applicants
at Elite Technical Services in Silver Spring, MD
Qualifications
• Bachelors Degree in related field required; Masters Degree a plus
• 8-10 years total overall experience required in SOX compliance
• CPA license required, CIA or CISA a plus
• Experience at a multi-national or media and entertainment company highly desirable
Technical Stack
• Internal/External Audit or SOX PMO experience at large, public company
• Extensive experience in SOX 404 compliance required
• Knowledge of Paisley’s Governance, Risk and Compliance software highly desirable
• Experience with data mining tools (e.g., ACL) a plus
Personal Attributes
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence others
• Ability to meet stringent deadlines and work under pressure
• Strong organizational, communication interpersonal skills required
• Must be an independent thinker and self-starter
• Excellent oral and written skills to accurately and succinctly communicate complex concepts and ideas required
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the year
We have a Direct Placement, Full Time Direct job opportunity for a Manager Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX) Program Management Office (PMO). Our client is a nationally recognized media and broadcast company.
Summary
The SOX Manager will be expected to maintain and execute our clients SOX compliance program including; Coordinate all SOX activities with business units, Information Technology Compliance Group, Internal Audit and external auditors, Educate and train business units about existing and proposed changes to SOX compliance requirements and auditing pronouncements and their impact on their SOX compliance program and Identify and implement opportunities to improve our client’s SOX compliance program, including documentation procedures, self-test procedures and timing, use of technology to manage the program
Responsibilities
• Establish and apply materiality thresholds to determine business units and geographic areas subject to the SOX compliance program
• Support external auditor’s SOX compliance related activities
• Oversee quarterly review and update to business unit process narratives and risk and controls matrices and process any changes in their SOX database, “Paisley GRC on Demand”
• Determine the nature, timing and extent of control testing by business units and Internal Audit
• Review business unit quarterly control self-test results and assist in the evaluation of any design or operating deficiencies identified
• Coordinate Internal Audit’s independent control testing and perform testing of entity level controls
• Coordinate Information Technology Compliance Group’s testing and reporting on information technology general controls
• Aggregate and evaluate all control deficiencies across the company and communicate results to business units, external auditors, Finance, Executive Management and the Audit Committee
• Assist business units in developing action plans to remediate control deficiencies and monitor and report business units’ progress toward remediating deficiencies
• Identify and communicate opportunities for business units to improve processes and controls
Additional Activities
• Potentially assist with other initiatives of the Internal Audit Department:
• Assist with developing and preparing management reports of Internal Audit activities
• Assist with annual fraud and risk assessment and developing audit plan
• Assist with maintaining Internal Audit policies and procedures
• Assist with implementing a quality assurance and improvement program that meets the Institute of Internal Auditor standards
Expect 10% travel, domestically and internationally
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