Director, Global Financial Controls Transformation

Director Global Financial Controls Transformation

Location: Hoboken, NJ

Marsh & McLennan is seeking a senior level Financial Controls expert who will be an integral member of our Process & Controls organization. As one of the six pillars within our Global Controllership function, Process & Controls is charged with ensuring Global Controllership operates efficient and effective standardized processes and a resilient control environment.

If you are interested in taking your career to a new level where exceptional performance is recognized by career progression, Marsh & McLennan Companies would like to hear from you.

What can you expect?

• Impact be a vital contributor in the transforming of our Process & Control organization into a world class SOX organization
• Innovation lead high-level special projects offering new ways of doing things
• Recognition exposure to our senior leaders opens doors to global career opportunities

What's in it for You?

• Senior Role at the Table Collaborate with Global Leaders on transforming the Process and Control function to a world class standard in a $17B multinational organization

• Influence be the voice of change management

• Culture work in a diverse culture and a global team across the Americas, EU and APAC regions

We Will Count On You To:

• Assist with shaping the Process & Controls function into a world-class SOX function, more specifically through:
  • Developing and maintaining a continuous improvement approach to ensure processes and controls keep up with changes in business, organization, economy, technology, and accounting
  • Developing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and other business partners in a way that fosters an open environment of continuous dialogue and information exchange, and yet challenges the status quo to continuously improve the control environment
  • Maintaining awareness of significant changes impacting the business, both internally and externally, and ensure appropriate pre-emptive actions to modify/expand control activities to mitigate risk
  • Introducing automation into the SOX process by working together with Controllership IT partners and control owners as they automate controls
  • Assisting in implementation of Governance, Risk and Compliance Tool
  • Transforming and documenting methodologies supporting our SOX framework
• Collaborate with the Global Leader of Financial Process and Controls on new initiatives
• Provide thought leadership and execution on strategic projects in Process & Controls
• Support project-based initiatives of senior management especially Global Controller
• Collaborate across other 2nd lines of defense and with the 3rd line of defense to embed a single view of risk

What you need to have:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

• 12-15 years of experience in Big 4 Senior Manager / Director Level

• Industry experience outside of Big 4 desirable

• Demonstrable knowledge of risk management and internal control principles

• Strong organizational, project management, and multi-tasking skills with demonstrated ability to manage expectations and deliver results
• Solid decision making, analytical and creative thinking skills

• High level of professionalism, self-motivation, and sense of urgency

• Solid financial statement audit foundation and SOX experience

• Experience working in a large complex environment
• Agile project management experience

Marsh & McLennan Companies offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits and programs including: health and welfare, tuition assistance, pension and 401K, employee assistance program, domestic partnership benefits, career mobility, employee network groups, volunteer opportunities, and other programs. For more information about our company, please visit us at: http://www.mmc.com/. We embrace a culture that celebrates and promotes the many backgrounds, heritages and perspectives of our colleagues and clients. For more information, please visit us at: www.mmc.com/diversity.

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