SOX Compliance Analyst/Functional Accountant
Cartesian is a specialist consulting firm focused on the global telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT) industries. For over 35 years, we have helped clients worldwide build and execute strategies that transform the products, services, and organizations that shape the industries in which they operate. We are driven to solve the complex questions and challenges facing our industry and passionate about problem-solving, figuring things out, seeing things from a different angle, and cutting through complexity to achieve client success.
If you are a like-minded go-getter and team player, consider joining the Cartesian team.
About This Job
The responsibilities include documenting business process flowcharts and RCMs coupled with assisting senior management in defining control objectives, monitoring compliance efforts, reviewing test findings and reporting compliance status.
This individual will also collaborate with process control owners to resolve identified improvement opportunities and weaknesses uncovered during testing and provide status to key stakeholders and leadership.
The ideal candidate possesses excellent communication and organizational skills and has a proven track record in SOX testing and documentation, as well as project management skills.
Responsibilities Include
- Create and maintain business process flowcharts and risk and control matrices for business processes
- Conduct business process walkthroughs and control owner interviews to update SOX controls documentation
- Recommend remediation for any control deficiencies and collaborate with control owners to address deficiencies
- Assist senior management in monitoring compliance efforts, reviewing test findings and provide regular status of SOX compliance activities
- Support the organization’s risk management and risk assessment activities
- Maintain awareness regarding SOX regulations changes and update processes accordingly
- Recommend improvements to minimize risk and ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley standards
- Provide weekly test progress status and final testing results to leadership and key stakeholders
- Drive the SOX and financial related projects.
- Create MS PowerPoint presentation with project status.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of five years of experience in SOX compliance, auditing, or internal control testing
- Background in functional accounting
- Understanding of Telecommunication Order-to-Cash and/or Record to Report (R2R) processes
- Proven experience with SOX testing and documentation processes
- Experience working with internal and external auditors
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Ability to set and communicate priorities and meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to effectively present to executive leadership
- Experience with driving projects to completion
- Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Experience in Financial Services; familiarity with financial and accounting concepts
- Proficient in the use of MS Office products and putting together MS PowerPoint presentations
- Nice to have: professional certification such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Location: Kansas City, KS
Cartesian is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, gender, gender identity, etc.
Interested in the Position?
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