An Internal Auditor examines records to determine the financial status of a company or organization. Inspects accounts and account books, prepares reports on the accuracy of internal financial records and accounting procedures. Specializes in internal audits of companies for report to the Board of Directors or other similar oversight body of the organization.
Senior Auditor Archon Resources - 4.0 Plano, TX Job Details Temp-to-hire 4 days ago Qualifications Internal controls SOX Bachelor's degree SOX compliance testing
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Hybrid Senior Auditor Position Type:
Contract -
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Depending on
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Plano, TX Job Summary:
Supervise, mentor, and develop staff auditors. Actively support department management in building the internal audit department from the ground up. Assist in the development of complex audit procedures, review staff-level audit work papers, and communicate audit results to process owners, control owners, and management. Ensure high-quality deliverables, value added recommendations and customer satisfaction. Monitor your own and project team's workload, prioritize activities, and achieve deadlines. Build strong working relationships throughout the company and within the internal audit team, including managing relationships with various levels of management, setting expectations and meeting/exceeding expectations. Regularly educate direct management on governance, risks, controls, and changes in the audit requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Execute duties as a high energy, performance-oriented and empowered team member. Execute against department policies and procedures, suggest improvements to department operations. Key contributor in developing and maintaining the Company's Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program. Develop Internal Audit/SOX project-level strategies, risk assessments, and project plans. Lead multiple and complex audits/projects simultaneously, including scope, resources, results, and reporting to management. Analytically review critical business processes, evaluating design and operational effectiveness of internal controls and identifying potential process improvement opportunities. Assess various risks and exposures of key business processes in the preparation of audit plans and programs. Create process maps of significant and complex financial, compliance and operational processes to identify potential internal control weaknesses and recommend opportunities for improvement. Prepare high-quality draft audit reports and present conclusions/recommendations to management. Oversee issue remediation follow-up to ensure issues are communicated to management and ensure that practical action plans are in place to resolve the root cause of the issue. Partner extensively with the independent auditors to ensure risk/control coverage, issue remediation, and delivery of IA work to reduce effort for process and control owners. Monitor current business/industry changes and new accounting and auditing pronouncements and apply that knowledge within processes and control environment. Provides innovative solutions, business insight and guidance to improve processes, controls and/or reduce cost. Other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field. Minimum three years of overall related experience; at least two years with a Big 4 accounting firm is preferred. Minimum two years of experience reviewing the work product of others. Advanced exposure to large, public company environments preferred. Hands on, deep knowledge of, and experience with, internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements, including the 2013 COSO Internal Control Integrated Framework. Superior analytical and problem-solving abilities. Strong organizational and communication skills, both oral and written. A high level of professionalism. Strong initiative and independent judgment. Flexible in a growing and evolving environment. Ability to work effectively across functional areas and with different levels of management. Identify and assess risks, and making recommendations for process improvements. Prior direct experience in an IPO environment a plus.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have Workday or similar ERP system experience, and intermediate-to-advanced skills using Microsoft® Office. Experience using audit software, such as ACL, IDEA, or TeamMate Analytics, a plus.
Certificates and Licenses:
Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license or candidate (parts passed) preferred; CIA or CISA certification is a plus.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Review employee work, as well as 3rd party vendors.
