**General information** **Ref #** 20773 **Remote?** No **Ally and Your Career** * Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too? **The Opportunity** The CFO Group Business Line Risk Senior Accountant will assist in the identification and mitigation of risk throughout the CFO Group including evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of Ally’s internal control environment and supporting management in establishing and maintaining a risk framework for the business line and to support other established risk processes within the CFO Group Business Line Risk function. The CFO Group Business Line Risk function primarily strives to evaluate the design and operational effectiveness of detective and preventative controls within processes that support both financial reporting and operational processes to foster a robust risk environment. The CFO Group Business Line Risk Senior Accountant will seek to understand of processes and business cycles, identifying and assessing risks and management’s controls, including but not limited to, those that support Ally’s SOX compliance. **The Work Itself** * Coordinate and lead process and control walkthroughs with management, which are intended to identify key risks in business activities, processes, and products to identify potential risks and evaluate the design of controls to reduce operational, compliance, financial, reputational and strategic risks * Recommend enhancements to internal control frameworks to reduce operational, compliance, financial, reputational and strategic risk exposure * Perform and conclude on the assessment of operating effectiveness for identified key controls in conjunction with testing deadlines * Work with management to identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies and the related risks, including qualitative improvements in control operations, to minimize deficiencies * Support the enterprise issue management program, which includes the capture and analysis of the root cause themes and risk rating of identified issues, performance of root cause cross-impact analysis, work with management in the development and review and challenge of formal issue action plans, and gather and review supporting evidence to support the completion of action plan steps * Educate and coach junior team members on the use of testing methodologies, requirements, and best practices, as well as potential review of their work * Evaluate the effective preparation of account reconciliations and provide feedback to various business lines * Build and foster relationships cross-functional teams (IT, operations, compliance, finance) to improve processes and ensure strong risk oversight * Coordinate and lead walkthrough debriefs and testing deliverables with both internal and external auditors * Prepare risk reports, dashboards, and metrics for senior management and governance committees * Identify and escalate emerging risks and issues to team managers in a timely and effective manner * Encourage a culture of risk awareness and accountability throughout the business line * Support the CFO Group Business Line Risk team with special ad hoc projects as needed **The Skills You Bring** * Bachelor's degree required; degree in Accounting, Finance, or related, preferred * CPA, CIA or equivalent, a plus * 3+ years previous work experience in accounting, auditing, risk, or related field * Experience with audit industry documentation standards (preparation of workpapers, flowcharting, narratives, walkthroughs, and control testing), is preferred * Demonstrated knowledge of internal control and risk concepts and auditing standards (controls-based testing experience, a plus) * Excel Proficiency - Advanced MS Excel skills including pivot tables & v-lookups * Detail-oriented and flexible, along with strong organizational, problem solving, and analytical skills * Demonstrate the ability to work independently and provide frequent updates to team managers on progress and potential issues * Ability to recognize opportunities for and initiate process improvements within the team and in business lines * Communicate effectively; both written and verbal, and across multiple teams * Financial Services experience, a plus \#LI-Hybrid **How We'll Have Your Back** * Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally’s total compensation - or total rewards - extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including: * Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting. * Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs. * Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially. * Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and childcare discounts. * Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs. Who We Are: Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com. Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law. Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered, if not currently employed by Ally. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. **_Base Pay Range:_** An individual's position in the range is determined by the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer. **Emerging:** 70000 **Experienced:** 95000 **Expert:** 120000 Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan