Management Control Auditor

Finance and Records employees work with management to ensure that controls are adequate to safeguard the assets of the Church against theft, unauthorized use, or waste, and to perform essential work in a simple and affordable way.

As an expert professional, Management Control Auditors 2 are to identify and fix complicated business problems. This requires a firm understanding of complex business processes and information technology systems and related controls. They are expected to be internal control and process experts who possess organizational, interpersonal, and project management skills. They are also expected to exercise wise judgment. They are expected to possess the skills and the attributes of a competent area controller and help ensure the following: (1) risks related to the Church's mission are addressed proactively; (2) adequate internal controls exist; (3) defalcations are reduced; and (4) their area receives cleaner audit reports.

Management control auditors 2 work with management to ensure that adequate internal controls exist to protect sacred resources, strengthen leadership, and provide accurate accounting and financial reporting. They work with management to proactively identify, document, and reduce risks to support the Church�s overall mission. This requires a firm understanding of Church policy and standards, department processes and systems, and related controls. They are expected to be a highly professional and competent resource who possess organizational, interpersonal, and project management skills. They exercise wise judgement and possess the skills and attributes of a competent area controller.

• Proactively address significant risks in the area relating to the Church�s overall mission.
• Work with the controls committee to prioritize these risks and develop plans to: (1) monitor and report on key internal controls, and (2) improve process efficiency and effectiveness.
• Work with operational management to improve process efficiency and effectiveness.
• Oversee, train, and support the work of other management control auditors (when more than one exists within an area).
• Create in-depth process maps to support both an understanding of current process status and support improvement efforts such as systems implementations.
• Act as a project manager for process improvement projects, when appropriate.
• At the direction of the controller, perform investigations into sensitive matters that are performed in a professional and discrete manner.
• Communicate and present to senior financial and operational management in a professional manner.
• Ensure adequate internal controls exist.
• Ensure the Church organization is compliant with relevant regulation and legislation.
• Reduce defalcations and other losses and perform investigations into sensitive matters in a confidential and professional manner.
• Clear Church Audit Department audit action items on a timely basis and receive cleaner audit reports in subsequent years.
• Complete any other tasks as assigned by the area controller.
• Work with larger, more complex issues and functions and may act as a lead and mentor to other management control auditors.

• Work with outside audit firms to audit financial statements and includes preparation of those financial statements. 

• A significant responsibility will be to help coordinate regulatory compliance issues, working closely with the Office of General Counsel to ensure compliance, particularly as it relates to financial issues across multiple countries.

• Job responsibilities will likely include non-finance related tasks, with a requirement to pitch in where needed in a small office environment. 

• Evening meetings will be required when coordinating with Headquarters

• The incumbent must be willing to live in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

• Completion of a university (post-secondary) degree in accounting, finance, or related business field.
• Must have at least 10 years of related experience, (advanced post-graduate degree may count towards years of experience).
• Expected to have the skills and attributes of a competent area controller.
• Has required industry-recognized certification such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
• English proficiency.
• Ability to identify and fix complicated business problems.
• Firm understanding of complex business processes and information technology systems and related controls.
• Expertise in reviewing, developing, or implementing internal controls and processes, similar to a department or area controller.
• Organizational, interpersonal, and project management skills, and exercises wise judgment.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to interface with and retain the respect of senior Church leadership and management.
• Be able to effectively lead and mentor to other management control auditors 1 or financial analysts.

• Master's degree in accounting, finance, or related business field.
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Country-specific Preferred Qualifications:
  • Japan: CPA, CIA, Certified Tax Accountant (CTA), Bookkeeping Certificate, Class1
  • Korea: CPA, CMA, CTA
  • Mongolia: CPA, CMA, CTA