Accounting Advisor

Cigna Group•Saint Louis, MO

12d•Remote

About The Position

The Financial Compliance Advisor will be responsible for assisting with overall Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and SOC 1 compliance for the Evernorth segment, focused on business processes internal controls. This position will play a key role in collaborating with control owners in assessing the design of internal controls in key processes to address risks within our SOC 1 and SOX reporting scope. This position will also be responsible for working with process owners on control documentation as well as support remediation activity necessary for internal control deficiencies under SOX and SOC 1. This position will report to a Senior Advisor within Financial Compliance and will have significant interaction with our business partners throughout the organization as well as our external and internal audit teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
3-5 years of relevant SOX, internal controls, audit, risk consulting, or other financial compliance role experience.
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Visio.
Strong understanding of technology and business process internal controls and risk assessment.
Excellent project management and organizational skills.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with control owners and other stakeholders including internal and external auditors.
Ability to work cross functionally to resolve complex issues.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently and proactively to identify when complex items require escalation.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

Nice To Haves

CPA, CISA or CIA strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Understanding and collaborating with business owners to support the design of Evernorth business processes internal controls commensurate with significant financial statement risk.
Supporting the appropriate documentation and communication updates that need to be made.
Collaborating with Information Technology compliance to ensure appropriate understanding and consideration of technology controls and potential dependencies and/or impacts to business process controls.
Actively liaising with internal and external auditors and various process and control owners to ensure testing readiness of control owners, timely supply of requested documentation and escalation of key SOX and SOC1 control deficiencies as they arise.
Working with control owners to determine appropriate compensating control mapping, including identification of root cause and remediation actions for control gaps or operating deficiencies.
Supporting business partners with activities related to project initiatives to critically evaluate potential impacts to Evernorth’s financial controls environment.
Building and maintaining relationships with key business partners through regular touchpoints to ensure alignment on key processes and financial controls.