Manager, Financial Reporting Controls
- Regina, SK, Canada
Full-time
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Manager, Financial Reporting Controls Regina Office Permanent Appointment
Job Summary:
The Manager, Financial Reporting Controls is responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously enhancing the WCBs Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework. This role provides strategic leadership and oversight of the WCBs financial reporting control environment, ensuring the integrity, reliability, and transparency of financial reporting processes. The Manager partners with Finance, Information Technology, Internal Audit, and business leaders to identify and mitigate financial reporting risks, strengthen governance practices, support regulatory and audit requirements, and foster a culture of accountability and control ownership across the organization. The position serves as the WCB's subject matter expert for ICFR and provides leadership with independent insight into the effectiveness of financial reporting controls, emerging risks, remediation activities, and opportunities for continuous improvement. The Manager also ensures that the ICFR framework remains responsive to organizational, technological, and regulatory changes and supports informed decision-making through a strong and sustainable control environment.
Qualifications:
A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation and a Bachelors degree from an accredited post-secondary institution in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline.
A minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in:
Lead and support organization-wide internal control, financial reporting, audit, or risk management initiatives. Apply knowledge of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR), the COSO Framework, financial statement assertions, and applicable accounting standards. Assess risks, evaluate control effectiveness, identify deficiencies, and develop practical recommendations to strengthen governance and financial reporting processes. ...
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Responsibilities
The Manager will lead the WCB's financial reporting controls, assess risks, and oversee remediation of control gaps. The role works with Finance, IT, Internal Audit and business leaders to strengthen governance and build control ownership across the organization.
Requirements
Candidates need a CPA designation, a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business, and five years of progressive experience in internal control, financial reporting, audit or risk management. Knowledge of ICFR, the COSO framework and accounting standards is essential.
Skills
- Internal control over financial reporting (ICFR)
- COSO Framework
- Financial statement assertions
- Accounting standards
- Risk assessment
- Control effectiveness evaluation
- Deficiency identification and remediation
- Governance
- Audit coordination
- Stakeholder engagement
- Leadership
- Continuous improvement
- Regulatory compliance
- Financial reporting
Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Government & Public Sector
- Insurance
Keywords
- ICFR
- internal control over financial reporting
- COSO
- financial reporting controls
- internal audit
- risk management
- CPA
- accounting standards
- financial statement assertions
- governance
- compliance
- audit
- Regina
- workers' compensation
- public sector
Seniority
Manager
Licences and certifications
- CPA
Languages
- English
Fields of study
- Accounting
- Finance
- Business Administration