Senior Internal Controls Analyst

Your responsibilities

• Assist with detailed scoping/planning for testing of internal controls to ensure applicability of controls to be tested

• Propose/maintain SOX and FCF control changes

• Prepare/amend detailed test plans for financial controls in compliance with annual SOX and FCF requirements

• Co-ordinate delivery of and carry out FCF control testing as needed

• Support the preparation of SOX and FCF compliance and group reporting

• Review documentation updates of business processes and related controls

• Ensure that our internal control framework of finance processes, control governance set-up and segregation of duties are continuously monitored for process changes and changes are implemented appropriately

• Provide support and advice to control owners and Controllers around the delivery of controls owned within Embedded Finance

• Liaison with Auditors in regard to Control Testing, IT procedures, Substantive Testing, other needs

• Handle process and control evaluation, design, development, set requirements and ensure alignment with the business and stakeholders. Additionally, handle global implementation and effectiveness testing of controls and processes as a part of our internal control reviews

• Assist with preparation and delivery of annual training and safeguard knowledge about compliance within the GFS Team

• Cooperate and maintain good relationship with various partners / stakeholders / colleagues

• Participate or drive projects where compliance awareness is required.

Our requirements

Global Finance Services (GFS) are the engine of finance enabling AZ to serve patients in the best possible way. The group is responsible for the delivery of back and middle office finance services across AstraZeneca and has the vision of being ONE connected team, with ONE innovative plan and transforming our operation to work in ONE agile way.

GFS services are delivered from 3 regional service centres in EMEA, Asia Pacific and the Americas, a significant proportion of the back office activities are carried out by our external partner GenPact from locations in India, Romania, Guatemala, Poland and Brazil. There are approximately 1,200 staff within GFS globally including 650 working for GFS under the GenPact contract.

The GFS Compliance Team is a group of subject matter experts supporting all GFS to ensure compliance with financial reporting and regulatory requirements. A single team was created in January 2021 bringing together specialists from process tower and site teams, with a bold change agenda to become a role model for a global compliance function and deliver no fails no fuss compliance support across all GFS locations.

The team are specialists in financial audit and compliance and support the maintenance of an effective control environment across GFS. The team also work with project, transition, and process teams to provide recommendations on controls and ensure they are effectively designed and implemented.

The role of Compliance Senior Analyst for Warsaw covers Middle Office activities delivered out of Warsaw. The Compliance Senior Analyst works closely with Tower leads & Team Leads and others in GFS to create awareness and understanding of the risks in the finance processes and in the internal controls’ framework. The Compliance Senior Analyst is required to assess and evaluate SOX controls, support control deficiency assessment, manage and deliver compliance testing of Financial Controls Framework (FCF) controls, support delivery of audits and provide ad hoc training and compliance advice as required.

The Compliance Senior Analyst reports directly to the Warsaw Compliance Site Manager, and their workload may also be guided by the GFS Compliance Tower Leads as well. The Compliance Site Manager will ensure that the Analysts’ workload is appropriately balanced and will support in the resolution of any conflicting priorities.