Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager or Senior Manager - Asset Management Consulting

Weaver Careers • Houston, TX

27d

About The Position

Weaver’s Governance, Risk and Compliance team is seeking an experienced Manager or Senior Manager for its growing Asset Management Consulting practice. The role involves understanding investment operations, asset classes, and regulatory requirements, and delivering internal audit, consulting, and compliance engagements for clients in the asset management and financial services sectors. The position supervises staff across multiple concurrent engagements and manages engagement economics, client expectations, and delivery against objectives.

The role leads engagement planning and execution, reviews the quality and technical accuracy of work, manages client relationships and project resources, and ensures that deliverables meet firm standards and deadlines. It also involves mentoring and developing staff, contributing to departmental training and methodology, and supporting firm and service-line administration as requested. Client-site work may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or another business-related field.
• CPA, CIA, or other relevant certification.
• At least 4 years of experience in asset management, public accounting, or internal audit.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Team orientation and strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Experience managing, mentoring, and developing staff.
• Self-starter who takes accountability for achieving engagement milestones and deadlines on time.
• Extensive internal and/or external audit experience across a variety of industries and audit types for public companies.
• Advanced understanding of the COSO internal control framework, Internal Audit Standards, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Section 404 requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Finance or another business-related field.
• Experience in the oil and gas industry, inventory-based businesses, or financial services.
• Familiarity with preparing and delivering presentations and briefings to senior management and boards.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced understanding of investment topics, including public and private market risks, investment operations and accounting, risk, compliance, and organizational governance.
• Review work prepared by others for internal audit, compliance, and consulting engagements involving investments, operations, and related topics.
• Apply knowledge of accounting, business processes, transaction cycles, third-party risks, COSO internal controls, Internal Audit Standards, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, IIA, GAAP, and GAAS.
• Monitor engagement progress against client expectations and ensure open items are followed up and deliverables are completed on time.
• Lead internal audit, consulting, and compliance engagements, including drafting engagement letters, communicating status, tracking actual versus budgeted hours, and billing clients.
• Plan and manage multiple concurrent engagements, including scheduling, resource deployment, project management, budgets, deadlines, and staff utilization.
• Independently plan, perform, and deliver work on large, complex engagements with limited supervision.
• Review workpapers and deliverables for coverage, completeness, accuracy, technical proficiency, clarity, and compliance with firm standards.
• Identify and resolve engagement issues through timely communication with team members and clients.
• Manage engagement economics and project performance while meeting technical requirements and client expectations.
• Supervise approximately two to four staff across concurrent projects and ensure engagement tasks and objectives are completed accurately and completely.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with client personnel and communicate professionally with clients and teams.
• Prepare clear and accurate internal audit reports documenting objectives, procedures, results, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Provide staff performance feedback, monitor continuing professional education needs, and request specialized training.
• Mentor staff, delegate work to support development and efficient use of resources, and contribute to departmental training, methodology, and tools.
• Assist with firm and service-line administrative duties as requested.
• Adhere to applicable professional standards, ethical requirements, and codes of conduct, including those of the IIA, AICPA, state accountancy boards, and relevant professional societies.
• Be available to work on-site at clients as requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Flexible scheduled time off.
• At least 56 hours of sick and safe leave.
• 11 holidays and 2 scheduled recharge days.
• In-house continuing professional education and learning opportunities.
• Internal learning and development programs covering technical improvement, practice development, management and leadership training, and whole-life growth.

What This Job Offers

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