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Director, Internal Controls

Transamerica · Philadelphia, PA · 3 wk ago
$167k–$200k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the job posting. First, we have "Job Family Business Control & Financial Planning About Us ..." The "About Us" is generic company description, not needed? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it." Also "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." We need to preserve substantive information: responsibilities, qualifications, preferred qualifications, working conditions (hybrid schedule), salary range, benefits, etc. We need sections: About the role? Could be a short summary. The posting includes "Job Description Summary" which is a paragraph about responsibilities. Could treat that as "About the role". Or we could have a section "About the role" with that summary. Responsibilities: list of bullet points under "Job Description Responsibilities:" (multiple sentences). We need to convert to

  • . Qualifications: there is "Qualifications:" with bullet-like lines (though not bullet). We need to list them as
    • . Also "Preferred Qualifications:" separate. Skills: maybe we can extract skills from qualifications: communication, relationship, project management, etc. But we should only create Skills section if posting actually states them. The posting does not have a dedicated "Skills" heading, but we could infer from qualifications? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." We could combine qualifications and skills? But they said use headings for sections like Skills. If we don't have explicit skills, maybe we shouldn't create a Skills section. However we could treat the qualifications as "Requirements" and "Qualifications". The headings list includes Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide which to use. The posting has "Qualifications:" and "Preferred Qualifications:" plus maybe "Working Conditions:" and "Salary". Also "What We Offer" includes benefits. Thus we can have sections: - About the role (from Job Description Summary) - Responsibilities (list) - Requirements (maybe the mandatory qualifications) - Qualifications (maybe preferred? Actually they'd be separate but we could combine? The instruction: "Use

      for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections. We'll put mandatory qualifications under Requirements, and preferred under Qualifications (or vice versa). Let's decide: Requirements = mandatory qualifications (Bachelor's degree, 15 years experience, 7 years managerial, etc). Qualifications = preferred qualifications (CPA, Big 4, recent experience with listed US company). That seems logical. - Benefits: from "What We Offer" bullet list. - Pay: salary range. - Schedule: Working Conditions: Hybrid (In Office: Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays). That's schedule. We should not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to remove boilerplate: the long About Us, Who We Are, What We Do, etc. Also remove disclaimer about scam, etc. Also remove "What We Offer" heading? We'll keep benefits. We need to preserve all substantive information: responsibilities, qualifications, preferred qualifications, working conditions, salary, benefits list. We need to format as HTML fragment only. Let's extract responsibilities list: From "Job Description Responsibilities:" then sentences separated by periods. Let's split: - Oversee the evaluation and design of internal controls. - Make recommendations for improvement and drive changes to both controls and processes. - Oversee the documentation, timing and execution of consolidated reporting process flows, with a focus on internal controls and SOX compliance. - Lead the execution of management’s SOX risk assessment and scoping activities related to the global SOX effort to ensure proper risk identification, process mapping and controls linkage for a sustainable internal control framework. - Lead the development and implementation of goals, policies, priorities and procedures relating to internal controls over financial reporting and SOX. - Prepare and present updates to senior and executive management including supporting deliverables and other tasks needed to support the audit committee’s responsibilities for controls and our external auditors as laid out in their charter. - Partner and liaise with external auditors and external consultants to plan and implement an assessment of the control environment and the annual plan and timeline for doing so. - Prioritize within a multi-year plan on what is most important at different stages. - Develop processes and policies for reporting findings and lead communicator of those finding to interested parties, including FinOp and SOX/In Control Steering Committees. - Collaborate with first line process owners in development of action plans to assess the adequacy of action taken by management to correct control deficiencies, and continuing reviews with appropriate management on action until satisfactory resolution. - Develop and implement a system to capture and track control deficiencies through all global country units, as well as supporting driving resolution for any internal or external audit findings. - Help support testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. - Collaborate and so on. We need to capture all sentences until "Qualifications:" starts. Let's copy the responsibilities block exactly as in text: "Oversee the evaluation and design of internal controls.Make recommendations for improvement and drive changes to both controls and processes.Oversee the documentation, timing and execution of consolidated reporting process flows, with a focus on internal controls and SOX compliance.Lead the execution of management’s SOX risk assessment and scoping activities related to the global SOX effort to ensure proper risk identification, process mapping and controls linkage for a sustainable internal control framework.Lead the development and implementation of goals, policies, priorities and procedures relating to internal controls over financial reporting and SOX.Prepare and present updates to senior and executive management including supporting deliverables and other tasks needed to support the audit committee’s responsibilities for controls and our external auditors as laid out in their charter.Partner and liaise with external auditors and external consultants to plan and implement an assessment of the control environment and the annual plan and timeline for doing so.Prioritize within a multi-year plan on what is most important at different stages.Develop processes and policies for reporting findings and lead communicator of those finding to interested parties, including FinOp and SOX/In Control Steering Committees.Collaborate with first line process owners in development of action plans to assess the adequacy of action taken by management to correct control deficiencies, and continuing reviews with appropriate management on action until satisfactory resolution.Develop and implement a system to capture and track control deficiencies through all global country units, as well as supporting driving resolution for any internal or external audit findings.Help support testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.Collaborate and assist in assessing control implications within the Issue Paper process.Coordinate and assist other global country units in the execution and reporting of SOX in their respective countries/units.Assist in the development of and collection of representation letters and certifications throughout the global country units.Support the efforts of the Disclosure Committee and assist in facilitating the reporting of disclosures with senior leadership.Help support the Audit Committee including ensuring they have all the needed information/analysis to perform their control related functions as laid out in the Audit Committee Charter.Help coordinate external auditor independence and ensure there is proper oversight through all country units.Support the maintenance of the Global SOX methodology including providing updates as needed." We need to split into items. Each sentence ends with a period but there is no space after period before next sentence (they concatenated). We'll split by periods and trim. Let's list them: 1. Oversee the evaluation and design of internal controls 2. Make recommendations for improvement and drive changes to both controls and processes 3. Oversee the documentation, timing and execution of consolidated reporting process flows, with a focus on internal controls and SOX compliance 4. Lead the execution of management’s SOX risk assessment and scoping activities related to the global SOX effort to ensure proper risk identification, process mapping and controls linkage for a sustainable internal control framework 5. Lead the development and implementation of goals, policies, priorities and procedures relating to internal controls over financial reporting and SOX 6. Prepare and present updates to senior and executive management including supporting deliverables and other tasks needed to support the audit committee’s responsibilities for controls and our external auditors as laid out in their charter 7. Partner and liaise with external auditors and external consultants to plan and implement an assessment of the control environment and the annual plan and timeline for doing so 8. Prioritize within a multi-year plan on what is most important at different stages 9. Develop processes and policies for reporting findings and lead communicator of those finding to interested parties, including FinOp and SOX/In Control Steering Committees 10. Collaborate with first line process owners in development of action plans to assess the adequacy of action taken by management to correct control deficiencies, and continuing reviews with appropriate management on action until satisfactory resolution 11. Develop and implement a system to capture and track control deficiencies through all global country units, as well as supporting driving resolution for any internal or external audit findings 12. Help support testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting 13. Collaborate and assist in assessing control implications within the Issue Paper process 14. Coordinate and assist other global country units in the execution and reporting of SOX in their respective countries/units 15. Assist in the development of and collection of representation letters and certifications throughout the global country units 16. Support the efforts of the Disclosure Committee and assist in facilitating the reporting of disclosures with senior leadership 17. Help support the Audit Committee including ensuring they have all the needed information/analysis to perform their control related functions as laid out in the Audit Committee Charter 18. Help coordinate external auditor independence and ensure there is proper oversight through all country units 19. Support the maintenance of the Global SOX methodology including providing updates as needed Now qualifications (mandatory): "Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field, or equivalent work experience. 15 years of combined business experience. Seven years of experience in managerial and leadership roles. In-depth knowledge and hands on experience with internal controls, audit or risk management within the financial services industry. Ability to document and verbally communicate financial reporting processes in a clear and concise manner, including assessment of design and operating effectiveness controls. Communication and relationship skills to educate/raise awareness of foundational elements/methodologies needed to support an internal controls framework. Project management skills." We need to split each line as bullet. Preferred qualifications: "CPA Big 4 public accounting experience working with controls within the Sarbanes Oxley environment. Recent experience with a listed U.S. company that is a domestic registrant." Now benefits list from "What We Offer": We need to extract the list after "What We Offer For eligible employees, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both the personal and financial well-being of our employees." Then there is a list: "Compensation Benefits Competitive Pay Bonus for Eligible Employees Benefits Package Pension Plan 401k MatchEmployee Stock Purchase PlanTuition ReimbursementDisability InsuranceMedical InsuranceDental InsuranceVision InsuranceEmployee DiscountsCareer Training & Development Opportunities Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.Adoption AssistanceEmployee Assistance ProgramBack-Up Care ProgramPTO for Volunteer HoursEmployee Matching Gifts ProgramEmployee Resource GroupsInclusion and Diversity ProgramsEmployee Recognition ProgramReferral Bonus Programs" This is a run-on list without punctuation. We need to parse into sensible items.

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