Senior Financial Controls Compliance (SOx) Analyst (f/m/d) Germany

SIGNA Sports United (“SSU”) is a NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) listed specialist online sports retail company based in Berlin, Germany. We own companies and brands in various sports including bikes, tennis, outdoor and team sports. We sell equipment and apparel via our 100 own online stores, collaborate with 500+ independent brick and mortar shops, and partner with over 1000 sports brands. Together we serve 7+ million customers around the world.

We are a ground-breaking online sports company with ~4,000 experts, specialists, innovators and entrepreneurs. We are on a journey to reinvent the industry and push the boundaries of what sports companies can do. SSU and its businesses in bike, tennis, outdoor and team sports gives us scope for collaboration, learning and growth. Every day brings new opportunities. This is what it means to be part of SSU.

Job Objective

As the Senior Financial Controls Compliance (SOx) Analyst you will support the SSU Risk and Compliance team in building a structured and consistent group-wide Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICoFR) framework, as well as perform management testing across various international subsidiaries in Germany, UK, France and US.

The part you’ll play

• Assist with controls rationalization, scoping, and optimization process.
• Participate in walkthrough discussions with internal and external business partners.
• Effectively prioritize assigned SOX testing with a adherence to established timelines.
• Assist in the summarization and evaluation of test results, allowing senior management the ability to easily assess the company's control environment over financial reporting.
• Provide support to the deficiency reporting and remediation process.
• Work on projects assigned with cross functional teams with the business and finance.
• Support GRC tool maintenance and enhance reporting automation.

What you’ll bring to the team

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or similar field.
• 2 - 3 years' experience with SOX 404 compliance and internal controls evaluation that followed a controls framework, including all phases of evaluation, documentation, testing and remediation.
• Ability to apply review comments and learnings to future work.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficient process facilitation, project management and analytical skills.
• Highly effective communication skills, including the demonstrated ability to interact collaboratively with staff at varying levels of the organization to achieve successful outcome.
• Hands-on mentality.
• Passion for Sports and Tech is very welcomed!

What you need to know

• Work with a passionate team.
• Permanent employment contract.
• 30 days of vacation each year.
• 10 days working from abroad.
• Flexible, hybrid working model.
• Best possible view from the 30th floor in the Upper West in Berlin Charlottenburg.
• Employee discounts in our own shops and from a wide range of partners.
• Frequent office lunch and team events.
• Employee Assistance programme with access to mental wellbeing trainings and professional coaching services for you and your family members.
• 40 EUR public transport subsidy.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
We at SIGNA Sports United believe that our team-spirit burns brightest when we're together. We also believe in flexible working models. As such, we provide a place for you to come, work and collaborate in any of our offices in the country you are employed in. And of course, you can work from home if needed.

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