Governance Risk Compliance Senior Manager

Job Description:

Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company's mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.

SUMMARY:

We are seeking a Governance, Risk, and Compliance Senior Manager to join Rakuten International's US Controllership organization. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the control environment by ensuring that: (i) Policies, procedures and processes are defined and updated; (ii) Risks are identified and managed; (iii) Controls are tested; (iv) Exceptions are remediated; and (v) Data is analyzed and used for continuous improvement.

• Evaluates risks and develops standards, procedures, and controls to manage risks.
• Define and document business process responsibilities and ownership of the controls in FloQast.
• Continuously monitor controls, exceptions, and risks.
• Perform test of design and effectiveness of controls.
• Support process owners with (re)designing and implementing internal controls.
• Conduct root cause analysis to improve business processes. Provides remediation guidance to process owners. Track remediation activities and implementation of mitigating controls.
• Develops reporting metrics, dashboards and risk register to document risks, control failures and gaps.
• Provide training and guidance to employees on SOX compliance requirements.
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors to support their SOX audit procedures.

• Considerable knowledge of and skill in applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and US SOX/JSOX requirements.
• Ability to conduct quality control reviews of audit work products and supervise audit team members.
• Extensive experience conducting operational and/or financial audits and risk assessments at a large, multi-national public company.
• Excellent project management skills with an ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities to meet deadlines.
• Ability to effectively and confidently discuss audit findings and/or control gaps with leadership and develop business-focused recommendations to strengthen controls.
• Deals successfully with ambiguity, managing multiple priorities and able to lead organization through complex changes.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to a fast-paced culture, changes in the environment and shifts in priorities.
• Professional certification (e.g. CPA, CIA, etc.) preferred.

• Bachelor's degree in either Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in implementing, managing, reviewing, and improving internal controls for governance, compliance and quality, assurance, and risk management programs.
• Experience performing internal or external audits (financial/operational/IT) in accordance with relevant professional standards.
• Skilled in designing and implementing compliance and control frameworks including business process reengineering.
• Strong understanding of SOX requirements, internal control principles and audit methodologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.