Job Summary/Responsibilities:

Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 responsibilities:

• Conduct annual and ongoing significant account reviews and ensure testing is properly documented within SOX work papers
• Document Division specific key SOX controls and their related attributes/test descriptions, utilizing the standard SOX RCM
• Review/distribute/implement SOX guidance as it is issued, participate in global guidance update calls, and modify Division SOX program appropriately
• Provide testing status updates to SOX Core Team on a real-time basis
• Prepare write-ups of any new deficiency identified via management testing, and submit them (along with updates to existing items) to SOX Manager on a real-time basis
• Identify Division SOX training needs and participate/facilitate training
• Respond to the External Auditor meeting and documentation requests -liaise with the external audit contact directly to arrange SOX planning sessions, walkthroughs, and facilitate the integrated audit approach
• Establishes and communicates testing timeline with the divisions
• Manages and executes all aspects of test preparation, execution, and coordination with process owners
• Facilitates detailed review, executed by Controllers, of test results and test summary for completeness and accuracy
• Communicates testing support needs and data requests
• Manages status reporting and facilitates meetings to clarify test results, as needed
• Ensures testing project binders and all documentation is maintained
• Obtains first draft of remediation plans from Controllers (or process owners) and updates TOE results with plan, owner, and target remediation date
• Assists the divisions in documenting desk level procedures and system operating manuals
• Participates in the division forecasting, planning, and analysis process, as appropriate
• Perform field visits
• Follow through on management responses to internal and external auditor recommendations

 Project Responsibilities:

• Actively participates in company initiatives (eg. Data Integrity, Dashboards, End-to-End Process Improvement, M&A) as advisor on processes and controls
• Facilitates documentation of design of processes or acts as reviewer as appropriate
• Ensures action plans are established and tracked in key hotspot areas of concern
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects concurrently
• Identify opportunities for more efficient and effective business processes and controls;

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline required
• Minimum of 5 years accounting/audit experience, 3 years of public accounting experience is a plus
• A self starter that demonstrates strong leadership and success as a project manager with previous SOX compliance experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2007 or higher (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), Visio a plus
• Strong process re-engineering, flowcharting, and data analysis background
• Experience in building KPI/Dashboards that lead to strong entity level controls framework based upon new COSO guidance
• CPA preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required
• SEC background a plus
• Strong analytical and root cause analysis capabilities; challenges the status quo
• Solid organization and multitasking　skills
• Must be able to travel 　(20-25%) as needed

 

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