Manager, Controls and Compliance

About us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.
 
To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.
 

About the Role

We’re looking for a passionate Business Controls Manager to join our Risk, Compliance and Controls team (RCC) to drive strategy control initiatives and collaborate with key stakeholders for control environment maturity within the CFO function at National Grid.

As part of 2nd line, you’ll oversee the SOX compliance for the business processes, providing advisory support to management to maintain the first line control environment, increase risk assessment awareness and drive a strong controls culture.

This role is based in our Brooklyn office, and we’d hope to see you at least two days per week but you’re welcome to be in the office more often if that would work best for you. We’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you!

What You'll Do

• Responsible for coordinating the risk assessment and scoping of key SOX controls for internal control over financial reporting (ICFR)
• Proactively supporting with the business to identify risks and design mitigating controls based on changes in business or regulatory impacts on financial reporting processes. 
• Builds effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders including Corporate Audit (i.e., 3rd line) and External Auditors (i.e., 4th line).
• Collaborates with management sharing best practices regarding key controls to ensure effective internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) that are aligned with SOX requirements.
• Work with 1st line control owners and performers when control remediation is required. Work closely with 1st line control owners to ensure all deficiencies are mitigated and remediated in a timely manner.
• Provide internal Risk, Compliance and Control (RCC) support for delivery KPIs and control initiative roadmap activities including facilitation of Controls self-assessment (CSA) support with stakeholder comms as well as ensuring internal governance is embedded.
• Drive control rationalisation and leveraging understanding of the processes to identify and embed opportunities for automation using technology (e.g., Robotic Process Automation, Continuous Controls Monitoring)
• Provide advisory and consultative services to Business process and control owners on the design and implementation of controls to support proposed changes to the financial controls.
• Provide training and guidance to employees on SOX compliance requirements, including the development and delivery of training programs.
• Preparing content and inputs in various internal Committees and forums
• Support 1st line control owners with maintaining Risk and Controls within a GRC tool 

What You'll Need

• Earned your CPA, International equivalent, or working in the relevant areas for +10 years.
• Experience working within a financial control environment across Business and financial controls and frameworks (COSO).
• Good understanding of core financial processes
• Experience of implementing and managing ongoing compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley
• Experience evaluating, documenting, and remediating control deficiencies
• Proactive self-starter with ability to manage own workload with desired levels of quality.
• Pragmatic attitude and can adapt quickly to a changing environment
• Very effective stakeholder management, influencing and collaboration skills.
• Very effective results orientation
• Display very effective project management skills, ability to multi-task and attention to detail 
• Good working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and usages of a GRC tool highly desirable.
• Experience in leveraging technology (e.g., Robotic Process Automation or Continuous controls monitoring) to improve overall control environment will be highly desirable.

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