Internal Audit Lead POST NUMBER: 415012
About the Company: Publicly Traded SaaS Company
Title: Internal Audit Manager (SOX)
Location: San Diego - Hybrid
Salary: $130k-150k (DOE) Bonus RSUs
Description: Internal Audit Manager on our SOX Compliance team, with an emphasis on internal controls supporting the finance digital transformation and system implementations.
This role will report to the Director of SOX Compliance and Program Management and partner closely with the SOX Technology Transformation Team.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in annual and ongoing SOX scoping to identify changes to key material financial statement accounts, business processes, systems and manual or automated controls for the current fiscal year.
- Perform analysis related to routine business processes and financial statements demonstrating knowledge of US GAAP.
- Partner with the SOX Manager, SOX Technology Transformation Team and stakeholders in SOX-readiness control identification (manual and automated), design and implementation of internal control requirements over new business processes, and testing for new business processes with high accountability.
- Execute and lead walkthroughs of key processes to assist in financial reporting risk identification and creation of end-to-end process documentation.
- Identify improvement opportunities in business processes and internal controls through process walkthroughs
- Prepare test plans that address significant financial reporting risks and execute internal control tests of design and operating effectiveness.
- Assess the effectiveness of internal controls to determine whether the controls are properly designed, implemented and operating.
- Evaluate and draft control design and operating deficiencies for impact and perform root cause analysis.
- Gain alignment with stakeholders on control gaps, facilitate the remediation of control gaps, and escalate possible critical issues.
- Coordinate and drive SOX program testing with Internal Audit SOX managers and co-sourced team members, External Audit team members, and control owners.
- Document and organize workpapers to clearly articulate the work performed and support the conclusions.
- Apply good judgment and decision-making skills in helping management prioritize and determine most significant risks.
- Develop relationships with employees at all levels of the organization to influence and foster a risk and control mindset.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree in Business or Accounting or equivalent work experience, MS or MBA is a plus.
- 5 years of relevant work experience in Big 4 Public Accounting, Internal Auditing, and/or in SOX industry experience, Fintech or Software industry experience preferred.
- CPA or CIA certification preferred
- Understand the principles of the identification, assessment and management of financial reporting risk.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate complex business processes to identify potential financial reporting risks, including strong knowledge of control design.
- Understand the principles and controls related to system implementations and impact to business processes.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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