Hiring: Manager (Controls and Compliance), Audit and Financial Controls / Compliance Company: National Grid Location: Brooklyn, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:28:04 Employment Type: Hybrid About the job Experience: •Significant and unusual transactions and other non-routine accounting events. •SOX deficiency evaluations, root-cause analysis, remediation planning, compensating controls, severity assessments, and aggregation conclusions. •Goodwill, long-lived assets, and investment impairment assessments. •Regulatory accounting and utility-specific accounting considerations. •Pension, OPEB, environmental reserves and other estimate-driven processes. Required Skills: •Lead SOX risk assessment, scoping, control design and enhancement activities, providing practical advice to Finance, business and control owners to ensure financial reporting risks are effectively identified and mitigated. •Support major business and technology transformations by assessing financial reporting and controls impacts, performing pre-implementation reviews, and determining when new or evolving processes and systems become relevant to the control environment. •Support pre-implementation reviews of new financial systems and act as a bridge between IT and Finance / controls teams. •Lead coordination with Internal Audit and External Audit, including planning, walkthroughs, testing support, evidence reviews, issue resolution and ongoing stakeholder engagement. •Support delivery of control KPIs, the controls roadmap and facilitation and quality review of Controls Self-Assessments (CSA). •Provide practical, risk-based advice to Finance and business stakeholders to strengthen the control environment, increase risk awareness and promote a strong controls culture. •Support change and control roadmap activities and embed consistent RCC ways of working across a Global team. •Provide clear, timely, and practical advice to stakeholders. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Systems or related discipline, or equivalent experience. •Professional accounting, audit or risk qualifications, such as CPA, CA, CIA or equivalent •Substantial relevant experience in SOX, financial controls, accounting, audit or risk within a complex or regulated organization. •Proactive self-starter, able to manage priorities, deadlines and quality with limited supervision. •Strong communication, leadership, influencing, facilitation, and partnering skills. •Commitment to excellence, continuous improvement, and high-quality outcomes. •Pragmatic, resilient, and adaptable in a changing environment. Compensation: •$152,000 - $178,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!