SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, INTERNAL CONTROLS ​

Nike Trading Company

Today, the opportunities for growth across NIKE, Inc.’s business portfolio offer more potential than ever. Nike Finance employees play a key role in that progress by identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to drive value for every Nike shareholder. They manage accounting and reporting for Nike’s multi-billion-dollar global investment portfolio, debt and equity instruments, and other Treasury activities. They strategize, forecast, audit, analyze, budget, research and lead important decisions. Across Nike’s diverse geographies and businesses, Finance employees deliver far more than just the numbers.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As the Senior Accountant, Internal Control for NIKE Trading Company B.V. Singapore Branch and NIKE Global Trading B.V Singapore Branch (‘Trading Company’), you will be part of the Internal Controls team that is responsible for leading the efforts to elevate an effective internal control environment and to ensure compliance with regulations, accurate financial reporting, operational efficiency and sharing of best practices. This is an individual contributor role, directly reporting to Internal Controls Manager in Trading Company Finance, Controls & Compliance.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Business Insights

• Partner with business to identify risks, or gaps in the processes to mitigate such as ICFR (Internal Control over Financial Reporting) exposure.

• Support Internal Controls Manager in projects and initiatives: building process maps, identifying and evaluating risks, and implementing corresponding mitigating control points to ensure the controls environment is robust and meets controls and compliance requirements.

Business Excellence

• Lead the planning, execution through reporting of the integrated audit and management testing. Communicate timelines and deliverables to facilitate interaction among control owners and auditors. Track and communicate testing exceptions and status

• Prepare and submit timely and accurate regular reporting requirements to Global Controlling, Finance Governance + Controls.

• Partner with business to ensure that the efficiency in processes are in compliance with policies.

• Evaluate and ensure SOX controls accurately reflect the existing processes and are timely updated in Nike’s controls tool (ServiceNow) for any changes in the processes and operating model.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will collaborate closely with Finance & cross-functional partners across a diverse set of teams. Because the nature of the work revolves around business processes and controls you will partner with your finance peers on a consistent basis as well as well as additional teams when applicable.

Primary business partners will include NIKE peers with Global Controlling teams, Geography Controlling teams and process owners in various functions. You will also liaise with external auditor and consultant.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent professional qualification, preferably with CPA or equivalent professional qualification

• Knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, local GAAP and SOX required

• Min. 4 years of accounting experience with the big 4 and large MNCs in addition to experience in SOX and internal controls

• Experience in ERP systems though SAP experience is highly preferred

• Ability to understand and anticipate how changes in accounting standards and business environments impact controls.

• Ability to work collaboratively with multi-cultural business partners and stakeholders across Geo/ WHQ, and work effectively within cross-functional teams

• Ability to work with ambiguity and be able to forge a common direction for the team despite the unknown.

• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Visio, ARIS, and Outlook with ability to deploy them effectively for analysis reporting, presentation and process-flow improvement

• Strong communication skills with ability to bring across complex concepts succinctly to broad and diverse stakeholders

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, protected veteran status, or disability. NIKE is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call +1 503-671-4156 and let us know the nature of your request, your location and your contact information.