Description

Role Description: Senior Financial Analyst

Reporting to the Senior Director, Accounting of the Controllership Strategy & Enablement Team, we are currently seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support our team’s strategy, growth and innovation. This position is based in Hyderabad.

As a member of the Controllership Strategy & Enablement Team, you will be working in a fast-paced environment while building relationships within the accounting team and the larger business operations organization (i.e. Controllership, Finance & Strategy, SOX 360, Internal Audit/Compliance, Tax and Other Finance Functions etc).

The Senior Analyst is responsible for the end to end support of the tactical SOX Cycle Program in Controllership. In addition, the role will be involved in the building of our team’s expertise in quality assurance testing and advisory of controls and processes, participate in adhoc special projects ensuring proper SOX compliance, and interact with our external auditors and Internal audit team on SOX and testing matters. We are looking for someone who has strong external and internal audit experience, excellent problem solving skills, is a strong communicator, thrives on process improvement, and enjoys working in a challenging, fast–paced environment to support our continued success. This role will also support the enablement and training of Controllership on executing key controls and operational processes.

Exceptional candidates will be critical thinkers with focus on implementing innovation, process improvements to streamline and scale Salesforce’s processes for growth while not compromising compliance.

Responsibilities

Manage the day-to-day operations associated with the execution of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance program for Controllership including, thresholds & internal control assessments, coordination of process documentation, risk assessments, SOX control testing, deficiency remediation, and working with the internal audit team and external auditors.
As the trusted advisor, work with internal and external business partners (global/HQ and international) to ensure compliance with SOX, accounting policies, procedures, and controls and provide support on special requests
Drive to continuously improve the automation of accounting and reporting processes; rethink the status quo for continuous improvement and gaining efficiencies
Provide expert advisory to support SOX compliance.
Create and maintain content for delivering control execution training and development to the team
Participate in various department-wide initiatives
Ad-hoc projects as necessary

Experience

5+ years of overall combined accounting & audit (external & internal) experience, technology industry and Big 4 experience a plus
Strong understanding of internal controls and SOX compliance
Experience in SOX control documentation / execution / testing
Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
Strong organizational and verbal / written communication skills
Proven critical thinking capability
Process re-engineering involvement and / or process efficiency focus
Strong analytical skills, accuracy and attention to detail a must
Ability to identify and drive process improvement
Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities optimally in order to meet deadlines
Tableau Dashboard Hands on experience

Skills Desired:

Financial analysis and reporting
Workday Financials or other ERP systems experience
Tableau Dashboard Hands On experience
Data analytics experience a plus
Strong Excel / Spreadsheet skills
A positive, energetic, “do what it takes” attitude that thrives on identifying issues and opportunities -
we are looking for people who want to blaze their own trail and own their career
Self-motivated to apply learned experiences and leverage best practices
Quick learner, ability to identify issues and resolve problems