Financial Systems Controls & Assurance Analyst

EquipmentShare • Columbia, MO

15h • Onsite

About The Position

EquipmentShare is seeking a Financial Systems Controls & Assurance Analyst to join their team at their Corporate Headquarters in Columbia, MO. This role is responsible for designing, building, implementing, and improving scalable SOX-ready controls and assurance processes across financial systems and related business operations. The analyst will partner closely with Finance, IT, Analytics, Engineering, and business stakeholders to strengthen audit readiness, improve control reliability, and support sustainable growth across systems that impact financial reporting.

Requirements

• Ability to work across technical and business teams, understand system behavior, and translate compliance requirements into practical operational solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to identify control gaps, implement process improvements, and drive remediation efforts through completion.
• Strong analytical, organizational, documentation, and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 3 years of experience in SOX compliance, IT controls, internal or external audit, financial systems, business process controls, or related assurance work.
• Strong understanding of SOX, ITGCs, logical access, change management, key reports, interfaces, application controls, and IT-dependent manual controls.
• Experience designing and evaluating controls, supporting audit walkthroughs, preparing evidence, and managing remediation activities.
• At least 2 years of experience using SQL for data analysis, reporting, reconciliation, and control validation activities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a publicly traded company or SOX-regulated environment.
• Experience supporting financial systems, internally developed applications, ERP systems, reporting platforms, data warehouses, or system-generated reports used in financial reporting.
• Experience with tools such as Workiva, Jira, ServiceNow, Freshservice, Okta, CyberArk IGA, Snowflake, dbt, Looker, Tableau, Monday.com, or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting remediation of SOX gaps related to access management, change management, application controls, system-generated reports, interfaces, or evidence retention.
• Familiarity with internal and external audit processes, control testing, deficiency evaluation, management responses, and remediation plan tracking.
• Understanding of financial processes such as revenue, accounts payable, inventory, fixed assets, fleet, procurement, payroll, or financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and improve scalable controls and assurance processes across financial systems, reporting platforms, operational workflows, and SOX-relevant business processes.
• Partner with Finance, IT, Analytics, Engineering, system administrators, and business stakeholders to design, execute, and enhance controls supporting financial reporting, including ITGCs, application controls, key reports, and system-generated data.
• Evaluate system and process changes to identify control impacts, embed appropriate control activities, and support sustainable operational readiness before go-live.
• Build and operationalize scalable workflows, evidence standards, control documentation, and ownership models that improve audit readiness and long-term process sustainability.
• Review system activity, reporting outputs, approvals, workflow data, and audit evidence to validate completeness, accuracy, authorization, and control effectiveness.
• Use SQL, reporting tools, spreadsheet analysis, and system data to support control validation, reconciliation, exception analysis, and audit support activities.
• Support access governance and related assurance activities, including user access reviews, privileged access considerations, segregation of duties (SoD), and access-related evidence validation.
• Partner with control owners, auditors, and business stakeholders to support walkthroughs, remediation efforts, process improvements, and scalable operational execution.
• Identify recurring control and operational pain points and drive practical improvements that reduce manual effort, strengthen control reliability, and improve process scalability.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees
• Generous PTO + paid holidays
• 401(k) + company match
• Gym membership stipend + wellness programs (earn PTO and prizes!)
• Company events, food truck nights
• 16 hours of paid volunteer time per year
• Career advancement, leadership training, and professional development opportunities

What This Job Offers

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