As an Associate Director, Risk & Controls, you will be apart of our Risk & Controls department, which sits within Sony Music Entertainment (SME) Global Finance Group and based at 25 Madison Ave in New York.  With a heavier focus on internal controls over financial reporting, this full time position would be involved in a myriad of projects including but not limited to Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance (both IS&T and business controls management), business process and IT internal controls initiatives and governance, corporate audit issues & remediation management, business continuity and crisis management initiatives.  Additionally, you should be enthusiastic, able to multi-task, comfortable interacting with all levels of the business including our external auditors and Sony Corporations Internal Auditors (RCD), open to wearing multiple hats, a team player and have an overall interest in the financial operations of a music and entertainment company.

What you'll do:

  • Coordinate multiple testing cycles, including with IT team personnel, to accurately document, assess and test in-scope business and IT processes and key controls to provide executive management with a basis for their assessment that internal controls over financial reporting are operating effectively.
  • Provide a systematic, objective and independent assessment of the operations and internal controls within Sony Music. Recommend actions that are pragmatic and achievable, and partner with management to resolve deficiencies.
  • Provide a systematic, objective and independent assessment of the operations and internal controls within Sony Music. Recommend actions that are pragmatic and achievable, and partner with management to resolve deficiencies.
  • Interact with a wide variety of personnel to develop recommendations to remediate control deficiencies and play an active role in implementing the remediation plans and increase audit efficiencies, and drive process optimization focusing on IT operations, change management, logical security, interfaces and scheduled jobs for financial applications and their supporting technologies.
  • Supervise other team members and regularly mentor peers and less experienced team members to achieve these goals more effectively. Routinely provide feedback to team members and Senior Director to support professional development.  
  • Participate in special projects and company-wide initiatives to ensure potential control and process gaps are adequately addressed.

Who you are:

  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in, Information Systems, Accounting, Business, Finance or other appropriate academic major
  • At least 7 years of public accounting or relevant experience
  • CPA and or CISA is highly recommended
  • Strong understanding of internal controls and exposure to Sarbanes Oxley controls (i.e. information technology general controls and business controls) or other corporate governance requirements
  • Strong leadership skills, exceptional work ethic and drive for constant development of self and team
 

What we give you

  • You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey
  • A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork
  • An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching
  • Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans
  • We invest in your professional growth & development

Time off for a winter recess

Sony Music is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Apply for this Job

* Required
  
Attach Dropbox Google Drive Paste
  
Attach Dropbox Google Drive Paste

U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Information (Completion is voluntary)

Individuals seeking employment at Sony Music Entertainment US are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. You are being given the opportunity to provide the following information in order to help us comply with federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action record keeping, reporting, and other legal requirements.

Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

Race & Ethnicity Definitions

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Form CC-305

OMB Control Number 1250-0005

Expires 05/31/2023

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor required by law to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We are also required to measure our progress toward having at least 7% of our workforce be individuals with disabilities. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had a disability. Because a person may become disabled at any time, we ask all of our employees to update their information at least every five years.

Identifying yourself as an individual with a disability is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer will be maintained confidentially and not be seen by selecting officials or anyone else involved in making personnel decisions. Completing the form will not negatively impact you in any way, regardless of whether you have self-identified in the past. For more information about this form or the equal employment obligations of federal contractors under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

You are considered to have a disability if you have a physical or mental impairment or medical condition that substantially limits a major life activity, or if you have a history or record of such an impairment or medical condition.

Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Autism
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, or HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or hard of hearing
  • Depression or anxiety
  • Diabetes
  • Epilepsy
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, or irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual disability
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Nervous system condition for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, or Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Psychiatric condition, for example, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, or major depression

1Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. For more information about this form or the equal employment obligations of Federal contractors, visit the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.