Contract Auditor, SOX Compliance & Advisory

IFG International Financial Group Ltd; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 119,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the oil and gas sector is seeking a Contract Auditor for SOX Compliance & Advisory. This 12-month contract role, located in Calgary, entails assessing internal controls and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. Candidates should possess an undergraduate degree and relevant audit experience, while ideally working towards a CA/CPA designation.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in audit, accounting, or finance.
• Legally entitled to work in Canada.
• Working towards a CA/CPA designation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Understand internal controls related to SOX compliance.
• Update financial process documentation and perform tests.
• Identify financial control exceptions and assist with remediation.

Skills

Auditing

Control Practices

Risk Assessment

Education

Undergraduate Degree with professional accounting designation (CA/CPA)

Tools

AuditBoard

Job description

Contract Auditor, SOX Compliance & Advisory

Pay Rate: $57

Location: Calgary AB

Job Type: Contract

Pay Rate: $57 Location: Calgary AB Job Type: Contract Our client, a top oil and gas firm in Canada is looking to hire a Contract Auditor, SOX Compliance & Advisory for an initial contract for 12 months with a possible extension. This role is Hybrid for their Calgary location.

Responsibilities:
o Understand how internal controls relate to the Company's externally reported financial results as part of the SOX planning activities including the updating of risk assessments.
o Update process documentation for financial processes and perform tests to ensure processes are designed and operating effectively and risks are effectively mitigated (ensuring consistency of testing approach and documentation). Note that testing is performed within an automated SOX software solution (AuditBoard).
o Identify financial control exceptions in processes, assist Senior Manager with deficiency evaluations and facilitate remediation strategies with process owners to determine adequate activities that will allow timely compliance.
o Being alert to control improvement opportunities that satisfy operational objectives as well as leverage SOX findings.
o Planning activities - risk assessments including deconsolidation (mapping of financial statement accounts to risks and related controls) and determination of risk rankings and information requests (for four test phases).
o Interact with the external auditors including responding to their various requests and facilitating communication between process owners and the auditors.

Must have requirements:
o Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
o Must have over 2-3 years of experience, preferably in a public accounting firm or in a group dedicated to audit, accounting or finance related activities.
o Undergraduate Degree with professional accounting designation (CA/CPA) or working towards designation within completion targeted for the next 1-2 years.
o In-depth understanding of auditing and control practices.

If you are interested in hearing more about this role, please send your updated resume in MS Word format to Sakshi at [e-mail] and mention "looking for a Contract Auditor" in the subject line.
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