Hybrid Internal Controls Analyst

at AVEVA

• Job title: Internal Controls Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cambridge, United Kingdom

About the role

• Internal Controls Analyst supporting AVEVA's SOX compliance efforts while working on global audit practices. Collaborating with international teams to ensure controls are effective and documented.

Responsibilities

• Perform global scoping assessments
• Coordinate and manage the organisation and preparation of walkthroughs
• Perform internal control testing to meet the design and operating effectiveness requirements of SOX
• Work with colleagues from international locations and our co-source partner to ensure the global and consistent approach of control design and testing is applied throughout the organisation
• Collaborate with the GPOs team to ensure global processes and controls are consistently applied across the different regions
• Work effectively with multiple stakeholders across the organisation including – global members of the internal control team, business owners, finance, IT, Internal Audit, Global Process Owners
• Ensure evidence supporting critical controls has been retained and uploaded to the appropriate system
• Identify and report concerns relating to the design and operation of controls
• Help prepare status and audit finding reports
• Help manage the relationship with Internal Audit
• Help manage the requirements of the External Audit team including evidence collation
• Help management the requirements of our co-source partner including evidence collation

Requirements

• Experience of working in an audit function, either in Internal Audit, External Audit or Controls function
• Experience of testing SOX controls, with understanding of latest PCAOB requirements
• Strong understanding of testing and sampling methodology
• Knowledge of IFRS accounting standards
• Qualification by relevant governing body (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent)
• Ability to build strong working relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Strong organisational skills
• Collaborative approach, with strong multi-cultural empathy
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal
• Positive attitude and comfortable managing ambiguity and conflicting priorities
• Confident, motivated and self-starter
• High professional ethics and commitment to improving risk culture
• Proficient with Excel/Power BI/data scripting/querying

Benefits

• Flexible benefits fund
• Emergency leave days
• Adoption leave
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Pension
• Life cover
• Private medical insurance
• Parental leave
• Education assistance program