Senior SOX Analyst

Senior SOX Analyst
Onsite: Plano, Texas 75024
Pay Range: $70.00-$73.00 hourly
6-month contract
Full-Time W2 position

Job Description:

• Senior SOX Analyst

Client is looking for:

• Client's SOX Program Management Office (SOX PMO) team is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Senior SOX analyst candidate.
• The primary responsibility of this role is to facilitate the annual assessment of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting stand-alone SEC reporting and as a subsidiary..
• Reporting to the Manager SOX Compliance, the person in this role will support the client SOX compliance department's objective to ensure financial reporting compliance.

Candidates will be doing:

• Execution of Annual SOX Audit
• Facilitate the assessment of control effectiveness for respective business units; work with process owners as needed to implement/modify controls to mitigate risk
• Assist processes owners in documentation of processes, controls, process flow and data flow documentation.
• Assist process owners in the identification of risks and design of controls
• Plan and coordinate SOX walkthroughs and testing performed by Internal and External Audit
• Coordinate with departmental SOX liaisons to ensure process consistency, consolidate status, and identify items for escalation
• Meet with process owners to understand business processes and changes to control the environment
• Provide support for key SOX stakeholders (process owners, Internal Audit, External Audit, and senior management)
• Oversee document repository and adherence to retention policies
• Support quarterly sub-certification process

Deficiency Identification and Remediation:

• Lead efforts to research testing exceptions and deficiency identification
• Perform root cause analysis with process owners to identify the source of deficiencies.
• Coordinate and lead remediation efforts for respective business units; develop action plans and monitor efforts for remediation.
• Prepare deficiency reporting for upper management and including analysis for potential financial impact.
• Perform continuous improvement efforts to ensure the design of controls is improved to mitigate the risk of fraud, human error, and other design deficiencies.

Communication, Coordination & Training:

• Ensure ongoing communication with process owners for key SOX deliverables and support ongoing operation of controls.

Special Projects:

• Assist/lead special projects with financial reporting impact.
• Serve as subject matter expert for financial reporting risks and controls.

Qualifications/ What candidates bring (Must Haves) - Highlight Top 3 to 5 skills

• Four-Year College Degree (BA or BS] - Accounting (business/finance) Audit background
• 5 to 10 Years of relevant work experience - min of 5 yrs
• Familiarity with Audit, Sarbanes Oxley, COSO, GRC methodologies and frameworks
• Strong written and oral communication
• Strong analytical skills, initiative; ability to multi-task
• Ability to develop strong partnerships and influence people
• Ability to work with ambiguous or changing work situations, tasks, assignments
• Ability to quickly learn new applications or software tools
• A high degree of organizational skills with the ability to work in a deadline driven environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams
• Visio or other process flow software
• Attention to detail and provide accurate data
• Work collaboratively with team members
• Meet regular performance expectations

Added bonus if candidates have (Preferred):

• Advance degree (Master of Accounting / MBA)
• CPA / CIA / CFE
• Financial Services, banking, or automotive industry experience.
• Archer Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Software
• These questions are a mandatory to be answered and should be included in the resumes

• Remote/On-site/Hybrid: Initially, 100% remote, will share later as per the next updates regarding coming on site. 4 days a week and Friday being an optional depends on business need.
• Local or non-local: Local candidates' only
• Working hours: Standard 8/9 to 5/6 CDT - 8 hours/day and 40 per week
• Duration: 6-months
• Bachelor's degree: Mandatory in Accounting and Finance
• Experience level: 5 or more years

RM notes based on client's conversation with the hiring manager:

• Four-Year College Degree (BA or BS] - Accounting (business/finance) Audit background
• Experience in internal controls and compliance with SOX is very imp - Must have
• Candidate must have an aptitude, reasoning, and data organization skills - Must Have
• Candidate must have knowledge/experience in audit background, experience - Must have
• Candidate must have strong experience in MS suite - Must have
• Candidate must have good experience in Lucid flowchart - Must have
• Someone who is self-motivator and self-starter - Must have
• Expertise in the SOX field and Survey SOX - Must have
• Help and Review in making proper Audit reports - Must have
• Big 4 - Nice to have

Important Note:

• This is not an it audit role, nor the resource is going to deal with it general controls.
• Client is looking for someone who has strong internal controls experience as the resource will be working with business internal controls.
• Please get answers to the questions given below during your screenings with the candidates and add them in the submission emails below candidates' summary.
• Client is not going to submit any candidate if you/candidate failed to provide those answers.
• What business process(es) has the candidate worked on?
• What types of business process controls have they worked on?
• Can the candidate provide specific examples of business process controls reviewed/audited?
• What control support would the candidate request / expect to receive to exemplify control execution for the examples?
• If the candidate most recently managed a team, is the candidate willing, wanting, and able to be hands as this analyst role is all hands on, digging in, doing the work, and will not be supervising anyone?
• Does the candidate have direct experience coordinating/writing narratives, compiling flowcharts and controls for new processes or processes in development? existing processes? if yes, please briefly explain, include type of documentation (narr/flowchart/controls), steps undertaken, duration of project, complexity/challenges encountered, etc.

Pay Range: $70.00- $73.00

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by appliable state or localities where you reside or work.
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