CNM LLP

Internal Controls & SOX Advisory Manager, FSI

CNM LLP

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • New York

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $150,500 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Lead SOX compliance teams at mature public companies and build SOX compliance programs at pre-IPO and first-year public companies; overseeing the delivery of fieldwork and project teams to meet and exceed our client’s expectations
  • Advise clients as an SME on complex Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance issues, including PCAOB hot topics and external auditor requirements
  • Lead engagement planning and monitor progress against key milestones; identifying and communicating timely roadblocks or delays
  • Assist with and provide advice to clients on related areas including, but not limited to: risk assessment and scoping, entity level controls, fraud risk, segregation of duties, control rationalization, internal control design and operating effectiveness, management action plans, and deficiency assessments
  • Collaborate with process owners to create process narratives, risk and control matrices and flowcharts; identifying opportunities to improve business processes and internal controls
  • Evaluate, synthesize, organize and interpret data and information to conclude on design and operating effectiveness of key controls
  • Prepare for and lead internal, client, and external auditor meetings, including, but not limited to walkthroughs, status reporting, and fieldwork close meetings
  • Perform timely review of project deliverables to ensure alignment with client, external auditor requirements, and CNM quality standards
  • Provide timely, open, honest, and constructive feedback to team members; seeking out ways to create extraordinary development opportunities and ways for your team to make an impact on our clients
  • Build and manage client relationships, serving as a trusted advisor, responding to client needs, and acting as the main point of contact with clients
  • Oversee project budgets, project resource assignments, and monitor project status and reporting; proactively identifying project risks, roadblocks, or scope creep and communicating them timely to the client
  • Assist with oversight and management of off-shore delivery teams
  • Balance competing priorities with minimal client disruptions, managing time effectively to maintain project progress

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree from an accredited university in Accounting, Economics, Business Management, Finance or a related field of study
  • Minimum 6 years of experience at a public accounting firm with external audit, advisory, or internal audit services
  • Knowledge of PCAOB standards, US GAAP, as well as Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions and methodologies for achieving compliance.
  • Professional certification of CPA, CIA, CISA or similar preferred
  • Have an understanding of core business processes such as Financial Close, Accounts Payable, Inventory, Revenue etc.
  • Desire to coach others, train and mentor and help the team build core competencies
  • Exceptional people, project and client management skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively, clearly and concisely
  • Deep experience translating complicated issues into simple terms
  • Experience working in high pressure and fast paced environments
  • Ability to adapt to unexpected changes in timelines, deadlines, and scope of work