Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Citrin Cooperman offers a dynamic work environment, fostering professional growth and collaboration. The Senior Consultant, Risk Advisory / Internal Audit directs and conducts operational risk-based audits, helping clients achieve optimal controls and compliance with regulations.
Responsibilities
- Leading various engagements, such as SOX 404 compliance, outsourced internal audit projects, SOC 1 examinations, and internal control assessments
- Gaining an understanding of assigned clients’ objectives as well as their regulatory and risk management environment
- Developing strong working relationships and communicating effectively with clients
- Setting priorities, ensuring daily coordination among the project team, and monitoring progress against schedules, budgets, project/task deliverables and status reporting
- Obtaining and analyzing data as a basis for reviewing the adequacy, effectiveness, and efficiency of systems and processes
- Maintaining the level of technical competency and professional care required for the completion of assignments in accordance with auditing standards and related control techniques
- Evaluating processes and controls for compliance with relevant existing or proposed laws and regulations, established policies, plans and procedures
- Assessing internal controls’ design adequacy to mitigate financial, operational and compliance risks and to test their operating effectiveness
- Preparing audit reports and recommending improvements to financial controls and operational processes
- Delivering oral and written presentations during and at the conclusion of audits
- Presenting findings, risk analyses, and recommendations to executive leadership
- Planning, reviewing and providing direction for the work of Staff Consultants
- Staying abreast of emerging risk areas and related control techniques
- Appraising the adequacy of corrective actions taken to remediate deficiencies identified during audits
- Providing exceptional service to clients remotely and in-person, always serving as a positive brand ambassador
Skills
- Bachelor's and/or master's degree in accounting, finance, business, or another relevant field
- Willingness to become a CPA, CIA, CISA, and/or CISSP within two years of being hired
- Minimum two (2) years of current or recent financial statement audit and/or financial controls audit consulting experience
- Minimum of one year servicing commercial clients with a consulting firm
- Demonstrated knowledge of business risks and effective systems of internal controls
- Working knowledge of operating policies and standards as well as compliance issues
- Experience reviewing, considering, criticizing, and/or auditing operational controls or process improvements
- Project management experience including workflow balancing, activity scheduling, problem solving facilitation, prioritizing multiple complex tasks, and meeting deadlines
- Unwavering integrity and ethics
- Experience interacting with clients, establishing credibility, trust and healthy relationships
- Demonstrable examples of innovative thinking and problem solving
- Willingness and ability to travel to client sites across the country, as dictated by business need (possibly up to 25%)
- High level of motivation, organization, and commitment to professional development
- Experience successfully working independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively
- Strong communication skills with the ability to convey complex auditing information and business risks to non-technical audiences
- Effective public speaking skills with the ability to prepare and deliver presentations
- Minimum four (4) years of experience working in a public accounting or management consulting firm(s)
- Expertise with SOX and SOC 1 and/or 2 examinations
- CPA, CIA, CISA, and/or CISSP
- Demonstrable experience with AI and/or BI/analytics tools that improve audit efficiency and effectiveness
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Flexibility to manage your personal and professional life to focus on what matters most to you
Company Overview
Citrin Cooperman is a professional services firm that provides advisory, assurance, and tax solutions to clients. It was founded in 1979, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.citrincooperman.com/.