Sr. Financial Analyst(SOX audit in business process is a must)

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Job Description

We are seeking an ambitious and dynamic business process SOX Auditor to become part of our Global SOX Team located in Bangalore. The main objective of the role involves evaluating the scope, design of business controls and testing their effectiveness.

This role involves responsibility for understanding various complex business processes in accordance with the plan. The senior SOX Auditor should expect to assume a leading role in managing the completion of the SOX 404 program under the direction of managers.

Skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills, with a proven track record of identifying and resolving issues and risks through root cause analysis.
• Ability to foresee and recognize opportunities to establish standards and controls, and to develop and propose effective solutions.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills, with the ability to drive meaningful change at all organizational levels.
• Meticulous, reliable team player with a high sense of responsibility.

Responsibilities 

• Review and evaluate the adequacy of walkthrough documentation, conducting tests of effectiveness by reviewing supporting documents, meeting with control owners, and reporting any identified control issues.
• Attend and lead business process and control walkthrough meetings with control owners, external auditors, and members of the SOX team.
• Document test results using Visa’s work papers template for review by the SOX team and external auditors.
• Engage with management to assess control exceptions. Keep the SOX team, control owners, and external auditors updated about exceptions and aid business teams in developing Management Action Plans to address issues while evaluating the adequacy of management's actions.
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills and exhibit these during meetings with control owners and external auditors.
• Contribute as a key member of the SOX team to the planning and execution of the annual SOX program for business process controls.
• Provide best practice expertise to management and the SOX team on the COSO internal control frameworks.
• Manage day-to-day interactions with external auditors on control matters and related issues.

Qualifications

Professional

• Over 5 years of experience in SOX or internal audit, specializing in business process controls
• Preferable experience in financial services or payments industry
• Big 4 background preferred

Educational

• Bachelor’s / master’s degree in commerce
• CA/CIA certification preferred

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.