Internal Controls Sr Manager

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Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. Affirm, Inc. proudly includes Affirm, PayBright, and Returnly. 

As a newly public company, we are committed to building a world-class control environment equivalent to those of other highly regulated financial institutions. As we continue to build our program and scale, this person will partner with management in developing, implementing and testing our controls.

What you'll do

  • Primarily responsible for the emerging financial reporting risks within the acquired entities internal control environment. Provide subject matter expertise related to the financial risk and control design and assessment.
  • Implement internal control improvement and documentation including process flowcharts, process narratives, risk and controls matrix, evaluate controls, and coordinating control improvement initiatives.
  • Use problem solving and critical thinking skills to quickly identify internal control deficiencies, evaluate their risk implications, and draw the appropriate conclusions. Perform control deficiency impact analysis.
  • Build and nurture positive working relationships with process owners, by providing high quality results and communications, providing them the tools and templates that can help them better achieve their process objectives.
  • Conducting periodic meetings/walkthroughs with process owners to ensure any changes to process are updated and accurately assessed for control gaps.
  • Staying current to changes in regulatory environment, industry standards, and hot topics in SOX practices.
  • Assist the Head of Financial Internal Controls in ad hoc projects as they arise as well as facilitating requests between the external auditors and management.

What we look for

  • Bachelor's degree (in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems or related field preferred).
  • An appropriate certification in accounting and/or auditing is required, including a CPA, CA or CIA.
  • Proven experience, skills and knowledge with IIA Professional Practices and Standards as well as a three lines of defense model.
  • 8+ years of experience. Demonstrated ability in a senior internal control or internal audit role; Experience with similar internal control or internal audit roles in large organizations or with Big 4 audit firms highly preferred.
  • Solid understanding of COSO, PCAOB Auditing Standards and Sarbanes-Oxley.
  • Strong understanding of regulations related to Financial Services companies.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration and presentation skills.
  • A maintained knowledge base of audit industry practices and to ensure standard methodologies are always considered.

Location - Remote U.S.

Grade - USA30

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

 

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All full-time jobs at Affirm (excluding interns and apprentices) are tied to a transparent grade-based pay range taking location into account. 

[Colorado Candidates] In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the grade for this position in Colorado is listed above. You can find the Colorado base pay range and benefits here.

If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this role. Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people who believe in Affirm's mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways—not just candidates who check all the boxes.

 

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At Affirm, People Come First is one of our core values, and that’s why diversity and inclusion are vital to our priorities as an equal opportunity employer. You can read about our D&I program here and our progress thus far in our 2020 DEI Report.

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