Risk Advisor - Internal Process and Controls - Manager - Multiple Positions - 1713510

Legal operations•Los Angeles, CA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Advise clients to understand and manage their business risks and verify the validity of their business information. Provide internal audit services to help clients align their internal audit strategy to the broader business strategy, conduct assessments and diagnostics, develop and execute internal audit transformations, and deliver outsourcing or co-sourcing services. Offer recommendations to clients on risk management issues by identifying, measuring, and analyzing operational or enterprise risks for an organization. Analyze new legislation to determine impact on risk exposure. Help clients address compliance, financial, and operational risks. Perform risk assessment, internal control testing, develop internal audit plans, and provide internal audit services on a co-sourcing or an outsourcing basis. Assess the client’s current state internal controls and SOX framework in order to mitigate risk, including entity-level controls, business process controls, IT- application controls, and IT-general controls. Manage and motivate teams of professionals with diverse skills and backgrounds. Consistently deliver quality client services by monitoring progress. Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge. Maintain long-term client relationships and networks. Cultivate business development opportunities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Accounting, Finance or a related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate related work experience, OR a Master’s degree in Business, Management, Accounting, Finance or a related field and 4 years of related work experience.
4 years of public accounting and/or audit experience for mid to large-sized multinational clients.
3 years of experience in assessing internal controls frameworks, including testing of design and operational effectiveness.
2 years of experience assessing IT control frameworks, including testing of design and operational effectiveness of IT application controls and IT general controls.
3 years of experience in program management for large scale process, risk, controls, audit, or technology projects and programs.
2 years of experience in performing internal audit risk assessments and developing risk remediation strategies.
2 years of experience in Enterprise Resource Management and/or related risk analysis, process analytics, and business intelligence.
2 years of experience in performing and interpreting gap analysis.
2 years of experience in at least one of the following: control rationalization, control optimization, control effectiveness, or control efficiency.
2 years of experience transforming an internal audit, internal controls, or compliance function.
2 years of experience leading internal audit or internal controls workshops and client-facing presentations.
2 years of experience in managing and supervising teams of professional audit employees and mentoring team members through development feedback and performance processes.
Eligible to obtain CPA (U.S. state CPA or a foreign equivalent), CIA, CISA, CA, RIMS-CRMP, CRISC, or CMA certification within one year of hire.
Requires travel up to 50%, of which 20% may be international, to serve client needs.
Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.

Responsibilities

Provide internal audit services to help clients align their internal audit strategy to the broader business strategy, conduct assessments and diagnostics, develop and execute internal audit transformations, and deliver outsourcing or co-sourcing services.
Offer recommendations to clients on risk management issues by identifying, measuring, and analyzing operational or enterprise risks for an organization.
Analyze new legislation to determine impact on risk exposure.
Help clients address compliance, financial, and operational risks.
Perform risk assessment, internal control testing, develop internal audit plans, and provide internal audit services on a co-sourcing or an outsourcing basis.
Assess the client’s current state internal controls and SOX framework in order to mitigate risk, including entity-level controls, business process controls, IT- application controls, and IT-general controls.
Manage and motivate teams of professionals with diverse skills and backgrounds.
Consistently deliver quality client services by monitoring progress.
Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge.
Maintain long-term client relationships and networks.
Cultivate business development opportunities.