Senior Business Control Specialist (CFO-Financial and Regulatory Reporting Controls Oversight

Job Description:

At Bank of America we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients teammates communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent recognizing and rewarding performance and supporting our teammates physical emotional and financial wellness through affordable competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service community college education or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience leadership and innovation strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration engagement and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn grow and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:

The role falls under CFO within Global Financial Control (GFC) under the department Financial and Regulatory Reporting Controls Oversight .

The primary responsibility is to support the execution of enterprise-wide Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and execute robust internal control frameworks that support external reporting across SOX and other in-scope mandates as needed (Fr Y-14 Broker-Dealer and Sustainable Business Information (SBI)). This includes activities such as identifying relevant processes risk and controls assessing deficiencies executing sub-certifications and associated governance activities and ensuring high quality of documentation maintained in the system of record
• Drive Operational Excellence and/or respond to changing business environment and revise methodologies and processes as appropriate
• Collaborate with the LOB Risk Corporate Audit external auditors
• Collaborating and communicating with key senior stakeholders escalating items of note and preparing communications to senior executives including the CAO CFO Chief Auditor

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant Finance and/or Accounting experience or exposure to Financial and Regulatory Reporting
• Experience in managing multiple and often competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Good relationship management skills and ability to influence outside of direct team collaborate with different stakeholders and drive and implement changes
• Proven experience in preparing communications and presentation materials intended for and leading discussions with senior audiences external auditors and/or regulators strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strategic business centric and problem-solving mindset with ability to utilize sound business judgment and tailor approaches to drive optimal business outcomes
• Strong intellectual curiosity analytical mindset and observation ability for thematic analysis and keen attention to detail
• Operational excellence approach through determining oversight enhancements needed and collaborating on efforts to advance tools technology and ways of working
• Displays persistence and tenacity in reviewing and challenging methodology and processes

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Accounting Finance or related field
• Exposure to information technology general controls (ITGC) and applications control testing and/or control evaluation supporting core technology cyber risk third-party risk and data fundamentals
• Control testing experience in Big 4 public accounting firm or Internal Audit is preferred
• CPA professional certification is preferred

Skills:

• Controls Management
• Issue Management
• Monitoring Surveillance and Testing
• Quality Assurance
• Risk Management
• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Written Communications
• Decision Making
• Innovative Thinking
• Prioritization
• Recording/Organizing Information
• Research

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