Senior Auditor of Operations

Senior Auditor of Operations

Summary

Our valued client is looking to add a business controls consultant to their staff.  The business controls consultant will plan, organize, conduct, supervise and formally report on scheduled audit engagements that evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, within the COSO framework using a risk-based approach. Furthermore the candidate must also assist Risk Management in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) for key financial reporting controls within significant processes.

Responsibilities

? Manage engagements from planning stages (including identifying and assessing risks) through preparation of the final audit report.

? Work collaboratively with audit staff to develop and implement COSO risk based audit programs.

? Ensure all engagements are performed in conformance with professional standards and company and department policies and procedures.

? Work with auditor in charge to adequately plan engagements, develop engagement scope, programs, schedules, budgets and assignments.

? Analyze information to assess risk to the company including evidence of control deficiencies, duplication of effort, or lack of compliance with laws, government regulations, and management policies or procedures.

? Collaborates with appropriate levels of management to secure corrective action plans. 

? Conduct special studies for management that usually entail change implementation in the organization or areas of key concern to management such as pre-implementation activities or activities required to determine compliance with new contract provisions, laws or regulations

? Support the Company?s Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 certification process Actively support the developing the annual audit plan.

? Coach and develop audit staff through appropriate work assignments, mentoring, coaching, and training.

? Provide timely and value-added staff performance feedback and administer formal staff appraisals

Requirements

?  Bachelor?s degree required; CISA, CIA, CPA certifications preferred.

?  3-5 years of audit experience.

?  Ability to lead internal audit engagements, manage deployment of resources and develop staff.

?  Ability to conduct a COSO based risk assessment to drive audit coverage.

?  Ability to develop engagement level audit programs using a risk based approach.

?  Ability to respond to common inquiries from internal or external customers.

?  Ability to facilitate risk and control assessments.

?  Experienced with MS Office products.

?  Willing to travel (15%)

Preferred:

 

?   Ability to perform data analysis using tools such as ACL, MS Access, Excel, etc.

?   Two to three years experience with SOX testing (302 or 404 testing)

?   Risk analysis and assessment capabilities

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