| Title: Director of Internal Controls
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| Location: McLean, VA
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| Job Type: Direct Hire
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| Compensation: $110,000.00 to $130,000.00 per Year
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| Reference Code: 948158-AQG
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Description: Assuming the role of Director of Internal Controls, you will be responsible to successfully carry out the following responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and guidance to control leads who update and maintain documentation for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley including narratives, process flows, issues logs, and risk and controls matrices
- Prepare and review SOX documentation prior to Segment Controller review and quarterly submission
- Assist the testing team in obtaining documentation and control owner attention to ensure an efficient and effective testing process
- Participate in the severity assessment of testing exceptions for a business segment
- Lead assessment of process level scoping and G/L scoping for the business segment
- Lead assessment of design effectiveness of controls, provide guidance and advice, and challenge assumptions
- Lead discussions with other control teams regarding company initiatives to ensure consistency among business segments
- Communicate results from multiple controls related initiatives to management of the group
- Serve as a liaison between business area and internal/external customers including internal and external auditor and the Internal Controls Organization
- Monitor findings to ensure remediation
- Prepare Management Self Assessment (MSA) report to assess status of segment risk and control environment
- Assist with preparation of quarterly management representation letter and attestation
- Contribute to preparation of segment and corporate controller Business Area Review meetings
- Support department initiatives including EUCs, DMS, etc.
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Requirements: As the successful applicant, you will possess the following requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Six to eight years of experience in public accounting in an audit, SOX compliance or internal audit outsourcing role, or similar role in large company
- Strong working knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley compliance including risk and control relationship, testing and remediation efforts
- Knowledge of financial statement risk
- Strong communications skills and ability to interact and work effectively with all levels of management within and across departments
- CIA or CPA is highly desired
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and to work independently with minimal supervision
- Excellent organization skills and time management skills
- Knowledge and experience managing a team
- Ability to interact with officer level clients, comfortable providing advice and guidance
- Ability to think strategically and assist the organization and management in identifying control gaps
- Experience in the financial services industry in areas such as compliance, risk management or audit is preferable
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