Internal Controls and Compliance Analyst
Job Summary
- Develop an understanding of Accenture’s global processes internal controls and relevant government regulations (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC rulings).
- Responsible for serving as Evaluator for various sub-processes internal controls (i.e. revenue recognition, payroll, general accounting and IT applications).
- Responsible for providing feedback to Control Owners, Process Leads and Internal Control Team Leads for continuously improvement the documentation of internal controls for various sub-processes.
- Responsible for gathering documentation to support our external auditors in their audit of Accenture’s Financial Statements.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop an understanding of Accenture’s global processes and internal controls.
- Participate in the annual design effectiveness exercise and review the responses from Control Owners and Business Leads.
- 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.).
- Perform tasks as assigned by team with oversight from supervisors, with high quality and timely manner.
- Communicate status of work and issues encountered to supervisor. Escalate outstanding issues as appropriate.
- Recommend improvements to the global standard set of internal controls for areas of responsibility and follow up on issues.
- Gather evidence from Control Owners, in preparation for walkthrough meetings with our External Auditors, and validate completeness & accuracy. Participate to walkthroughs and take detailed notes on process and controls.
- Liaise with External Auditors and other organizations to support the audit work.
- Respond as needed to supervisor regarding any special projects and requests.
- Support training of local Control Leads and Executors on internal controls methodology and tools.
- Provide guidance on the use of technology to support our internal controls processes.
Relationships
- Reports to: Internal Controls and Compliance Associate Manager / Specialist.
- Supervises: N/A.
- External Relationships: Control Owners, Internal Audit, External Audit.
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: 1+ years’ experience in an audit function (External Audit, Internal Audit, SOX Internal Controls) or corporate functions equivalent (Controllership or Finance roles)
- Work Requirements: Bangaluru
- 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.
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: 1+ years’ experience in an audit function (External Audit, Internal Audit, SOX Internal Controls) or corporate functions equivalent (Controllership or Finance roles)
- Work Requirements: Bangaluru
- 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 742,000 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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