversight Team.