Overview
Senior Financial Auditor position based in Portugal with requirements to be office-based 3/5 days per week. The role focuses on evaluating and improving internal controls, accounting processes, and risk management across regions and entities within scope.
Responsibilities
* Build a strong, transparent, and efficient two-way communication and partnership with regional and process stakeholders under your coverage.
* Control Plan Management: ensure that the internal Accounting Control Plan is properly implemented and monitored across the regions and entities within your scope.
* Perform oversight reviews of control set-ups in the entities under your responsibility. Assess and quantify deficiencies identified in accounting controls and prepare corresponding reports for senior management and governance bodies.
* Ensure that regional finance teams comply with their control obligations and have fully implemented the defined control procedures and standards.
* Perform second-line controls on central teams when required.
* Accounting Certification: obtain and analyse accounting certificates from the different entities and regions under your scope; maintain a clear understanding of the production and control frameworks of those entities and regions; accurately identify and report issues encountered by entities and regions, along with related remediation plans; contribute to the preparation of related summary and status reports.
* Recommendations: monitor recommendations issued by internal audit, regulators, and external auditors in the covered regions.
* Operational Risk Incidents: follow up on operational risk incidents impacting Finance and evaluate their implications on the control framework; monitor remediation actions and associated timelines.
* Internal Control Committees: organize regular (at least quarterly) internal control meetings with the regions and entities in scope to review accounting control matters; contribute to financial and accounting risk committee meetings for the assigned regions and transversal topics; schedule ad-hoc meetings with regional finance teams when necessary.
* Other Control Plans: ensure proper implementation and follow-up of any other relevant control plans across the assigned perimeter.
Required Qualifications
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* Ideal candidate profile: professional with audit or internal control experience in financial services, ideally from a consulting or audit firm, and with strong knowledge of IFRS norms.
* Proven experience in audit or control functions within financial institutions or similar environments.
* Solid accounting expertise and analytical skills.
Language Skills:
* English – Expert level
Soft Skills:
* Strong organizational and planning abilities
* Critical and analytical thinking
Must be physically in Portugal, and work at the office 3/5 days a week
Details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Accounting/Auditing and Finance
* Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting
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