Accountant II - CFO Group Business Line Risk

General information

Career area Accounting Work Location(s) 500 Woodward Avenue, MI Remote? No Ref # 20770 Posted Date 09-18-25 Working time Full time

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?
Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity

The CFO Group Business Line Risk Accountant II will assist in the identification and mitigation of risk throughout the CFO Group including evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of Ally’s internal control environment and supporting management in establishing and maintaining a risk framework for the business line and to support other established risk processes within the CFO Group Business Line Risk function. 
The CFO Group Business Line Risk function primarily strives to evaluate the design and operational effectiveness of detective and preventative controls within processes that support both financial reporting and other operational processes to foster a robust risk environment. 
The CFO Group Business Line Risk Accountant II will seek to understand processes and business cycles, identifying and assessing risks and management’s controls, including but not limited to, those that support Ally’s SOX compliance. 

The Work Itself

• Coordinate the performance of process and control walkthroughs with management, which are intended to identify key risks in processes and evaluate the design of related mitigating controls
• Perform and conclude on the assessment of operating effectiveness for identified key controls in conjunction with testing deadlines
• Work with management to identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies and the related risks, including qualitative improvements in control operations, to minimize deficiencies
• Monitor the status of management’s action plans for identified issues to support the timely validation of remediation activities and closure of issues
• Evaluate the effective preparation of account reconciliations and compliance with enterprise policies and provide feedback to owners in various business lines
• Coordinate walkthro