Internal Control Analyst

Duties

• Under the guidance of the Internal Control Manager, The Internal Control Analyst will be responsible for supporting the Internal Control manager to maintain an effective internal control environment, to identify areas of risks, to promote recommendations on controls. The jobholder ensures compliance with SOX requirements, particularly for manual controls, IT general controls (ITGCs), IT application controls (ITACs), management review controls (MRCs) and information produced by entity (IPE). Additional duties include providing support and assistance across the affiliate with company management system, risk management process, delegation of authorities, monitoring audit recommendations, and any other tasks requested by management
• The main activities of the function are to ensure the consistency and adequacy of affiliate’s internal control framework with the requirements of E&P; participates in the implementation of the SOX provisions within the affiliate, making sure that governances of TEPMA1 and of other existing and future related entities are enforced in their respective scopes; performs the coordination and assessment of the answers to entity level control (ELC) questionnaire
• Ensure that supporting documentation of ELC assessments is relevant and sufficient; coordinate the planning, execution, and reporting to Head Office of SOX control self-assessments
• Prepare, coordinate, performs, and validates SOX Activity Level Control (ALC) testing campaigns; ensure that supporting documents of ALC tests are relevant and sufficient; evaluates and resolves identified control deficiencies (non-compliance), including working directly with control owners on remediation efforts
• Provide users of SOX tools with the necessary support; participates in the design and implementation of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) in ERP system; ensures its compliance with E&P rules and policies. Solves any issues related to GRC (for example, segregation of duties conflicts in GRC module) by working with IT and E&P HQ Internal Control teams
• Create and maintains end-to end process documents around internal controls in the affiliate; support to improve control processes and procedures
• Raise awareness and promotes the culture of internal control within the affiliate
• Assists the internal control manager answering external auditors (in the context of statutory, partner, government audits, etc.)
• Coordinate with Internal control manager the administration of the company management system and ensures that standards comply with local and international Regulations, and E&P standards; contributes to the development and update of the CMS; follows-up plan for corrective actions agreed with responsible parties to ensure the proper implementation of the audit recommendations
• Ensures permanent improvement of the internal control system, taking into consideration conclusions of the various audits

Requisites

• University graduation in Accounting / Finance / Economics, Certified Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor or other professional certification
• At least 6/7+ years of professional experience in SOX or other internal control standards, internal and/or external audit, risk management
• Good understanding of business and operational processes
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements and accounting procedures
• Proficient in Microsoft office
• Good knowledge of SAP system
• Fluent in English & Portuguese
• Enhanced oral and written communication skills
• Ability to perform multiple tasks against deadlines

Benefits

• The possibility of working in a Company that offers salary conditions compatible with the degree of experience and level of responsibility of the function, as well as opportunities for personal development

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted