Senior Consultant (formerly known as: Senior Associate)

Job Duties

JOB LOCATION: Woodland Hills, CA




EMPLOYER: CrossCountry Consulting, LLC (formerly known as: CNM, LLP)




JOB DUTIES:

Provide excellent timely client service, deliver high quality work, and foster client relationships.

Assist in design and implementation of the internal control framework; identifying risks and corresponding key controls surrounding internal controls over financial reporting with expert knowledge of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act, including provisions for Sections 404(a) and 404(b), and methodologies for achieving and maintaining compliance with SOX regulations.

Collaborate with process owners to create process narratives, risk and control matrices and flowcharts, and ensure documentation is kept up to-date for scoping, testing, and remediation activities.

Lead process walkthrough, inquiries with management, develop probing questions, identify relevant control testing attributes and evaluate, synthesize, organize and interpret data and information to conclude on design and operating effectiveness of key controls.

Identify control deficiencies and develop value add solutions to that are actionable by leveraging your knowledge, prior experiences, and leading practices.

Assist with Active Project Manager with project management activities including status tracking, reporting, and oversight of off-shore delivery team.

Demonstrate clear and concise writing and verbal skills to communicate complex issues in simple terms to clients and team members.

Active effort in improving technical and project management skills by leveraging on the job feedback, performance evaluations, mentoring and firm-sponsored formal training programs including monthly CPE and Subject Matter Expert (SME) training.

Be a trusted advisor and intermediary between our clients and their auditors; responding timely to client needs and acting as a key contact with clients.

Balance competing priorities with minimal client disruptions, managing time effectively to maintain project progress.

Job Requirements

JOB REQUIREMENTS:




This position requires a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Accounting, Economics, Business Management, Business Administration, Finance, or closely related field and 2 years of work experience as a Senior Associate BP SOX or closely related occupation.




Prior experience must include: expertise/ knowledge of:

1. In-depth knowledge of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act, including provisions for Sections 404(a) and 404(b), and methodologies to assist public and private clients by performing risk assessment, performing scoping of key business processes, review of consolidated financial statements, including drafting footnote disclosures in accordance with industry standards, control evaluation, control testing, control rationalization and preparation of risk and control matrix.
2. Expertise in conducting inquiry interviews of client representatives or performing walkthroughs to gain understanding of clients' audit processes, documenting the business process by preparing flowcharts (using MS Visio) or narratives as per SOX regulatory requirement.
3. Expertise in evaluating and testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls with a focus on subject matter expertise in understanding the key business processes. Skilled in analyzing and optimizing business processes to enhance business operational efficiency and process improvements.
4. Oversee and execute audit and advisory projects, addressing complex accounting and auditing issues, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality results to key business stakeholders. Advise management in process enhancement, mitigating risks, and strengthening controls. Analyze and communicate factors that cause deficient internal control conditions and recommended course of actions for remediation to client senior leadership and key stakeholders.
5. Collaborate cross-functionally with client leadership, key business stakeholders, internal teams, and external auditors, leveraging strong project management and communication skills to drive timely project completion. Ensure adherence to client policies, external accounting and reporting guidelines, compliance frameworks (including SOX 404), while managing complex deadlines and deliverables.
6. Skilled in leveraging accounting applications and platforms such as (AuditBoard, Canvas, Workiva, MS Visio) to enhance project monitoring and reporting.
7. Proficient in assessing IT general controls and evaluating IT application controls, while collaborating with IT team members as part of business process control testing. Skilled in analyzing the impact of system applications on financial reporting and business processes.
8. Prior vast Big 4 experience with leading audit teams on specific sector clients, planning and executing audit procedures in accordance with PCAOB Standards and US Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and Government Auditing Standards.
9. Global collaboration experience, coordinating across multiple geographies and time zones for multinational clients to ensure seamless execution of global SOX programs and consistent control evaluation methodologies.




May work from home up to 3 times a week.




Must possess expertise/ knowledge sufficient to adequately perform the duties of the job being offered. Expertise/ knowledge may be gained through employment experience or education. Such expertise/ knowledge cannot be "quantified" by "time."