Manager, Financial Controls & Governance

Sponsor Financial Services (SFS) is seeking a highly analytical and governance-focused leader to establish and oversee the financial controls, monitoring, and governance framework across the SFS function. Reporting directly to the Director, Sponsor Financial Services, the Manager, Financial Controls & Governance will play a critical role in ensuring the integrity, completeness, and accuracy of financial and operational processes supporting sponsor billing, deposits, receivables, terminations, commission payments, and related financial activities.

• Design, implement, and continuously enhance the financial controls framework across all Sponsor Financial Services operations.
• Establish governance practices that ensure key financial processes operate effectively and consistently.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive inventory of operational controls, control owners, risk assessments, and remediation plans.
• Lead ongoing monitoring and validation of critical controls supporting sponsor related financial transactions.
• Identify control gaps, process deficiencies, and emerging risks, and drive corrective actions to resolution.
• Establish governance reporting that provides transparency to leadership on control effectiveness, deficiencies, remediation activities, and operational risks.

• Proactively assess the financial and operational impact of process changes, system enhancements, new products, and business initiatives.
• Partner with operational teams to ensure risks are identified, evaluated, and mitigated before implementation.
• Serve as a key escalation point for operational and financial control concerns.
• Lead root‑cause analysis for material operational incidents and control failures, developing sustainable corrective actions.
• Maintain oversight of high‑risk processes and ensure appropriate controls operate effectively.

• Develop a thorough understanding of the relationship between operational activities and financial accounting outcomes.
• Assess and challenge business processes to ensure financial transactions accurately reflect intended accounting treatment.
• Analyze operational activities and identify potential impacts to General Ledger accounts and other financial balances.
• Partner closely with Finance, Financial Integrity & Controls, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Risk Management teams to strengthen financial integrity and reporting accuracy.
• Ensure financial reporting implications are considered in all major operational decisions and process changes.

• Develop executive‑level dashboards and key risk indicators to support decision‑making and oversight.
• Identify trends, anomalies, emerging risks, and control exceptions through data analysis and monitoring activities.
• Provide meaningful insights and recommendations to senior leadership based on control performance and operational risk exposure.

• Champion a culture of accountability, governance, risk awareness, and continuous improvement throughout SFS.
• Influence stakeholders across multiple functions to drive process improvements and strengthen control effectiveness.
• Lead initiatives to simplify, standardize, and automate controls wherever possible.
• Provide thought leadership on governance best practices and financial controls management.
• Support internal and external audits, regulatory reviews, and management examinations.

• University degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• CPA designation strongly preferred; additional risk, audit, or governance certifications considered an asset.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in financial operations, controls, governance, audit, risk management, accounting, or financial oversight functions.

• Demonstrated experience designing and managing control frameworks within large, complex organizations.
• Strong understanding of financial processes, operational risk management, and accounting principles.
• Experience assessing financial impacts of operational processes and translating them into accounting and General…