This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Assume complete responsibility for designated business process SOX areas and oversee the entire SOX lifecycle.

• Strategically plan and carry out Tests of Design (TOD) and Tests of Operating Effectiveness (TOE) independently.

• Develop, revise, and meticulously manage audit documentation, which includes process flowcharts, risk and control matrices, testing attributes, and workpapers.

• Support the annual SOX scoping and risk assessment efforts by analyzing both qualitative and quantitative materiality.

• Provide guidance on internal controls during the implementation of new systems and significant process modifications.

• Collaborate with business process leaders, individual contributors, the compliance team, and external auditors.

• Detect control deficiencies, assess related risks, evaluate remediation strategies, and escalate issues when necessary.

• Coordinate external-auditor walkthroughs, testing, and requests for evidence.

• Enhance internal audit practices through ongoing improvements and agile audit methodologies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related business discipline.

• Over 5 years of pertinent audit experience, ideally combining Big 4 public accounting with in-house BP SOX experience at a publicly traded firm.

• A valid professional certification is mandatory (CPA or CIA).

• Strong practical knowledge of SOX 404 requirements, the COSO framework, annual scoping methodologies, and US GAAP standards.

• Demonstrated capacity to independently conduct TOD/TOE and prepare thorough risk and control matrices, process narratives, and process flowcharts.

• Outstanding stakeholder management abilities with the skill to influence cross-functional leaders and foster accountability.

• High level of empathy, emotional intelligence, and effective communication skills to clearly convey complex control requirements to non-technical process owners.

• Experience in auditing or providing advice on system implementations and standard SaaS financial ERPs is highly desirable.