Senior Associate - Risk Advisory Services (Insurance)

We are actively looking to hire a IT/Cyber Senior Associate to join our team.  At Centri, we provide the highest quality advisory consulting services to our clients by being reliable and responsive to their needs. Our areas of expertise include financial reporting, internal controls, valuation services, technical accounting research, tax, and CFO and HR Advisory services.  Our approach is to select team members with the appropriate experience to ensure that their fit within our clients’ organization is seamless.

The Risk Advisory Senior Associate position has the primary responsibility of oversight over the Risk Advisory engagement work plans. Serving as a current and future leader of the firm, the Risk Advisory Senior Associate I demonstrates the attributes of excellent client service and assists team members in developing technical and professional competency.

Core Responsibilities:

• Moderate understanding of COSO 2013 Integrated Internal Controls Framework, PCAOB Standards related to internal controls over financial reporting, and the SEC guidance related to internal controls over financial reporting.
• Begin to research basic technical topics while identifying relevant guidance.
• Moderate understanding of Centri's SOX, IA planning and risk assessment processes and begin to prepare SOX, IA planning and risk assessment related deliverables.
• Advanced understanding of business processes related to simpler accounting guidance (e.g., purchase to pay; hire to pay; treasury; property, plant, and equipment) and ability document them including the identification of risk points and key controls. Participate in walkthrough meetings and develop process documentation.
• Moderate understanding of business processes related to more complex accounting guidance (e.g., stock-based compensation; order to cash; financial closing and reporting; taxes) and ability document them including the identification of risk points and key controls. Begin to participate in walkthrough meetings, assist in the development of process documentation.
• Perform testing of low and medium risk controls in all business processes and entity level controls.
• Perform fieldwork for low and medium risk audit areas.
• Develop test plans for low and medium risk controls in all business processes and entity level controls. Review request list, testing of all controls, and fieldwork prepared by others.
• Assess control design for low and medium risk controls. Identify control deficiencies for low and medium risk controls and audit observations for low and medium audit areas.
• Develop remediation plans for low and medium risk controls and audit observations. Review assessment, deficiencies, and remediation plans developed by others.
• Assist in evaluating control deficiencies and audit observations.
• Assist in preparing the SOX final report and audit report.
• Advanced understanding of how to document and test controls within the department's GRC tool (currently HighBond).
• Advanced understanding of the GRC tool's reporting capabilities.
• Intermediate understanding of all the GRC tool's capabilities.
• Identify time allocated to out of scope tasks not identified in the scope of work and alert manager.
• Communication to the team on daily project status and reaching out for work when there is downtime. Identify and communicate potential problem areas as developed during engagements.
• Build in person connections with peers and managers.
• Begin to engage with the client for requests and leading client calls.
• Review utilization for yourself and all direct reports align with expectations.
• Support Firm initiatives and development opportunities.
• Work to build relationships and promote collaboration in a hybrid environment.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Strong working knowledge of the ITGC Framework.
• Working knowledge of Cyber Risk preferred but not required.
• Prior experience working with Insurance industry clients.
• Being a strong champion for and thrives in an environment of changing priorities.
• Interpersonal skills to interact in a team environment and foster client relationships.
• Above average written and verbal communication skills.
• Understand the services offered by the Firm, look for opportunities to represent the Firm, grow the client base, and increase brand recognition.
• Recognizes opportunities for learning by pursuing challenging assignments and a hunger to become an expert.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis on Excel skills.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent required.
• In pursuit of Certification indicated in the Firm’s licensure requirements policy.
• 4+ years of relative accounting experience; at least 1 in public accounting or professional services highly preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift items up to 30 pounds at times.
• Must be able to travel up to 25%.