Financial Risk Advisory - Consultant

CFGI; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 65 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

CFGI's Risk Advisory team seeks a Consultant with strong internal audit experience to support SOX, attestation, and business process reviews for Fortune 500 and mid-cap clients.

You'll develop test plans, document findings, and draft client-ready reports while collaborating across teams. ACA/ACCA or equivalent, excellent communication, and solid knowledge of SOX and COSO are required; you will grow with a high-energy, client-focused firm in London.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Strong technical skills with working knowledge of SOX, COSO, SOC 1 and SOC 2.
• Analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• Entrepreneurial, self-motivated, ethical and dependable.
• Strong project management skills and high energy with commitment to quality client service.

Responsabilités

• Contribute to risk-based internal audit assignments and projects.
• Develop business process flowcharts using Visio or equivalent.
• Create control narratives and risk and control matrices for processes.
• Interact with process/control owners to understand current processes and controls.
• Create test plans, gather evidence, and execute testing procedures.
• Evaluate design and test key controls in areas under review.
• Document testing results with clear work papers and conclusions.
• Draft formal reports for Manager/Director/Partner review and client issuance.
• Propose recommendations for process or control improvements.

Connaissances

Interpersonal communication

Written and oral communication

SOX knowledge

COSO knowledge

Analytical thinking

Project management

Team-oriented

Business acumen

Formation

ACA or ACCA or equivalent

Description du poste

As a member of CFGI’s rapidly growing Risk Advisory team, you will support CFGI client teams responsible for performing various types of project engagements including SOX compliance reviews, internal audits, and operational reviews of business processes / systems.

Consultant-level Risk professionals work closely with management of Fortune 500, mid-cap and start-up companies, as well as all levels of CFGI staff from Consultant to Partner. Engagements include Internal Audit, SOX implementation and testing, attestation/certification readiness work, business process improvement projects, compliance and other assessments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to an assortment of risk-based, challenging internal audit assignments and projects.
• Develop business process flowcharts using Visio (or equivalent tools).
• Create control narratives and risk and control matrices for complex business processes.
• Interact regularly with process / control owners to understand current business processes, key controls, system dependencies, employee roles / responsibilities, etc.
• Create test plans, gather evidence for testing, and execute testing procedures to determine process / control effectiveness.
• Perform control design evaluations and testing of key controls associated with areas under review.
• Document testing results through high-quality work papers (i.e., clear description of procedures performed and related audit results / observations).
• Identify root causes of issues and effectively summarize testing results / conclusions.
• Draft formal reports for Manager / Director / Partner review and issuance to clients.
• Propose meaningful and cost-effective recommendations / solutions for process and/or control improvement to support client remediation needs.
• Demonstrate creativity in problem solving and optimizing efficiency and effectiveness of assigned tasks.

Furthermore, all Risk Advisory team members, from the Consultant level and up, build their skills by assisting the Firm's leadership with internal responsibilities for training, internal projects, and continual improvement.

Qualifications and Capabilities:

• Certified ACA, ACCA or other standard accounting qualification combined with solid internal audit experience.
• 3+ years of experience in public accounting and/or industry performing internal audit.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, and ability to assimilate easily into teams.
• Strong technical skills and a working knowledge of SOX, COSO, SOC 1, and SOC 2.
• Effective analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• Entrepreneurial nature, self-motivated, ethical, and dependable.
• Strong project management skills.
• High energy with a commitment to quality client service.
• Very strong performance within a team dynamic.