Financial Risk Analyst (GBS)
Austin, Texas, United States
Corporate Functions
Apple’s Global Business Solutions (GBS) organization supports tens of thousands of Apple employees, customers and vendors on just about every topic imaginable. We offer advice and develop innovative solutions to challenging problems that come up all around the world.
The GBS Operations team is a centrally managed organization that supports Apple’s four shared service centers around the world, including Austin, Cork, Shanghai, and Singapore. The Risk team within GBS Operations supports various risk mitigation initiatives such as Sox, privacy, business continuity, financial and system risk assessments, and information security compliance for GBS.
We are looking for an experienced thought leader in the audit and compliance field to help envision, lead, and execute strategic risk mitigation programs and activities, in support of Apple’s growing business. You will work with other strategic global compliance partners to ‘see around corners’ in order to develop and lead complex compliance initiatives and design and implement robust standards across GBS.
Description
Lead and develop teams across GBS that are capable of designing, documenting, organizing and testing key SOX controls and reports
Utilize risk and control expertise to help teams across GBS identify critical vulnerabilities and mitigate risk by assessing end-to-end processes and automated solutions
Skillfully project manage the fiscal year SOX requirements (including testing assignments, sampling, remediation, reporting, ICC preparations, etc.)
Collaborate with internal and external teams to support Privacy and Information/Data Security compliance
Support and/or lead initiatives to help drive process improvements; focusing on balancing the cost of compliance with acceptable level of risk
Partner with GBS Talent Development to understand compliance training needs as well as content development and delivery to the organization; including any organizational readiness
Minimum Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in related finance field
- Bachelor's Degree
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- 6 years of experience and solid understanding of ITGCs, automated, security and privacy controls for software, hardware and cloud solutions
- Strong understanding of shared services pillars and core systems / processes (e.g. R2R, O2C, P2P, H2R, T&M)
- Relevant SOX, internal controls, risk mitigation, and financial audit experience
- Ability to challenge, wrestle with, and debate issues of importance through dedication and implementation with key partners, so that the best possible solution for GBS is identified
- Proven experience in developing and encouraging relationships to influence without authority
- Demonstrate professional skepticism to ensure arm’s length independence, when necessary to mitigate GBS risks holistically beyond a regional purview; drives issues to root cause and provides meaningful, risk-aware recommendations
- Act as an entrepreneurial thought leader in unique risk based markets while proactively researching and recommending impactful risk mitigation strategies, and building programs to support same
- Demonstrated experience in developing and fostering relationships to influence without authority
- CPA preferred
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
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