Director, Internal Controls

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Business Control & Financial Planning

About Us

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.

Who We Are

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life .

Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.

What We Do

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate , which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.

Transamerica employs nearly 7 ,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide. * For more information, visit transamerica.com .

Job Description Summary
Responsible for the day-to-day execution of the Aegon Americas Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) controls program with oversight to all global country units. Coordinates with individuals in various functions, including Finance, Operations and Technology. Responsible for the identification, assessment, oversight reporting and disclosure of all key controls and deficiencies across the company and ensures the business procedures and/or controls are in compliance with applicable regulatory and corporate standards and practices. Develops and maintains relationships with senior and executive management and process owners, as well as risk management personnel (second line of defense) and internal audit personnel (third line of defense). Serves as the lead for communication and reporting to and with Group Risk.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Oversee the evaluation and design of internal controls.

• Make recommendations for improvement and drive changes to both controls and processes.

• Oversee the documentation, timing and execution of  consolidated reporting process flows, with a focus on internal controls and SOX compliance.

• Lead the execution of management’s SOX risk assessment and scoping activities related to the global SOX effort to ensure proper risk identification, process mapping and controls linkage for a sustainable internal control framework.

• Lead the development and implementation of goals, policies, priorities and procedures relating to internal controls over financial reporting and SOX.

• Prepare and present updates to senior and executive management including supporting deliverables and other tasks needed to support the audit committee’s responsibilities for controls and our external auditors as laid out in their charter.

• Partner and liaise with external auditors and external consultants to plan and implement an assessment of the control environment and the annual plan and timeline for doing so.

• Prioritize within a multi-year plan on what is most important at different stages.

• Develop processes and policies for reporting findings and lead communicator of those finding to interested parties, including FinOp and SOX/In Control Steering Committees.

• Collaborate with first line process owners in development of action plans to assess the adequacy of action taken by management to correct control deficiencies, and continuing reviews with appropriate management on action until satisfactory resolution.

• Develop and implement a system to capture and track control deficiencies through all global country units, as well as supporting driving resolution for any internal or external audit findings.

• Help support testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.

• Collaborate and assist in assessing control implications within the Issue Paper process.

• Coordinate and assist other global country units in the execution and reporting of SOX in their respective countries/units.

• Assist in the development of and collection of representation letters and certifications throughout the global country units.

• Support the efforts of the Disclosure Committee and assist in facilitating the reporting of disclosures with senior leadership.

• Help support the Audit Committee including ensuring they have all the needed information/analysis to perform their control related functions as laid out in the Audit Committee Charter.

• Help coordinate external auditor independence and ensure there is proper oversight through all country units.

• Support the maintenance of the Global SOX methodology including providing updates as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field, or equivalent work experience.

• 15 years of combined business experience.

• Seven years of experience in managerial and leadership roles.

• In-depth knowledge and hands on experience with internal controls, audit or risk management within the financial services industry.

• Ability to document and verbally communicate financial reporting processes in a clear and concise manner, including assessment of design and operating effectiveness controls.

• Communication and relationship skills to educate/raise awareness of foundational elements/methodologies needed to support an internal controls framework.

• Project management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA

• Big 4 public accounting experience working with controls within the Sarbanes Oxley environment.

• Recent experience with a listed U.S. company that is a domestic registrant.

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid (In Office: Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays)

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $167,000 - $200,000 annually.  Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including  qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.

Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and is at the Company’s discretion.

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