Sr SOX Compliance Analyst OR SOX Compliance Consultant

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Sr SOX Compliance Analyst

Position Summary

Assist in managing Sarbanes - Oxley compliance. Assist company personnel in understanding and complying with the requirements associated with internal controls over financial reporting. For the suite of SAP applications, participate in reviewing risks, role changes and access requests within the Governance Risk and Compliance application.

Essential Responsibilities

Maintain and/or facilitate updates to Sarbanes - Oxley documentation including risk assessment, control activities, significant business process documentation including process maps, and compliance activities. Facilitate training to control owners or other relevant parties on an ad hoc basis.

Participate in quarter-end and year-end assessment of the control environment, including assessing, assisting in resolving complex problems and reporting on issues.

Participate in mitigation activities for special projects as assigned. Projects may include but are not limited to evaluating risk and implementing appropriate risk mitigation tools related to system implementations, upgrades or enhancements or process related changes, developing ad hoc reports and process improvement initiatives, including driving technology changes.

Participate in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) assessments of risks, changes to role and access.

May provide work direction and training to others (i.e., control owners, analysts, interns, etc.).

Minimum Requirements (Min:$73,700 | Max:$104,633)

Bachelor's degree in Accounting. MBA and/or CPA preferred.

The experience required for this position is one of the following:

Two years of auditing experience AND holds a Master’s degree or is a licensed CPA/has equivalent certification (CPA eligible); OR

Two years of IT auditing or IT controls integration experience; OR

Four years financial accounting and reporting or tax experience.

Demonstrated understanding of working knowledge of GAAP, SEC, FERC, PCAOB Sections 302, 404 and 906, DOL & ERISA accounting.

Experience with IT and/or systems related controls (preferably SAP) preferred.

Ability to communicate complex control issues and accounting and financial reporting items, organizational, communication/presentational and documentational skills.