CFGI

Risk Advisory - Senior Manager

CFGI

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

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 by more senior individuals.
  • Sets realistic deadlines with the client and internally with the team.
  • Seen as the principle point of contact by the client and CFGI leadership for each project.
  • Schedules and manages teams/individuals of various staff level(s) based upon project need and scope.
  • Effectively manages the workload of the various teams/individuals, while making progress towards project milestones to deliver work on-time and on-budget.
  • Actively manages project budgets and evaluates whether there have been changes to budgetary assumptions; obtains client approval to perform any additional services in advance of incurring time.
  • Ensures the team member timecards are submitted timely and accurately; responsible for the review of budget-to-actuals and review of invoices.
  • Communicates project status frequently (via email, phone, virtually, and/or in person) to the client and to the project’s Partner.
  • Fluency in implementing SOX for newly public companies, including the design of age/stage appropriate controls, providing practical guidance and controls implementation and the management of/remediation of gaps and deficiencies.
  • Expert proficiency in drafting and reviewing control design language, flowcharts, narratives, IPE, and determining system(s) and application(s) scoping.
  • Advanced understanding of Big 4 sampling, testing, and deficiency evaluation methodologies.
  • In-depth experience in the review of SOC-1 Type II reports and relevant CUEC mapping, including sub-service organizations.
  • Working proficiency and understanding of IT General Controls, SEC guidance as it pertains to the SOX requirements for different filer types, PCAOB, and AICPA audit standards.
  • Leads by example.
  • Provides constructive, in-the-moment feedback and formal written feedback.
  • Identifies development opportunities for individuals and strategically schedules people in those roles.
  • Responsible for the morale of their teams.

Requirements

  • 8 - 10 years of direct, client service/ client facing experience in commercial audit, risk advisory, or technical accounting, with at a 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 between responsibilities, prioritize and manage multiple requests.
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, and ability to assimilate easily into teams.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written.
  • Exceptional virtual and in-person executive presence.
  • Entrepreneurial nature, self-motivated, ethical, and dependable.
  • As a professional, you must understand the unique pressures of client service and the occasional challenges of unpredictable working hours to meet project deadlines and/or client requests for travel, as necessary.