Senior Associate - Business SOX

Responsibilities

• Supervise, plan and perform procedures around SOX for Internal Audit support engagements and various consulting client engagements and provide support around assessments for financial statement audit clients
• Lead a team of staff members under supervision of a Manager and/or Partner • Demonstrate an understanding of basic and moderately complex workpaper preparation
• Analyze control activities and supporting documentation and draw logical conclusions
• Exercise professional skepticism in the critical assessment of audit evidence
• Identify, assess, and document controls and weaknesses in client accounting systems
• Thoroughly evaluate assigned areas of controls testing and identify potential points for improvement
• Develop understanding of client businesses related to assigned assurance areas
• Know and apply specialized knowledge, rules, regulations, and code of ethics of the AICPA
• Perform timely review of staff workpapers and provide constructive feedback
• Perform some management duties, including: second review of workpapers, directly report to Partner and attend board/client presentations/meetings, wherever possible

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Management Information Systems (MIS), Information Technology, or related field
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in public accounting in audit or assurance
• Demonstrate knowledge of information technology and systems
• Experience in supervising staff professionals
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to identify internal control deficiencies and document management letter comments for purposes of communicating deficiencies and weaknesses to clients
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat Engagement