SOX REPORTING ANALYST

• Evaluate business control efficiencies and perform root cause analysis to determine appropriate corrective management actions. Monitoring management's remediation efforts, including review of supporting evidence to ensure corrective action taken
• Monitor the accounting operations to ensure compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act
• Lead end to end walkthroughs in the Organization´s finance activities to identify risks, control gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Execute and complete testing of the design and operating effectiveness of SOX Finance and IT controls, including entity and process level controls in order to guarantee compliance with all regulations
• Propose improvements to SOX documentation and work papers (i.e. work with process owners to refine risk control matrix, improve process flows, refine / develop test procedures, propose control language and associated risks, etc.) to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Assist in the evaluation of new business processes, policies and systems to determine relevance to and impact on the SOX program, including assessing design of controls based on identified risks.
• Implement internal controls, and establish an internal monitoring scheduling to audit the company’s compliance with them. Additionally, interact with external auditors as needed.
• Follow up with leaders the remediation of deficiencies found in audit results to ensure the timely implementation of corrective actions.
• Serve as a key contact for business process owners, explaining the SOX audit process and scope, and effectively delivering SOX test results to all levels of management.
• Provide guidance to control and process owners to ensure a thorough understanding of the SOX and ERM programs, controls design, testing requirements and the impact of testing results in their operational areas.
• Gaining an understanding of the business operations and the underlying internal control environment

Education

Bachelor´s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business.

Technical knowledge and certifications

• Experience in Internal Audit, SOX and ERM, as well as auditing standards, PCAOB, and SOX requirements.
• CPA/CIA certification desired.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• 3+ years experience in Big 4/Large Regional Accounting firm