Senior Financial Controls

at  MSCI Inc

FINANCE, TAX, ACCOUNTING

Steward our firm’s capital, maximizing long-term success for our stakeholders through your financial insights, tools and frameworks.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE THAT WILL HELP YOU EXCEL

This VP is a self-motivated, adaptive, inquisitive individual who can manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have a highly analytical and questioning mindset, strong work ethic, strong attention to detail and a desire for continuous process improvement. · 6 to 8 years of experience preferably in public accounting or Internal Audit/SOX-related function in a global or multi-national public company which complies with U.S. GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley · At least a bachelor’s degree in accounting or Finance, Tax, Accounting · Strong knowledge of US GAAP, COSO, PCAOB auditing standards, Sarbanes-Oxley, risk and controls standards and business process best practices. · Excellent verbal and written communication skills to explain complex accounting concepts in succinct plain English language · Proven track record of effectively building relationship with business partners to accomplish critical goals · Proven track record of strong problem solving, analytic skills, and forward-thinking mind-set including the ability to solve unstructured problems · Team player and desire to work effectively with diverse cultures in a global organization. · Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of applications, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, Visio and PowerBI

YOUR TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES

This role will be responsible for supporting a fast-growing global organization through partnering with key business stakeholders to strengthen our existing global SOX program and assist in special projects which will deliver on critical business initiatives. The candidate will have dynamic responsibilities associated with providing guidance to process and control owners regarding best practices as well as challenging the norms to drive automation and efficiencies. This position will also play a critical role in developing and enhancing the knowledge and skillset of the broader Finance, Tax, Accounting organization, in addition to providing assistance, advice and leadership in other special projects throughout the organization.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Assist the Company in the design and implementation of its internal control framework for various key financial accounting and reporting processes to build a robust end-to-end SOX program · Prepare control owners for, and support, the annual SOX cycle of risk assessments, walkthroughs, and control refreshes · Drive process discipline, provide expertise to ensure controls are properly worded and teams are prepared to execute with excellence · Assist in educating team members on best practices related to proper control execution, process design, and audit evidence · Provide perspective on opportunities and solutions for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of accounting and reporting processes. · Evaluate control deficiencies, and recommend appropriate remediation · Act as a liaison between management, internal and external audit groups · Assist in preparing executive management and Audit Committee materials highlighting overall SOX progress and results · Support MSCI Finance, Tax, Accounting Controllers initiatives of organizational and functional transformation, including implementation of RPA opportunities · Contribute and support special projects as assigned, including mergers and acquisitions integrations and drive Finance, Tax, Accounting functional transformation projects (such as system implementations)