Internal Audit and SOX Advisory Services Senior

Senior Associate

We are a technical advisory services firm that works with the top local talent on the most comprehensive and intriguing projects for discerning clients ranging from start-ups to closely held mid-market companies to large multi-national Fortune 1000 firms. Our reputation is built upon a foundation of professional excellence and trusted relationships and is recognized nationally for commitment to excellence. Employees value the open and honest environment, consistent focus on work life balance and an outstanding culture that is difficult to find anywhere else in the professional services industry.

We are currently searching for a Senior Associate to join our high performing Internal Controls and SOX advisory team in New York. We offer a hybrid (remote/onsite) work environment that will allow you to continue working with the flexibility that you have grown accustomed to over the past year, while also continuing to provide onsite service to our fantastic clients. There is local travel throughout New York only.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with high energy, high performing project teams to work on internal control advisory and SOX projects
• Help our dynamic clients evaluate risks surrounding internal control over financial reporting.
• Be a trusted advisor and intermediary between our clients and their auditors
• Create process narratives, identify key controls, and help our clients conclude on design and operating effectiveness of key controls
• Demonstrate clear and concise writing, and verbal skills to communicate complex issues in simple terms to clients and team members
• Produce quality deliverables evidenced through minimal review time and review notes
• Active effort in improving technical and project management skills through on the job feedback, performance evaluations, mentoring and firm-sponsored formal training programs including monthly CPE and Subject Matter Expert (SME) training
• Respond to client needs, acting as a primary contact with clients
• Balance competing priorities with minimal client disruptions, while maintaining project progress

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university in Accounting, Economics, Business Management, Finance or related
• Minimum 2 1/2 years of experience in working with internal controls at public accounting firm or professional services firm with emphasis on risk and compliance consulting related to SOX
• CPA or CIA preferred. (We provide extensive resources and support to enable our team to learn and grow and obtain professional certifications if you do not yet have these certifications)
• Exceptional people, project and client management skills gained by working in multiple, professional environments
• Ability to communicate effectively, clearly and concisely also able to assess situations and ensure responses are well suited to various business situations
• Experience translating complicated issues into simple and easy to understand terms to guide clients and provide information
• Ability to adapt to unexpected changes in timelines, deadlines and scope of work

Pay and Benefits:

• 40-hour work week
• Training events to ensure CPE compliance
• Medical, Dental, Vision Plans
• 401(k) match
• PTO: 15 days accrued per year
• Company paid holidays, including company shutdown the week between Christmas and New Years
• 3 wellness days
• Various opportunities for peer engagement: quarterly huddles, happy hours, summer and a holiday party
• Monthly mobile reimbursement
• Reimbursement allowances: flex, technology, and health and wellness
• Fully stocked kitchen
• Base Pay $95,000 - $101,000
• Overtime bonus and Performance bonus in addition to the base pay