Internal Controls Senior Analyst

At CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies, we’re driven by a unifying purpose to help people to experience life’s beautiful moments. We are connected through our shared values - dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing. As a leading global manufacturer of contact lenses, we are committed to helping improve the way people see each day. Through our diverse lens portfolio, we tackle the toughest vision challenges – including astigmatism, presbyopia, and childhood myopia. We offer the most complete collection of spherical, toric, and multifocal products available, enabling us to fit 99% of all contact wearers. Learn more at www.coopervision.com .

Scope and Job Summary:

This role will help manage the global control environment by improving our accounting operations through risk management, controls, and governance activities across The CooperCompanies, with a focus on Global Business Services (GBS) processes and controls. The successful candidate will have a strong accounting and internal control background and will work with multiple teams across the Company to ensure that standard, updated internal controls, finance policies, and technical accounting guidance are being appropriately applied on a consistent basis.

This is a highly visible role requiring excellent communication skills, a sharp finance and accounting focus, business sense, and a collaborative mentality. The role reports into the Internal Controls Manager – GBS.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience and understanding of US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements, including experience in defining and designing controls.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate positions and findings to management, auditors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Self-starter with a high degree of initiative and accountability, capable of independently researching, analyzing, and interpreting data, and driving tasks to completion both independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
• Team-oriented mindset of supporting peers, contributing to team goals, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Experience working cross-functionally, building strong relationships to support business objectives.
• Proactive problem-solver with the ability to adapt quickly to changing business needs and work effectively across departments and regions.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
Knowledge of Oracle, COGNOS, ServiceNow, WDesk (Workiva), FloQast, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Blackline, Agile, BAAN, or other major ERP systems is a plus.

Work Environment:

• In office/on-site 5 days a week
Approximately 10% travel where needed within the AMER and EMEA regions

Experience:

• 2-5 years of experience within an external audit, internal controls / audit, or public accounting environment
• Understanding of internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance
Experience in global operations, manufacturing, and compliance is a plus

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business is required; Master’s degree is a plus
Certificate in accounting and/or auditing (e.g., Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Information System Analyst) is a plus

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting base pay for this role is between $79,088.00 and $105,450.00 per year and may include cost of living adjustments. The actual base pay includes many factors and is subject to change and modification in the future. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation and benefits.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

• Establish and maintain strong business partnerships with key regional stakeholders, local controllers & control owners, remaining embedded in the business and coordinating any required trainings to ensure compliance requirements are known and understood.
• Foster full transparency and collaboration with business partners, driving effective and timely communication (changes in policy or accounting guidance, any control issues or accounting errors, business concerns requiring additional support, etc.). Consolidate and escalate policy and / or accounting inquiries to ensure proper and consistent treatment.
• Actively participate in Global Internal Controls strategic discussions and propose continuous improvement opportunities to drive automation, efficiency, visibility, and accountability in the maintenance of the control environment. Able to think creatively and utilize existing tools and resources in the execution of proposed improvement opportunities.
• Support internal controls projects and initiatives by managing assigned tasks, tracking progress, identifying potential issues, and providing regular updates to project leads and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with control owners to ensure Workiva control records and related documentation are accurate, complete, and audit ready. Contribute to the central maintenance and standardization of control documentation, including Internal Control Memos, process flowcharts, IPE documents, systems used, and control thresholds, while promoting alignment with a global control framework.
• Coordinate completeness and accuracy testing of key reports used for control activities (i.e. IPE Reports) and train local personnel on what acceptable protocols and forms are. When needed, support testing activities.
• Track changes in key personnel and/or processes (either planned or implemented) and assist in the impact assessment and provide guidance and training to new control owners and ensure control ownership is fully transitioned timely and effectively.
• Follow up on annual control certification / self-assessment exception responses and work with control owners to ensure control records and documentation are kept up to date and are accurate prior to audits. Includes Internal Control Memos, process flowcharts, related IPE documents, systems used, control thresholds, etc.).
• Assist where internal control issues arise, including fact gathering and documentation, providing root cause analysis (including deficiency exposures), and recommendations for improvements to the design of existing financial processes and procedures.
• Monitor remediation actions, escalate any challenges that may result in exceeded due dates, provide periodic status updates to Global Internal Controls management and Internal Audit, and send final confirmation of remediation to Internal Audit.
• Work with local personnel to understand and document accounting issues, analyze issue exposure, and escalate to Global Internal Controls management.
• Assist in preparation of quarterly compliance and reporting tasks.
• Coordinate and support periodic reviews as part of the Global Balance Sheet Review process and compile the consolidated global status of those reviews.
• Assist with control management software (Workiva) administrative tasks.
• Engage in risk assessment activities and status communications prior to implementing new systems or software and monitor post implementation impact on local control processes.
• Support ongoing initiatives, including but not limited to system implementations, data cleansing, standardization, linking and mapping of control fields, etc.
• Ad hoc assignments, reporting and project management, as required or assigned.