Calgary Internal Audit & Financial Advisory (Energy & Utilities) Associate Director

Protiviti • Calgary, AB

1d • CA$135,000 - CA$185,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Protiviti is looking for an Internal Audit & Financial Advisory Associate Director to join our team in Calgary supporting our Energy & Utilities clients. As an Associate Director, you'll take a lead role in strengthening our relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements. You'll partner with our strategic clients to manage risk. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods. You’ll develop new projects, help identify new business, and build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as you serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide growth and development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with audit methodologies and developing valuable internal audit deliverables, including process flows, work programs, audit reports, and control summaries.
• Demonstrated experience with risk and control programs.
• Demonstrated experience with business processes such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Revenue with knowledge of accounting operations and/or financial frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience with commonly used International Professional Practices Framework, including COSO and PCAOB.
• Demonstrated experience with Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions and methodologies for achieving compliance.
• Demonstrated experience with The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA’s) code of ethics and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
• Ability to translate and communicate risk topics and audit issues to client personnel, including executives.
• Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Accounting, Finance, or business-related field).
• 9+ years working in internal audit, consulting, assurance services, or related field, either in professional services or industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.
• Authorization to work in Canada without sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Certification such as CPA, CIA, CFE, or similar strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Take a lead role in strengthening client relationships and providing guidance in engagement completion.
• Partner with strategic clients to manage risk.
• Develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking.
• Devise solutions to support client needs through analytics, automation, or the latest tools and methods.
• Develop new projects and help identify new business.
• Build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as an ambassador of Protiviti.
• Mentor and provide growth and development to teams.
• Oversee the successful completion of project work plans.
• Identify areas of business and process risk, and opportunities to improve efficiency, increase performance, and help clients manage risk.
• Build trusted relationships with C-level executives and provide exceptional experiences that translate to additional project work.
• Promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
• Create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
• Discover prospective project work with current and potential clients through networking, knowledge-building, and client interactions.
• Identify opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.
• View client challenges as opportunities to add value and translate that into new project proposals and sales.
• Be a valued contributor to thought leadership and encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams.
• Manage a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.

Benefits

• Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment.
• The ratio of remote to in-person requirements varies by client, project, team, and other business factors.
• Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager