Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer
Breeze Airways™
Senior Manager, Risk Advisory
CFGI
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
About the role
- Leads multiple concurrent SOX projects in various maturity stages (new implementation, recurring projects, and limited/defined scope projects)
- Executes projects with minimal supervision and sets realistic deadlines with clients and internal teams
- Acts as principal point of contact for clients and CFGI leadership on projects
- Schedules and manages teams/individuals of various staff levels based on project needs and scope
- Manages workloads to meet project milestones and deliver work on-time and on-budget
- Actively manages project budgets; evaluates budgetary assumption changes and obtains client approval for additional services
- Ensures team member timecards are submitted timely and accurately; reviews budget-to-actuals and invoices
- Communicates project status frequently via email, phone, virtual meetings, and/or in person to clients and project Partner
- Drafts and reviews control design language, flowcharts, narratives, and IPE; determines systems and application scoping
- Performs sampling, testing, and deficiency evaluations in line with advanced methodologies
- Reviews SOC-1 Type II reports and conducts CUEC mapping including sub-service organizations
- Applies working proficiency in IT General Controls and compliance with SEC, PCAOB, and AICPA standards
- Leads by example, provides constructive feedback, identifies development opportunities, and is responsible for team morale
Requirements
- 8 - 10 years of direct, client service/ client facing experience in commercial audit, risk advisory, or technical accounting
- Minimum 6 years at a Big Four or a large national firm
- Undergraduate degree in accounting or similar field from an accredited university
- CPA and/or MBA combined with solid accounting experience are preferred but not required
- Strong project management skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage multiple requests
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities
- Exceptional virtual and in-person executive presence
- Entrepreneurial nature; self-motivated, ethical, and dependable
- Ability to understand client service pressures and accommodate occasional unpredictable working hours and travel
- Fluency in implementing SOX for newly public companies, including design of age/stage appropriate controls and remediation of gaps and deficiencies
- Expert proficiency in drafting and reviewing control design language, flowcharts, narratives, IPE, and system/application scoping
- Advanced understanding of Big 4 sampling, testing, and deficiency evaluation methodologies
- In-depth experience reviewing SOC-1 Type II reports and relevant CUEC mapping, including sub-service organizations
- Working proficiency and understanding of IT General Controls, SEC guidance related to SOX requirements, PCAOB, and AICPA audit standards
