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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 KPMG meeting and documentation requests – liaise with KPMG 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 top 8 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;
Build internal systems knowledge and manage other on-going division related projects;
Participates in the division forecasting, planning, and analysis process, as appropriate;
Some travel (20-25%) as needed
Education/Training:
Job Knowledge/Experience:
A self starter that demonstrates strong leadership and success as a project manager with previous SOX compliance experience
Excellent communication skills
Minimum of 5 years accounting/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
ERM experience a plus
Experience in building KPI/Dashboards that lead to strong entity level controls framework based upon new COSO guidance
SEC background a plus
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