Grants Manager
October 2, 2024SOX Testing Project
October 3, 2024Job Summary:
This role is responsible for leading the SOX compliance initiatives within our client’s organization as it relates to IT General Controls. This role will help to develop sustainable internal controls that will drive consistency and efficiency, fulfilling compliance with Sarbanes Oxley certification standards. This position reports to the Director, SOX Compliance, and partners with departments across the organization to define, implement and enforce global SOX standards.
Job Responsibilities:
- Perform monitoring activities/special projects as determined by management to ensure compliance with internal controls.
- Serve as a point of contact on Business Process and IT audits with internal and external auditors. Assist management to mitigate any identified gaps. Coordinate with control owners to respond to audit requests.
- Obtain, document and review with key business owners the external SOC-1 reports.
- Assist in compliance projects with key owners to ensure on-going standardization, alignment and optimization of Business Process and/or IT control framework to ensure control structure keeps pace with organizational changes and process development.
- Assist in working sessions with key application owners, project managers and Technology peers to continue education on IT general controls and compliance initiatives. This also may involve evaluating projects for potential impacts to ITGCs.
- Ensure all Business Process and IT control documentation and compliance checklists/tasks in Cadency are kept up to date in a timely and organized fashion.
Critical Skills & Experience Requirements:
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills are needed to effect change and prioritize deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability. Must be able to collaborate with TI and business peers on breaking down complex problems into achievable solutions, either by process enhancements or through innovation technology.
- Ability to establish credibility with business and IT stakeholders and become a trusted partner
- Business and IT control competency, solid critical thinking skills and communication/influence skills.
- Ability to analyze and document system processes
- Project management skills will be utilized
- Bachelor’s degree in technology, finance, accounting or IT related topics (Required)
- CPA or CIA or CISA (Preferred)
- 8+ years in Information Technology, IT Audit, Internal Audit, External Audit or role involving review of internal risk and control processes (Preferred)
- 8+ years in designing, documenting policies and procedures, implementing or testing control processes (Preferred)
- 8+ years general understanding of typical IT and Business Processes (Preferred)
- 3+ years retail or restaurant industry experience (Preferred)