Management Control Auditor

Role Overview

Management Control Auditor 2 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Company Overview

Finance and Records employees work with management to ensure that controls are adequate to safeguard the assets of the Church against theft, unauthorized use, or waste, and to perform essential work in a simple and affordable way.

Role Purpose

Management Control Auditors 2 identify and fix complicated business problems by developing a firm understanding of complex business processes, information technology systems, and related controls. The role exists to ensure risks related to the Church's mission are addressed proactively, adequate internal controls exist, defalcations are reduced, and audit reports are clean. The incumbent serves as an internal control and process expert, exercising wise judgment and possessing the skills and attributes of a competent area controller.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management & Compliance

• Proactively address significant risks in the area relating to the Church's overall mission.
• Work with the controls committee to prioritize risks and develop plans to monitor, report on, and improve key internal controls.
• Help coordinate regulatory compliance issues, working closely with the Office of General Counsel to ensure compliance, particularly as it relates to financial issues across multiple countries.
• Ensure the Church organization is compliant with relevant regulation and legislation.

Internal Controls & Process Improvement

• Ensure adequate internal controls exist to protect sacred resources, strengthen leadership, and provide accurate accounting and financial reporting.
• Work with operational management to improve process efficiency and effectiveness.
• Create in-depth process maps to support understanding of current process status and improvement efforts such as systems implementations.
• Act as a project manager for process improvement projects, when appropriate.
• Expertise in reviewing, developing, or implementing internal controls and processes.

Investigations & Governance

• At the direction of the controller, perform investigations into sensitive matters in a professional and discrete manner.
• Reduce defalcations and other losses and perform investigations into sensitive matters in a confidential and professional manner.
• Clear Church Audit Department audit action items on a timely basis and receive cleaner audit reports in subsequent years.

Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Oversee, train, and support the work of other management control auditors when more than one exists within an area.
• Work with larger, more complex issues and functions and may act as a lead and mentor to other management control auditors.
• Be able to effectively lead and mentor other management control auditors 1 or financial analysts.

Financial Reporting & External Relations

• Work with outside audit firms to audit financial statements and includes preparation of those financial statements.
• Communicate and present to senior financial and operational management in a professional manner.

General

• Complete any other tasks as assigned by the area controller.
• Job responsibilities will likely include non-finance related tasks, with a requirement to pitch in where needed in a small office environment.

Qualifications & Experience

• Completion of a university (post-secondary) degree in accounting, finance, or related business field.
• At least 10 years of related experience. An advanced post-graduate degree may count towards years of experience.
• Industry-recognized certification such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
• Expected to have the skills and attributes of a competent area controller.

Preferred

• Master's degree in accounting, finance, or related business field.
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

Country-Specific Preferred Qualifications

• Japan: CPA, CIA, Certified Tax Accountant (CTA), Bookkeeping Certificate Class 1.
• Korea: CPA, CMA, CTA.
• Mongolia: CPA, CMA, CTA.

Skills & Competencies

• English proficiency.
• Ability to identify and fix complicated business problems.
• Firm understanding of complex business processes and information technology systems and related controls.
• Expertise in reviewing, developing, or implementing internal controls and processes, similar to a department or area controller.
• Organizational, interpersonal, and project management skills, and exercises wise judgment.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to interface with and retain the respect of senior Church leadership and management.

Additional Information

• The incumbent must be willing to live in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Evening meetings will be required when coordinating with Headquarters.