Internal Control Specialist – Focus on Business and Accounting Processes, Risks and Controls (Fintech)

TL;DR

Internal Control Specialist (Fintech): Assessing, testing, documenting, and enhancing internal controls for business and accounting processes including Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Record-to-Report, treasury, and reconciliations with an accent on financial accuracy, operational consistency, and risk mitigation. Focus on identifying deficiencies, mapping end-to-end processes, conducting root cause analysis, and collaborating with Finance, Operations, and Product teams to ensure regulatory compliance and scalable governance.

Location: Remote

Company

Fintech unicorn reinventing payments with cutting-edge technology, AI-driven solutions, and rapid scaling ambitions.

What you will do

• Execute design and operating effectiveness testing for controls in P2P, O2C, R2R, financial close, treasury, reconciliations, revenue recognition, and billing.
• Conduct risk and control assessments for business and accounting processes, mapping risks in payments, merchant operations, financial reporting, fraud prevention, and third-party dependencies.
• Develop and maintain process narratives, flowcharts, control matrices, and SOPs aligned with products, regulations, and changes.
• Analyze control failures, perform root cause analysis, track remediation, and validate effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Accounting, FP&A, Payments, Operations, and Product teams to embed controls and promote awareness.
• Prepare dashboards, reports on control performance, track emerging risks, and drive process optimization and automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Finance, or related.
• Experience in Internal Controls, Audit, Operational Risk, Compliance, or Accounting in financial institutions, fintechs, or SOX-regulated companies.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial cycles, business process controls, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial documentation.
• Analytical skills for evaluating evidence, identifying weaknesses, and translating processes into clear narratives or flowcharts.
• Strong communication, proactive mindset, organization, and ability to manage priorities.

Nice to have

• Experience with SOX controls, documentation, walkthroughs, testing, and remediation.
• Familiarity with COSO, COBIT, ISO frameworks.
• Exposure to ERP systems, financial tools, BI dashboards, or reconciliation platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Strategic Compliance team partnering across Product, Finance, Operations, Legal, and Engineering for sustainable growth.
• Hands-on role in a control-aware culture scaling with rapid growth.
• Future focus on data analytics, automation, AI for reconciliations, anomaly detection, continuous monitoring, and control-by-design.