Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.Job Description:The Role:Are you ready to make an impact? If you are passionate about developing talent, cultivating meaningful relationships, partnering with senior leaders, storytelling, and strengthening our financial controls environment, we would love to talk with you! This is your chance to join a world class financial controls function with a leader in the financial services industry.
The GFC IT Senior Manager is a high visibility leadership role that delivers significant value to the business. You will lead multiple engagement teams to assess key risks and controls supporting Fidelity's financial controls environment through integrated complex audits and advisory reviews over select strategic initiatives. Specifically, this role will be key in supporting modernization initiatives, including emerging technologies and system implementations, launch of new products and services to ensure a strong controls environment. This role will report to the Head of the Global Financial Controls CoE or Director of the Global Financial Controls CoE.
The
Expertise and
Skills You Bring
Play an integral role as part of GFC's senior leadership team and through your advanced understanding of IT governance frameworks, Internal Controls over Financial Reporting, and Accounting concepts/standards. Lead and coach associates, including other people managers, to their full potential. Enhance organizational maturity, introduce best practices and develop meaningful relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Bachelor's Degree or above in relevant fields (e.g., Information Technology, Accounting, Finance)
- 10 plus years of experience leading and executing IT audits, IT SOX (ITGC, ITACs, and IPEs) and consulting engagements leveraging relevant IT governance frameworks (e.g., COBIT, NIST CSF, ISO 27001/2)
- Professional certification CISA or CISSP highly desired. Other relevant certifications CPA, CA, or CIA
- Proven ability to design, assess, and implement financial controls during large-scale ERP or financial system rollouts
- Skilled in identifying implementation-related risks (e.g., data migration, system configuration, user access)
- Experience developing risk mitigation strategies and embedding controls into project plans
- Experience with automation, control digitization, and leveraging analytics to monitor control effectiveness
- Experience leveraging AI/ML for continuous control monitoring, anomaly detection, and fraud prevention
- Strong interest in upskilling and coaching non-IT auditors to effectively assess ITACs and IPEs
- Familiarity with financial statement audits, ICFR, and collaborating with financial auditors on integrated audits
- Blend of Public Accounting and Internal Audit experience highly desirable
- Familiarity and proven track record of driving change within complex / matrixed corporate environments
- Exceptional leadership and master relationship builder with proven influencing and people management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to present and lead conversations with senior management
- Strong project management skills, ability to manage competing priorities and workload
- Financial services industry experience desirable
The
TeamThe Global Financial Controls Center of Excellence (GFC-CoE) is an enterprise-wide function that supports the Finance strategic objective of ensuring a strong financial controls environment. The function provides reasonable assurance over the key processes that impact Fidelity's financial statements. Specifically, the GFC-CoE evaluates financial controls through integrated reviews of key business units including Workplace Investing, Institutional, Wealth and Retail Brokerage, Fund and Brokerage Operations and Technology, Asset Management, Corporate Services, Fidelity Insurance Group, International sites, and advisory reviews over strategic initiatives.
Fidelity's Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.
Certifications:Category:Audit
Please be advised that Fidelity's business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.
