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Internal Control Specialist – Focus on Business and Accounting Processes, Risks and Controls

CloudWalk · Remote

AccountingRemoteQuick applyfull-time12 days ago

About The Role

  • At CloudWalk, Compliance is a strategic partner — not a blocker. We blend regulatory
  • expertise, business knowledge, technology, and risk intelligence to enable disruptive innovation
  • with integrity, safety, and resilience. We work across Product, Finance, Operations, Legal,
  • Engineering, and other teams to ensure CloudWalk grows sustainably and responsibly.
  • The Internal Control Areais responsible for strengthening CloudWalk’s governance,
  • maintaining consistent and reliable processes, and ensuring the company operates in alignment
  • with regulatory expectations and best practices.
  • We support the business in identifying risks, designing effective controls, testing process
  • reliability, and promoting a control-aware culture that scales with our rapid growth.
  • This role focuses onbusiness and accounting processes, ensuring financial accuracy,
  • operational consistency, and strong end-to-end process governance.

What You Will Be Doing

  • As an Internal Control Specialist focused on Business and Accounting Processes , you will
  • play a hands-on role in assessing, testing, documenting, and enhancing CloudWalk’s internal
  • control environment across Finance, Operations, Payments, Billing, Treasury, and other
  • business-critical areas.
  1. Execution of Business & Accounting Control Testing
  • Perform design and operating effectiveness testing for controls across:
  • Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C) / Payments lifecycle, Record-to-Report (R2R), Financial Close and Accounting processes, Treasury and cash management, Reconciliations and financial data integrity, Revenue recognition and billing
  • Evaluate evidence, validate process documentation, and ensure controls operate as
  • intended.
  • Identify deficiencies, document results, and track remediation plans.
  1. Risk & Control Assessments (Business and Finance Focus)
  • Support the execution of risk and control assessments for business and accounting
  • processes.
  • Map end-to-end processes, identify key risks, and evaluate the adequacy of controls.
  • Assist in ensuring processes reflect regulatory expectations and best practices for S3/S4
  • institutions.
  • Contribute to identifying risks related to:
  • Payment flows and settlements, Merchant operations, Financial reporting, Fraud prevention, Data accuracy and completeness, Third-party dependencies
  1. Process & Control Documentation
  • Develop and maintain process narratives, flowcharts, control matrices, and standard
  • operating procedures.
  • Ensure documentation remains aligned with evolving products, regulations, and
  • organizational changes.
  • Work with Accounting, Finance, Operations, and Product teams to ensure accuracy.
  1. Incident & Deficiency Follow-Up (Business Control Perspective)
  • Support analysis of control failures related to financial or business processes.
  • Conduct or assist with root cause analysis (RCA) to identify underlying issues.
  • Track corrective action plans and validate remediation effectiveness.
  1. Collaboration with Finance, Operations & Product Teams
  • Work cross-functionally to embed control requirements into business processes.
  • Partner with Accounting and FP&A to support financial reporting accuracy.
  • Collaborate with Payments and Operations teams to ensure safe and scalable operational
  • flows.
  • Promote awareness and understanding of internal controls across the organization.
  1. Governance, Reporting & Continuous Improvement
  • Assist in preparing dashboards and management reports on control performance.
  • Track key themes, systemic issues, and emerging risks in business and accounting
  • processes.
  • Identify opportunities for process optimization, automation, and enhanced control design.

What You Need to Succeed

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering,
  • Finance, or related areas.
  • Experience in Internal Controls, Audit (internal or external), Operational Risk,
  • Compliance, or Accounting within financial institutions, fintechs, or SOX-regulated
  • companies.
  • Experience with SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) controls, documentation standards,
  • walkthroughs, testing methodologies, and deficiency remediation is a strong
  • advantage.
  • Familiarity with internal control and governance frameworks (COSO, COBIT, ISO, etc.)
  • is a plus.

Technical Skills

  • Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial cycles, and business process
  • controls.
  • Ability to evaluate reconciliations, journal entries, accounting estimates, and financial
  • documentation.
  • Experience analyzing process evidence and identifying control weaknesses.
  • Strong documentation and analytical skills; ability to translate complex processes into
  • clear narratives or flowcharts.
  • Previous exposure to ERP systems, financial tools, BI dashboards, or reconciliation
  • platforms is beneficial.

Soft Skills

  • Analytical, detail-oriented, and curious mindset.
  • Strong communication skills with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
  • Proactive, organized, and capable of managing multiple priorities.
  • Hands-on mindset with high ownership.
  • The future we see
  • As CloudWalk grows, Internal Controls will increasingly leverage data analytics, automation, and AI to enhance process reliability and financial accuracy.

You will contribute to initiatives such as

  • Automated reconciliations
  • Data-driven anomaly detection
  • Continuous monitoring of key financial metrics
  • Improved governance over financial reporting and operational flows
  • Control-by-design embedded into business processes and system.

This role is ideal for professionals passionate about combining financial expertise, process improvement, and risk-conscious decision-making to support the future of a fast-scaling fintech

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