Senior Specialist, Internal Controls (Hybrid)

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; hybrid schedule with in-office attendance on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Other listed location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Salary: $112,000–$130,000 annually, plus potential eligibility for an annual bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a financial services company providing insurance, retirement, investment, annuity, and employee benefit solutions as part of the international Aegon group.

What you will do

• Support the day-to-day execution of the Aegon Americas Sarbanes-Oxley controls program within the first line of defense.
• Evaluate and design internal controls, document financial, accounting, and actuarial process flows, and recommend improvements.
• Support SOX risk assessment, scoping, process mapping, controls linkage, and testing of control design and operating effectiveness.
• Prepare management updates, remediation plans, control deficiency reports, and processes for reporting findings.
• Partner with external auditors on control-environment assessments, process walkthroughs, timing, and issue resolution.
• Track control deficiencies and audit findings across global country units, assess corrective actions, and support internal controls leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a relevant field, or equivalent work experience.
• At least eight years of progressive experience in internal controls, audit, or risk management within the financial services industry.
• Experience with internal controls under Sarbanes-Oxley and assessment of control-related risks.
• Ability to document and verbally communicate financial reporting processes clearly and concisely, including assessment of control design and operating effectiveness.
• Communication skills to educate stakeholders and raise awareness of the foundational elements and methodologies required to support an internal control framework.

Nice to have

• CPA certification.
• Big Four public accounting experience working with controls in a Sarbanes-Oxley environment.
• Recent experience with a listed U.S. company that is a domestic registrant.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on accountability, innovation, inclusion, and work-life balance.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, pension, 401(k) match, employee stock purchase, and employee discount benefits.
• Paid time off starting at 160 hours annually in the first year and ten paid holidays per year.
• Tuition reimbursement, career training and development, wellness coaching, parental leave, adoption assistance, and backup care.
• Employee resource groups, inclusion and diversity programs, volunteer PTO, matching gifts, recognition, and referral programs.