Senior Internal Controls Specialist

Andrews & Cole, LLC; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Andrews & Cole, LLC seeks a Senior Corporate Internal Controls & SOX Compliance Specialist to oversee enterprise-wide control design and effectiveness, including ITGCs, reporting to the Controllership office at HQ in Reston, VA. The role partners with senior leadership to strengthen governance, risk management, and compliance across a multi-national environment.

Responsibilities include SOX liaison duties, annual ICFR activities, control documentation, and quarterly deliverables.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of SOX or internal audit experience for a public company.
• Big 4 public accounting experience and/or public company exposure is required
• 4+ years of experience with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and COSO framework.
• 2+ years of experience with US GAAP and PCAOB auditing standards
• CPA, CIA or CISA certification is preferred
• ITGC experience is a plus and strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as a global business partner to preemptively monitor design and operating effectiveness of key controls.
• Act as SOX liaison to auditors and contractors for annual ICFR audit.
• Assist in annual planning, scoping, documentation updates, walkthroughs, audit requests, and control remediation.
• Ensure quarterly deliverables for key SOX controls are completed ahead of filing deadlines.
• Advise on continuous improvement of internal controls, reporting, and data security risk.
• Participate in special projects, reviews, and investigations on management request.
• Assist in dashboard reporting and conduct live training sessions as needed.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

BS/BA in Accounting/Finance/MIS

Tools

Deltek Costpoint

Deltek Maconomy

Cognos

Hyperion Financial Management

Blackline

Integrify

SharePoint

Job description

Senior Corporate Internal Controls & SOX Compliance Specialist

This position will be based at our HQ location in Reston, VA reporting to the Senior Manager under the Controllership office assisting in the overall management of the enterprise’s internal controls (including ITGCs). The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can manage multiple competing priorities within time constraints, possesses strong critical thinking and analytical skills; has excellent communication and writing skills; and can effectively manage customer relationships of all levels in a complex multi-national environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a global business partner in an advisory capacity to all stakeholders (including senior leadership) to preemptively monitor the design and operating effectiveness of key and operational controls that impact the overall control environment.
• Serve as the SOX liaison to the external/internal auditors and external contractors (as applicable) in support of the annual audit of internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).
• Support the team with annual planning and scoping tasks (including new acquisitions, system migrations/upgrades, and data conversions), updates to process documentation, annual walkthrough and ad-hoc meeting coordination, audit request list management, certain controls testing on management’s behalf, and remediation/monitoring of identified control deficiencies.
• Assist the team in ensuring standing quarterly deliverables in support of the various key and operational SOX controls (e.g., user access reviews, EAC monitoring, user entity control mapping, etc.) are completed in time of the scheduled Q/K filings.

• Support the team in an advisory capacity on optimization efforts with an increased focus on continuous improvement of internal controls, key management reporting, and data security risk.
• Participate in special projects, operational reviews, and investigations upon management request.
• Assist Senior Manager with preparing dashboard reporting and conducting live training sessions upon request.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Accounting, Finance, and/or Management Information Systems, or related.
• 4+ years of relevant experience in SOX or internal audit for a public company.
• Previous Big 4 public accounting and/or public company experience required

• 4+ year of experience with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and COSO framework.
• 2+ year of experience with US GAAP and PCAOB auditing standards

Preferred Skills/Experience

• CPA, CIA, or CISA certification.
• ITGC experience is a plus and strongly preferred.
• Applied knowledge of one or more of the following systems and applications: Deltek Costpoint, Deltek Maconomy, Cognos, Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), Blackline, Integrify, SharePoint.

Professional Skills

• Experience leveraging complex customer relationships to obtain consensus and drive successful completion of projects with the understanding that success is based on influence rather than direct authority.
• Strong project management skills
• Strong experience working with process owners in evaluating, designing, and monitoring the operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls with a key focus on continuous improvement.

Salary Range: - 120-135k