# Internal Control Analyst

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

You'll drive automation, AI, and data analytics-led SOX control testing across Ford's global process landscape , spanning multiple business units, geographies, and process areas , leveraging modern data analytics, automation enablement, and Generative AI tools to streamline "Smart Review" execution, eliminate manual testing effort, and enhance audit coverage.

## Responsibilities

- Independently execute SOX-mandated control testing across Ford's global process landscape, ensuring strict adherence to compliance timelines and quality benchmarks, applying sound professional judgment built from prior audit experience.

- Conduct data-driven "Smart Reviews",leveraging data analytics and AI-assisted pattern and anomaly detection where applicable,to proactively identify control gaps, process bottlenecks, and operational inefficiencies.

- Analyze manual control test steps, apply data analytics techniques to identify testing patterns and exceptions, and translate manual steps into automated workflows in partnership with transformation teams.

- Apply critical thinking to challenge surface-level explanations, evaluate control design effectiveness, and drive investigations to true root cause , including professionally challenging initial explanations to validate the actual root cause.

- Articulate complex control gaps, system workarounds, and root causes clearly to global process owners and senior stakeholders, including defending testing conclusions when challenged.

- Partner with local management, process owners, and global IC teams across time zones to design and implement sustainable remediation plans.

- Maintain and update Risk Control Matrices (RCMs) and process documentation, leveraging GRC platforms such as AuditBoard / Optro or similar GRC platforms.

- Provide guidance and quality review support to junior team members, drawing on depth of prior audit/IC experience.

- Maintain flexibility to support emerging management priorities, special project support, and executive reporting.

## Tools & Technology

- Data Analytics & Automation- Alteryx, Power BI, SQL and RPA concepts

- Generative AI - Copilot / ChatGPT-style assistants for drafting, summarization, and pattern analysis

- GRC Platform- AuditBoard / Optro or similar GRC platforms

## Selection Criteria

- Strong, hands-on foundation in internal controls, internal audit, risk frameworks, and statutory/internal audit methodologies, gained through 3–4 years of relevant experience.

- Demonstrated working experience using data analytics tools and techniques (e.g., Alteryx, Power BI, SQL) to analyze large datasets, identify trends/exceptions, and support control testing conclusions.

- Demonstrated working experience using AI tools for drafting, summarizing, analyzing control documentation, or applying AI/ML concepts to anomaly detection and pattern recognition.

- Hands-on experience with data-driven tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, or RPA concepts.

- Proven ability to analyze ambiguous situations, apply professional skepticism, identify root causes, and independently drive practical solutions , not just flag issues.

- Comfort with ambiguity; proven ability to pivot between structured testing and urgent, unstructured requests.

- Strong presentation and coordination skills; comfortable presenting findings to senior stakeholders and working with diverse global teams.

- Analytical mindset with curiosity to explore data patterns, automation, and AI-driven opportunities.

- Comfortable working with cross-functional, geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.

- Hands-on experience with Audit Board or similar GRC platforms.

## Skills

### Required
- Alteryx
- Power BI
- SQL
- RPA
- AuditBoard
- GRC platforms
- Data analytics
- AI tools
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Collaboration

### Nice to have
- Prior hands-on experience with AuditBoard/ Optro
- Demonstrated working experience using AI-enabled tools in an audit, controls, or compliance context

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