Sustainability Controllership Specialist (Finance)

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity. 

Skills and Competencies

• A minimum of five years of relevant experience is required. Experience with technical accounting, controls, and sustainability matters is preferred
• Strong initiative and comfort working in an entrepreneurial, technology-driven environment with evolving requirements
• Experience developing, assessing, and documenting internal controls and data governance mechanisms to support regulated reporting
• Technical experience supporting regulatory implementations, including reviewing requirements, conducting gap assessments, and drafting reporting documentation
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams involved in reporting and compliance activities
• Ability to monitor regulatory developments, interpret requirements, and support scoping and impact assessments
• Willingness to learn and stay current on the evolving regulated sustainability reporting landscape

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a similar field is required

Responsibilities

• Support regulated environmental, social, and governance regulatory reporting through technical analysis, controls, and cross-team collaboration
• Execute against the regulated sustainability reporting disclosure framework and strategy, including reviewing regulatory requirements, conducting gap assessments, and drafting reports based on applicable requirements
• Identify, develop, and maintain process and control design documentation to support reporting compliance and assurance readiness
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to support compliance audits and respond to documentation or evidence requests
• Assess opportunities for continuous improvement and automation to strengthen and streamline environmental, social, and governance compliance processes
• Support data centralization, governance, and consistency of approach across global reporting jurisdictions
• Collaborate with Corporate Sustainability and other key stakeholders to align reporting approach, technical standards, and data governance expectations
• Track regulatory developments and support scoping, interpretation, and impact assessment activities

About the team
Our Sustainability Controllership team is responsible for leading regulated sustainability reporting. This includes key activities such as ensuring compliance and assurance readiness. The team helps Moody’s interpret evolving reporting requirements, strengthen data governance, collaborate with subject matter experts across the company, and promote consistent reporting approaches across global jurisdictions. By joining our team, you will support high-impact work at the intersection of sustainability reporting, regulatory compliance, data governance. 

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.