Internal Control Manager

Job title: Internal Control Manager

Role Purpose

The Finance Manager, Internal Controls will provide hands-on regional internal controls support for Corning Optical Communications in Asia. This role will help ensure the control environment scales with business growth, new manufacturing activity, system implementations, contract manufacturing activity, and increasing transaction volume.

This role will help operate the regional controls cadence, perform monitoring activities, review control evidence, support SOX and audit readiness, track remediation, and partner with local teams to strengthen control execution. The role is intended to build local capability and provide in-region support.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform and coordinate regional internal controls monitoring across Corning Optical Communications locations in Asia.

• Support SOX readiness, control execution, evidence quality, audit support, and remediation tracking across regional sites and processes.

• Review control evidence, identify documentation or process gaps, and follow up with process owners to drive timely remediation.

• Coordinate regional account reconciliation, close-task, recurring monitoring, and control documentation activities.

• Execute selected monitoring procedures over higher-risk processes.

• Support internal and external audit planning, walkthroughs, sample gathering, evidence review, remediation tracking, and management responses.

• Support control readiness for system and process changes, including system implementations, access / SOD, master data, opening balances, reporting, process design, and evidence retention.

• Partner with plant controllers, regional finance, operations, IT, Shared Services, Supply Chain, and Internal Controls leadership to identify and remediate control gaps.

• Prepare and maintain regional issue and remediation trackers with owners, due dates, evidence requirements, and escalation items.

• Provide regional training and coaching on internal controls, reconciliations, close tasks, certification, system controls, and audit evidence expectations.

• Review new or changing business processes for control design.

• Communicate significant control, audit, certification, or financial reporting risks to regional and COC Internal Controls leadership with practical recommendations.

• Help build local control capability and promote consistent control execution across Asia.

• Experiences/Education - Required

• Minimum 6+ years of relevant experience in finance, controllership, external audit, internal audit, internal controls, SOX, or financial accounting.

• Experience supporting internal controls, SOX readiness, audit requests, remediation tracking, or financial reporting control activities.

• Experience reviewing control evidence, account reconciliations, close tasks, process documentation, or audit support.

• Experience identifying process gaps, documentation issues, control deficiencies, or financial reporting risks and following up with process owners to drive resolution.

• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders across Finance, Operations, IT, Shared Services, Supply Chain, or related business teams.

• Experience managing multiple priorities, recurring deadlines, issue follow-up, evidence requests, and documentation requirements.

• Experience communicating issues, risks, and recommendations clearly to finance or business leadership.

• Experiences/Education - Desired

• Experience in manufacturing finance, plant controllership, regional controllership, or complex operational finance processes.

• Experience with SAP or other ERP systems in a manufacturing or plant finance environment.

• Experience supporting system implementations, process changes, access / segregation of duties, master data, opening balances, or reporting readiness.

• Experience with internal or external audit walkthroughs, evidence requests, sample support, management responses, and remediation closure.

• Experience with process improvement, recurring monitoring, dashboarding, Power BI, Excel-based analytics, or other digital tools.

• Experience working across regions, cultures, and time zones.

• Experience coaching local finance or process owners on control expectations, evidence quality, issue remediation, or audit readiness.

• CPA, CIA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.

• Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment.