Lead, SOX Controls Advisory

Role Overview

The Lead supports management in designing, implementing, and maintaining financial reporting controls in accordance with SOX requirements. They will work collaboratively with various departments across the company’s global operations and should have excellent listening and communications skills to champion relationships, encourage cross-functional communication, and promote teamwork. This role requires supporting management in supervising and reporting of control deficiencies and remediation plans, and to ensure effective sharing of relevant information with control owners, internal and external auditors, and the Corporate Controller.

Importantly, the Lead will also contribute to ERP Transformation to implement SAP S/4HANA, including control design and assessments. The successful candidate will contribute to process walkthroughs and support updates to process flow diagrams, narratives, and Risk Control Matrices (RCMs) as required. They will play a crucial role in transforming the control environment to achieve higher automation, improving efficiency and effectiveness.

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Key Responsibilities

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Support the Manager, Controls Advisory to build and maintain Teck’s management controls, policies and advisory documents, and supervise compliance
• Provide advice on financial reporting and internal control matters for partners
• Liaise with other risk management functions, Assurance & Advisory (A&A) and external auditors to ensure SOX related activities are efficiently completed and control deficiencies are validated
• Collaborate closely with control owners to ensure control deficiencies are documented and appropriately remediated on a timely basis
• Act as a systems administrator for the Global Risk & Compliance (GRC) system and assist users in maintaining control documentation
• Influence and collaborate with various partners across Teck, including operating sites, business units, and other departments on projects
• Prepare and provide mentorship on optimal practices for crafting, implementing, and maintaining business processes, with SOX implications summarized clearly and concisely
• Identify and communicate gaps in existing process designs and offer optimized solutions that integrate with existing Teck processes and procedures
• Prepare presentations to raise awareness of key issues, gaps in process design and solutions to address problems
• Support ad hoc projects by identifying risks, developing a work plan, coordinating resources, and implementing the plan to address risks
• Collaborate with functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into effective internal controls.
• Advise on system implementations to implement project assurance protocols and project controls.
• Guide issue resolutions and proactively seek opportunities to strengthen the overall risk management culture
• Take initiative and responsibility for analyzing big picture issues, while being able to scrutinize details

Qualifications

• CPA designation with experience working for a Big 4 accounting firm
• 5+ years of post-qualification experience in a global enterprise company or with an emphasis on internal controls and SOX
• Deep understanding of SOX legislation, systems, and internal controls over financial reporting, including Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) requirements
• Highly proficient with SAP processes with a good understanding of SAP internal control knowledge and/or GRC concepts
• Experience crafting process flow diagrams, writing process narratives and designing key SOX controls
• Excellent attention to detail as well as effective written and oral communication skills
• Critical thinking to creatively solve problems in a constantly evolving environment
• Strong management of self, learning agility and motivation for driving organizational results
• Ability to work collaboratively and build positive relationships