Financial Analyst (IT)

LUMINOUSTEC LLC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Luminous Tec, LLC seeks an Analyst - IT Financial Controls in Charlotte, NC. The role focuses on SOX compliance, testing, and documentation of internal controls over financial statements. You will work with management to ensure effective controls and support remediation efforts.

You will evaluate controls, develop reports, and coordinate with auditors while guiding less-experienced staff. Strong emphasis on risk assessment and IT governance is required.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years overall experience.
• Experience managing a project/function with concrete deliverables.
• Experience developing risk assessments, scoping, and framework creation (COSO/COBIT/NIST/ITIL a plus).
• Preferably managing IT SOX reviews with oversight of others.
• Testing/review experience in a structured audit environment.

Responsibilities

• Participate in review and evaluation of internal controls to comply with SOX.
• Develop controls, analytical tools, reports to meet management needs.
• Provide insight into potential process improvements.
• Support remediation of control deficiencies and monitor progress.
• Coordinate walkthroughs and prepare presentations for senior management.
• Collaborate with auditors to provide documentation.

Skills

IT Controls

SOX Testing

Risk Assessment

Process Documentation

Security Controls

Vendor Risk

Database Controls

SOD/SOE

SDLC

COSO/COBIT/NIST

Job description

Luminous Tec, LLC is an IT consulting firm located in Orange County, CA. To learn more about Luminous Tec's services, solutions, products, and locations go to www.luminoustec.com.

Job Description

Location: Charlotte, NC

Job Type: Full Time / Permanent

The role of Analyst - IT Financial Controls is critical to the success of our company compliance with Sarbanes standards that require management to assess internal controls over financial statements annually. The Financial Controls function strives to evaluate the design and operational effectiveness of the detective and preventative controls within processes that facilitate the preparation of reliable financial statements. The function will also work with management to develop an appropriate level of financial control to address new processes/risks.

Under general supervision, this position will be responsible for testing and associated documentation in compliance with SOX requirements. This position may provide functional advice/training to less-experienced personnel.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Participate in the review and evaluation of existing and proposed internal controls over manual and automated operations to comply with SOX requirements.
• Participate in the development of controls including analytical tools, reports, and systems to meet management’s needs.
• Provide insight into potential process improvements
• Support qualitative improvements in control operations to reduce / eliminate control deficiencies
• Monitor identified deficiencies and SOX remediation efforts to ensure timely closure of findings
• Assist and coordinate the performance of walkthroughs
• Prepare ad-hoc presentations to senior management
• May support staff in the preparation of report/department organizations
• Work with internal and external auditors to answer questions and provide supporting documentation

Skills & Experience MUST HAVES:

• 2-5 years overall experience
• Management (scheduling, budgeting, etc) of a project/function over an extended period with concrete deliverables
• Development of risk assessment, scoping, framework creation (any mention of COSO, COBIT, NIST, ITIL, ISO a plus)
• Ideally, this would be managing IT SOX reviews with oversight of others
• Testing/review experience in a structured audit environment
• Logical Security/Authentication/Passwords
• System Change Management Controls and/or System Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC)
• User Appropriateness reviews
• Segregation of Duties (SOD) and/or Segregation of Environment (SOE) reviews
• Vendor risk assessments – SAS70, SSAE16, SOC1/SOC2
• Database controls: Oracle, SQL, DB2
• Network device controls: routers, switches
• SAP GL
• Firewall controls
• Data Center/Physical Security
• Disaster Recovery/Backup controls

PREFERRED:

• Other certifications such as: CISA, CISSP, CIA, AICPA, ISACA, IIA

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrated experience with process documentation including flowcharting and narratives, walkthroughs, and control testing
• Ability to organize data and exercise effective problem solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to communicate effectively across business levels (both vertically and horizontally).
• Ability to support multiple assignments and stakeholders, prioritize workload for self, and coordinate with teammates to meet deadlines.
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal business partners and experience working with multiple business partners in a collaborative and team-oriented manner.
• Comfortable working in an evolving and dynamic environment
• Flexible and can work independently and in a team environment
• Detail-oriented, energetic, motivated, and action-oriented

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