[Remote] Risk Advisory Senior Consultant (51031)

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

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