Job Description:
• Lead assessments of financial reporting risks and key business processes, including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report, payroll, inventory, and revenue recognition.
• Design, evaluate, and optimize process-level and entity-level controls, with a focus on accuracy, completeness, authorization, and segregation of duties.
• Translate accounting and operational risks into practical control recommendations aligned with management’s business objectives.
• Review and challenge management’s risk assessments, control narratives, and control rationales for sufficiency and audit-readiness.
• Lead all phases of client engagements, including planning, execution, staffing, quality assurance, and reporting.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, ensuring alignment with their risk management and compliance objectives.
• Partner with CFOs, Controllers, and Finance leaders to address financial reporting risk, audit readiness, and control maturity.
• Assist with sales efforts and contribute to expanding the GRC practice.
• Identify opportunities for additional services and value-added solutions.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members to support career growth and engagement quality.
• Foster a positive, collaborative work environment.
• Perform and oversee engagements such as SOX 404 advisory, financial and operational internal audits, SOC 1 examinations, business process reviews, and related compliance frameworks, with a strong emphasis on financial reporting risk and control effectiveness.
• Stay current on regulatory changes and industry best practices.
• Lead internal projects and contribute to continuous improvement of methodologies and processes.
• Approximately 30% travel required.
Requirements:
• 5+ years in public accounting or equivalent consulting/auditing experience
• Significant experience in financial statement audits, SOX 404, internal audit, or business process-focused compliance engagements, including hands-on involvement with:
• Financial reporting risks and assertions
• Process-level control design and testing
• Walkthroughs, risk/control matrices, and deficiency evaluation
• Demonstrated ability to exercise professional judgment in evaluating control design, control failures, and remediation sufficiency.
• Experience working directly with accounting close processes, financial systems, or ERP-driven controls.
• Ability to interpret accounting standards and audit concepts and apply them pragmatically in advisory engagements.
• Prior experience supporting external audit reliance or management remediation efforts.
• Undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance required; business or related field accepted with significant financial audit or SOX experience (minimum GPA of 3.3).
• Graduate degree preferred (Accounting). Equivalent work experience accepted in lieu of graduate degree.
• CPA required or willingness to obtain within 1 year of hire; other certifications (CISA, CRISC, CIPP, CISSP, CISM) a plus.
Benefits:
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on the first day of employment
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
• 401k with Profit Sharing
• 9+ holidays and discretionary time off structure
• Parental Leave – coverage for both primary and secondary caregivers
• Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with cash incentive upon completion
• Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group and individual performance
• Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales
• Top rated wellness program
• Flexible working environment including remote and hybrid options