Consultant - Finance Risk, Audit, Compliance (FRAC) Consulting - Temp to Perm

JOB DESCRIPTION: Assistant Manager / Lead Assistant Manager | Governance, Risk and Compliance (FS), Finance Risk Audit and Compliance (FRAC)

About EXL’s Finance Risk Accounting and Control (FRAC) Practice:

EXL’s Finance Risk Accounting and Control (FRAC)practice is a specialized consulting group dedicated to helping CFO’s develop and execute winning strategies and to drive improvements in effectiveness across the Finance organization.

EXL’s Finance Risk Accounting and Control (FRAC) practice focuses on 5 key areas including Finance Organizational Design, Process Optimization, Finance Systems Advisory, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Accounting Advisory Services.

The FRAC practice is part of EXL’s F&A Center of Excellence (CoE), a group of over 5500 associates providing F&A outsourcing and consulting solutions to the CFO organization in our chosen verticals including insurance, healthcare, Banking & Capital Markets, retail, media & communications and energy & infrastructure

EXL Service was founded in 1999 and has since grown to be a global leader in data analytics, digital solutions and digital transformation. The company is headquartered in New York and has more than 54,000 professionals in locations throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia and South Africa.

POSITION: Assistant Manager / Lead Assistant Manager | Governance, Risk and Compliance (FS), Finance Risk Accounting and Control (FRAC)

Roles & Responsibilities:

This is a supervisory position required to lead service delivery for small to medium teams engaged in Assurance and Accounting support engagements for global clients in Insurance, Healthcare and Banking & Capital Markets verticals.

• Lead development, documentation, and maintenance of audit program(s) consistent with enterprise policies, procedures, and established industry standards & methods

• Manage small to medium sized teams of staff and senior consultants engaged in delivering complex assurance, accounting and advisory engagements
• Lead efforts to improve service delivery by identifying and implementing industry best practices, with a focus on financial services clients.
• Manage stakeholders’ expectations and escalations
• Manage to measurable key performance metrics
• Analyze processes and controls, perform root cause analysis and articulate control deficiencies and remediation techniques both internally and with client senior management

• Provide assistance and advisory services to clients and perform an ongoing risk assessment of anticipated organizational changes and emerging control issues; support and monitor remediation activities, as necessary

• Develop and maintain adequate control and process documentation (i.e. control matrices, flowcharts, testing documentation) in accordance with engagement objectives
• Maintain ongoing awareness of significant changes related to new statutory and US GAAP pronouncements or other factors that may affect SOX, MAR or Federal Reserve Reporting scoping and control activities for assigned areas, and make adjustments to assigned programs as necessary
• Coordinate and manage interactions with multi-functional and cross-geographical teams both internally and externally, as necessary
• Participate in key Transformation pursuits
• Travel up to 20% may be required based on client requests/commitments

Candidate Profile:

• Highly motivated team players who are willing to go the extra mile
• CA, CPA or MBA with strong quantitative skills from a top tier business school (preferred)
• 4-6 years of assurance and advisory experience, preferably with a Big 4 or leading accounting firm
• Knowledge of current accounting, auditing principals and internal control concepts
• Exposure or understanding of control concepts and processes with practical experience in regulatory compliance, internal audits, risk management, accounting / process advisory and finance transformation / improvement
• Strong preference for candidates with hands-on exposure to dual-shore delivery model in a shared services environment
• High level of self-confidence, strong people and client management skills and demonstrated leadership ability
• Excellent presentation and written communication skills
• Relevant experience in financial services, insurance verticals is highly desirable
• Accounting or management consulting background or work experience in addition to the above is a plus

What We Offer:

• EXL offers an exciting, fast paced and innovative environment, which brings together a group of sharp and entrepreneurial professionals who are eager to influence corporate decisions.
• The unique experiences with Finance Transformation practice at EXL set the stage for further growth and development in our Company and beyond.

• We are an equal opportunity employer.