Hybrid, Downtown Chicago, IL or New York City, NY.
What you will be doing:
This role serves as a key second-line-of-defense leader ensuring the design and operating effectiveness of SOX controls for Wilson Sporting Goods Co. and Amer Sports Group Functions.
The Risk and Control Manager is responsible for overseeing the risk and control framework related to financial reconciliations, compliance monitoring, and control assurance. In this key role, the person is responsible for risk management, SOX compliance, and control assurance initiatives — shaping the internal control environment, enhancing process efficiency, and ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices, operating within the COSO internal control framework.
Responsibilities:
SOX Compliance & Control Design:
- Partner closely with business and Internal Audit teams to ensure SOX controls are designed effectively, documented properly, including control narratives, process flowcharts, control matrices, etc., and executed consistently in accordance with internal policies and regulatory expectations.
- Plan and monitor execution of SOX controls across Wilson and Group/HQ organizations.
- Facilitate readiness activities and walk-throughs with process owners, ensuring alignment with SOX requirements and audit preparedness.
- Serve as a primary point of contact between the business and internal/external auditors.
- Provide leadership and guidance during internal and external audits, including the preparation and delivery of audit documentation and responses.
Account Reconciliation & Reporting:
- Support the governance, oversight and strategic improvements of account reconciliation processes across the organization, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and control effectiveness using tools like BlackLine.
- Develop and manage metrics, dashboards, and reporting frameworks to monitor reconciliation performance, control compliance, and operational risk exposure.
Risk Assessment & Monitoring:
- Conduct ongoing assessments of control performance across Wilson and Group/HQ, identifying control gaps, deficiencies, and areas of risk exposure, and developing actionable mitigation plans.
Cross-Functional Leadership & Transformation:
- Support cross-functional projects focused on internal controls optimization, automation, and risk mitigation in partnership with GBS and Finance leadership — promoting the transition from manual, detective controls to preventive and automated controls where feasible.
- Support the control automation roadmap, identifying opportunities to leverage BlackLine, RPA, and GRC workflow automation to reduce manual testing reliance and improve control efficiency over time.
- Lead and mentor team members involved in reconciliation and controls testing, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, ownership, and compliance.
What you need to succeed:
- 5+ years of experience in risk management, internal controls, SOX compliance, or audit, preferably within a shared services or global operations environment.
- Strong understanding of SOX compliance frameworks and the COSO internal control framework, with hands-on experience supporting or managing SOX programs across business organizations.
- Proven expertise with financial reconciliation platforms (e.g., BlackLine) and solid knowledge of financial close and control frameworks.
- Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., SAP ECC, SAP S/4) and their role in control design and financial reporting compliance.
- In-depth knowledge of Segregation of Duties (SoD) principles and proven experience in designing and implementing mitigation controls to address SoD risks.
- Advanced analytical skills with proficiency in Excel; experience with data visualization or analytics tools like Power BI is a plus.
- Familiarity with continuous monitoring concepts and control automation tools (e.g., BlackLine automation, RPA, GRC workflow automation) as a means of reducing reliance on manual testing.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and project management skills.
- Experience managing or mentoring team members and leading cross-departmental initiatives is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently in a dynamic environment, prioritize tasks, and drive compliance and operational excellence.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, or a related discipline. CPA, CA, ACCA, CIA or equivalent, a plus.
This role is ideally based in the Chicagoland or New York City area, working in a flexible hybrid model. In Chicago, this role will work from Wilson Sporting Goods Co. global headquarters. In New York, this role will work from our headquarters located in the Flatiron District. This role requires approximately 10% travel to support international site visits, audit engagements, and cross-functional leadership activities.
What’s in it for you:
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