Business Process Risk Senior Associate

Grant Thornton - US; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton - US in Los Angeles is seeking a Business Process Risk Senior Associate to help clients understand and address business risks within the Internal Audit & SOX practice. You’ll review controls, participate in engagements, and mentor junior staff.

You will collaborate with project teams, manage plans and communicate findings, while applying COSO/IPPF guidance and industry standards to design and test internal controls for diverse client environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• 2+ years of related work experience in a professional services firm or risk/internal audit.
• CIA/CPA/Six Sigma preferred.
• Experience with internal controls and SOX.
• COSO/IPPF knowledge.
• Strong communication and project management skills.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Review processes to assess risk, controls, and efficiency.
• Understand clients’ business, objectives, operations, and IT controls.
• Participate in engagements from planning to reporting, including SOX tests.
• Support engagement leadership with plans, budgets, and status.
• Supervise and mentor associates and interns.
• Develop and execute audit work plans and control tests.
• Evaluate findings and develop recommendations.
• Deliver services per project leadership and client expectations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Client service

Communication

Analytical

Project management

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/IT/MIS/BI

CIA/CPA/Six Sigma preferred

Tools

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

As a Business Process Risk Senior Associate, you will get the opportunity to grow and contribute to our clients' business needs by helping them understand their business risks, and assist in addressing risk in both proactive and responsive contexts for the Internal Audit & SOX Practice – all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.

From day one, you’ll be empowered by the greater Cyber & Risk team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:

• Review operational, financial, and administrative processes to assess risk, internal control, and the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the process.
• Obtain an understanding of clients’ business, objectives, strategy, operations, processes, IT systems, service providers and controls.
• Actively participate in client engagements from start to completion, which includes planning, executing, and reporting. Common engagements include but are not limited to co-sourced and outsourced internal audit, internal control assessments, enterprise risk management program assessments, tests of control design and operating effectiveness for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and other compliance requirements, and helping clients design and implement internal controls
• Support engagement Manager and/or Senior Manager/Director in project management activities, such as preparing and managing engagement project plans, timelines, budgets, and status reporting
• Supervise, train, mentor Associates and Interns on engagements, assess performance and provide feedback
• Develop and execute internal audit workplans and control test procedures based on engagement scope, and client environment risk factors.
• Apply knowledge of risk and control trends to evaluate findings for significance, risk and develop recommendations
• Work with project team and client to deliver services in accordance with project leadership and client expectations
• Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, MIS, Business Intelligence, or related field required
• Minimum 2 years of related work experience with a professional services firm or as part of a Risk Management or Internal Audit function
• CIA, CPA, Six Sigma, or related license/certification preferred; Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 experience preferred
• Experience assessing the design and operating effectiveness of enterprise or operational risk management programs, and/or entity-level and business process controls for Internal Audit, SOX compliance, System & Organization Control (SOC) reporting, or other risk management, compliance, and assurance activities
• Strong understanding of COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013), the Institute of Internal Auditors International Professional Practices Framework (IIA IPPF), and/or current focus areas of external financial statement auditors (completeness and accuracy of key reports, level of precision, etc.)
• Ability to execute multiple engagements and completing priorities in a rapidly growing team environment
• Exceptional client service, communication, analytical, organizational and project management skills
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Visio and Office Suite applications
• Can travel as needed

The base salary range for this position is between $101,200 and $140,760. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job -related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.