**Experienced Financial Accounting Executive – Undertaking Controls and Oversight Pioneer (Part Time/Remote) at blithequark**

Are you a seasoned financial professional with a passion for driving innovation and excellence in financial accounting and controls? Do you have a proven track record of leading high-performing teams and developing strategic plans that drive business growth and risk management? If so, we invite you to join blithequark as an Experienced Financial Accounting Executive – Undertaking Controls and Oversight Pioneer. **About blithequark** blithequark is a leading financial services company that is committed to delivering exceptional client experiences and building a culture of innovation, diversity, and inclusion. We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we strive to create a work environment that is collaborative, supportive, and empowering. Our company is built on a foundation of trust, integrity, and respect, and we are proud to be a leader in the financial services industry. **Job Summary** As an Experienced Financial Accounting Executive – Undertaking Controls and Oversight Pioneer at blithequark, you will play a critical role in leading our Regulator Administration group and driving the development of strategic plans that manage financial reporting risk for SEC and regulatory reporting. You will be responsible for defining and implementing a comprehensive control and testing program that meets various requirements, including SOX and regulatory reporting, without being duplicative and provides a comprehensive evaluation of the organization's financial reporting control environment. You will also lead the development of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the effectiveness of our financial controls and reporting processes. **Key Responsibilities** * Provide critical leadership and vision to the Undertaking Controls and Oversight Association * Define a planned, purposeful start-to-finish control and testing program that meets various requirements, including SOX and regulatory reporting, without being duplicative and provides a comprehensive evaluation of the organization's financial reporting control environment * Lead the development of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the effectiveness of our financial controls and reporting processes * Ensure that the lines of business have important, sound, truth-based evaluations of their financial controls climate to inform their business cycles * Get best practices normalization and fostering a structure that can be reliably executed * Employ, develop, and motivate a top-notch financial controls testing team * Oversee associations with colleagues across the organization and ensure successful delivery of a full-service control and oversight model to both Hurls and functional areas * Maintain a balance between risk mitigation and operational productivity * Oversee communication of testing work with various constituents, including the Disclosure and Regulatory Reporting boards of directors, Review Advisory group, and external auditors * Maintain relationships with external auditors and assist with issues of independence, fees, coordination of controls evaluation, significant review work, and documentation **Essential Qualifications** * 4+ years of experience in finance, accounting, banking, examination, reporting, or similar experience demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, education, military experience * 4+ years of executive experience **Preferred Qualifications** * Certified Public Accountant (CPA) * Demonstrated knowledge of accounting, reporting, and internal controls requirements within a large, diversified U.S. financial services organization; solid understanding of current financial and regulatory requirements; experience implementing a COSO-based Sarbanes Oxley internal control evaluation * Experience managing banking, financial, and insurance regulators, internal and external auditors * Demonstrated effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to interpret complex technical concepts to make understanding and inform decision-making * Ability to effectively develop innovative solutions and drive transformative change; solid analytical and decision-making skills combined with key business acumen * Highly collaborative with demonstrated ability to lead large, complex, and diverse teams, and exceptional history of delivering results * An "own it" attitude; a "practitioner" comfortable in a fast-paced, complex environment; tackles issues cooperatively through open and productive conversation * A savvy, decisive, self-assured, and results-oriented person who has a mix of mental flexibility, innovation, analytical ability, and intuitive insight * Definitive leader who sets high standards and drives performance; able to inspire, motivate, engage, and develop a financial organization to achieve results * Ability to recruit, guide, and develop the next generation of financial leaders * Strong interpersonal skills, unparalleled insight, and exceptional ability to communicate using these characteristics and skills * Meticulous, responsive, and proactive. Encourages clarity, transparency, consistency, and broad understanding across the business * A passionate, effective, and ingenious team player. Takes ownership of projects and delivers within tight deadlines * Ability to work and influence effectively within a matrix environment and build trusted relationships with Chief Initiative, Colleagues, and the long business and functional leaders across the organization * Is of high personal and professional integrity; can balance helpful criticism and demands elite performance from both him/her and colleagues **We Value Diversity** At blithequark, we believe in diversity, inclusion, and respect in the workplace; also, we invite applications for work from every qualified candidate, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, marital status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by relevant law. **Workers Support Our Emphasis** Workers support our emphasis on building strong client relationships offset with major areas of strength for a relieving and consistent culture that immovably lays out those disciplines as basic to the progress of our clients and company. They are responsible for the execution of all pertinent risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Violations, Functional, Administrative Consistency), which includes following and sticking to material blithequark arrangements and techniques, fittingly satisfying risk and consistency commitments, convenient and powerful acceleration and remediation of issues, and pursuing sound risk choices. There is an emphasis on proactive monitoring, management, risk identification, and acceleration, as well as pursuing sound risk choices proportionate with the specialty unit's risk appetite and all risk and consistency program requirements. **Competitors Applying to Employment Opportunities** Every one of us qualified candidates will get thought for work regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Apply! Apply for this job