Business Assurance Services Manager_USA

Title : Business Assurance Services Manager
Location: REMOTE
Duration:6 Months +
EQXJP00004520

Job Decription:
The Business Assurance Services Manager/Business Assurance Services Senior Analyst completes the Company's audit, risk assessment and process improvement activities. Clients Internal Audit department, known as Business Assurance Services (Client), enhances and protects organizational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight.
We are seeking a 6 month contract for a US based candidate to work as a Manager for the Client department who will perform risk-based audit, assurance and advisory activities. The position will assist in large, complex and highly visible engagements and develop strong working relationships with management.
The position requires a person adept in balancing the dual roles of independent, objective assurance provider and consultative business partner.

Responsibilities

• Perform the planning, fieldwork and reporting for operational and financial audits, including preparing audit planning memos, developing and executing test steps, reviewing and analyzing evidence, identifying and assessing risks and control issues, documenting work performed, composing summary memos, and drafting audit reports
• Become a trusted business advisor by developing business relationships and providing value-add assurance, advice and insight to management on governance, risk, compliance, control improvement matters, and key Company initiatives
• Work regularly and communicate effectively with employees at all levels of the organization to relay findings and recommendations, monitor and help drive remediation efforts to closure, advise on control requirements and improvements, and identify trends and insights
• Help create a collaborative, positive work environment with team members and internal customers
• Conduct work in an efficient and effective manner, monitoring and communicating adherence to project timelines and departmental budget
• One or more relevant professional certifications (CPA, CA, CIA, CFA, CISA, CISSP, CFE) is strongly preferred
• BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related degree

Qualifications and Competencies

• Strong proficiency in performing risk assessments and risk-based auditing, along with the ability to gain an understanding of complex business processes and systems through interview and documentation review, analyze data to identify trends and insights, assess whether controls are adequately designed and operating effectively, and identify and assess risks associated with business operations
• Ability to work in a fast moving, global, complex company environment, to easily adapt between working independently (with minimal direction) or collaboratively on a team (with various stakeholders and varied
• personalities), to be effective in new situations, and to work comfortably in ambiguity on unstructured projects and in a multi-tasking environment
• Team player focused on team cohesion and success; adept at building relationships across organizations; willingness and ability to lead projects as well as participate as member of project team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal) and ability to effect change through collaboration, professionalism, trust, credibility and influence
• Strong analytical skills with ability to quickly evaluate issues and creatively solve complex problems in a solutions-oriented environment

• Commitment to quality, willingness to challenge current practice and innovate, and continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to listen to understand and to bring a balanced perspective, while skillfully managing potentially contentious interactions and standing ground in the face of audit client or internal pressure
• Ambitious, flexible, proactive, rapid learner and responsive; possesses passion, energy, enthusiasm to drive results; action oriented; views challenges as opportunities; tenacious and focused
• No Travel is required-but could be a travel opportunity to Tampa for a week or 2- must be based in AMER timezone
• Minimum 5 years of audit experience; experience Big 4 or national firm external audit/consulting or internal audit

1 Experience in the external consulting forms AND/or internal auditing
2 Strong writing experience
3 Strong culture fit

Key Project Details
- Experience working for the big 4 for big audits
- Internal audit background is required
- Main skillset is that a audit experience is required
- Most auditors have an accounting background but it isn't required
- This is an operational audit
- Ideally, operational audit experience is required
- Operational audit
- Define objectives
- What are the risks
- Assess what controls they have in place
- Learning about an area of the business, define risks
- Managing tests, samples
- Reporting required
- Working with stakeholders to get approvals for changes
- Design evaluation
- Strong required skills
- Required: high emotional intelligence
- Add value to all teams in the business
- Cultural fit will be extremely important
- Work as part of a team
- Looking for someone with agility
- Project management skills
- Likely auditing the sustainability team and procurement team
- This is not a standard, regulatory audit
- Looking for someone that can ramp up quick
- Outgoing personality required
- Tech forward, need to be able to function within the
- Copilot experience
- Excel experience
- Risk assessment documentation

Poor Fit:
- Experience auditing in a regulated industry (like banking only)

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