IT

IT SOX Coordinator

Posted on by Dianedelgadolemaire
Project Responsibilities:
  • Actively participates in company top 8 initiatives (e.g. Data Integrity, Dashboards, End-to-End Process Improvement, M&A) as advisor on processes and controls
  • Facilitates documentation of design of processes and User Acceptance Testing 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;
 
Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 responsibilities:
  • Work with Internal Audit to perform IT Audit testwork
  • Manage listing of application controls and production reports
  • 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
  • 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
  • Perform field visits
  • Follow through on management responses to internal and external auditor
Education/Training:
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required.
 
Job Knowledge/Experience:
  • A self starter that demonstrates strong leadership and success as a project manager with previous SOX compliance experience
  • Experience with Change Management including User Acceptance Testing required
  • Must be able to multi-task
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Minimum of 5 years accounting/IT/audit experience, 3 years of public accounting experience is a plus.
  • Strong analytical and root cause analysis capabilities; challenges the status quo
  • Strong process re-engineering, flowcharting, and data analysis background
  • Outstanding organizational skills
  • Proficient in MS Office such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access; Visio a plus
 
License(s):
CISA and or CPA preferred
 
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