Finance - SOX Internal Controls

Posted:
10/2/2024, 4:16:44 AM

Location(s):
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina ⋅ Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Finance & Banking

Job Summary
- Responsible for serving as Accenture’s expert on Internal Controls for various sub-processes.
- Develop an understanding of Accenture’s global processes internal controls and relevant government regulations (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC rulings).
- Responsible for working with the Process Leads in designing, maintaining and continuously improving the global standard set of internal controls for various sub-processes
- Support the annual design effectiveness effort and the quarterly operating effectiveness and self-assessment efforts
- Responsible for developing and distributing various communications regarding requirements or changes to the requirements
- Responsible for coordinating with and providing Accenture input to the external auditors in their audit of Accenture’s internal controls

Key Responsibilities
- Develop an understanding of Accenture’s global processes and internal controls.
- Recommend and implement improvements to the global standard set of internal controls for areas of responsibility and follow up on issues
- Support the annual design effectiveness exercise and review the responses from Control Owners and Business Leads to ensure alignment of the control design.
- Document the design and operating effectiveness testing of internal controls for various sub-processes (i.e. revenue recognition, payroll, general accounting and IT applications, etc.).
- Manage tasks as assigned with oversight from manager, with high quality and timely manner.
- Responsible for resolving open issues as arise and escalate outstanding items as appropriate.
- Summarize results of findings and report to leadership
- Lead the preparation for walkthrough meetings with our External Auditors ensuring evidence and other documents requested are being provided with complete and accurate information.
- Liaise with Internal and External Audit and other organizations to support the audit work.
- Responsible for supporting the internal audit function in its validation of operating effectiveness
- Respond as needed to supervisor regarding any special projects and requests.
- Support training of business leads, local control leads and evaluators on internal controls methodology and tools
- Provide guidance on the use of technology to support our internal controls processes.

Qualifications
- Education:  Undergraduate Degree in Accounting or equivalent.  Equivalent degree only accepted if experience is relevant.
- Recommended Certifications, Licenses, etc.: CPA or comparable certification.
- Work Experience:  6+ years’ experience in an audit function (External Audit, Internal Audit, SOX Internal Controls) or corporate functions equivalent (Controllership or Finance roles)
- Work Requirements:  Buenos Aires based.
- Travel:  None 

Professional Skills Requirements:
- Strong Microsoft excel skills.
- Outstanding organizational and project management skills to work within time constraints.
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), interpersonal and presentation skills to effectively interact throughout the company.
- Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Willingness to work flexible hours, as necessary, to meet monthly and quarterly deliverable deadlines.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1989

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Last Funding Type: Grant

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