Senior Business Process Auditor
About The Position
S&P Global has recently announced the intent to separate our Mobility Segment into a standalone public company. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/mobility. The Senior Business Process Auditor is a key contributor to the business process audit program. Reporting to the Senior Director of Business Process Audit, this role leads audit engagements from planning through reporting, guides and develops audit staff, and helps ensure day-to-day audit delivery is rigorous, timely, and consistently high quality. This role is ideal for someone who takes pride in well-scoped engagements, clear workpaper documentation, and findings that lead to meaningful business improvements. The ideal candidate brings Big 4 or public accounting experience, along with strong SOX and non-SOX audit experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field required
- 3+ years of relevant audit experience.
- Solid working knowledge of SOX compliance requirements, the COSO framework, and risk-based audit methodologies.
- Proven ability to manage audit engagements independently from planning through reporting, with minimal oversight.
- Strong workpaper documentation skills, with close attention to detail, accuracy, and audit quality.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to write findings that business stakeholders can understand and act on.
- Collaborative team player who can lead and develop junior staff.
Nice To Haves
- advanced degree preferred
- Big 4 or comparable public accounting experience strongly preferred.
- At least one active audit-related professional certification strongly preferred, such as CPA, CIA, CISA, or CISSP.
Responsibilities
- Lead business process audit engagements from scoping through draft report preparation, including fieldwork, workpaper documentation, and findings development.
- Execute and review SOX control testing, including process walkthroughs, design and operating effectiveness assessments, and deficiency evaluations.
- Perform non-SOX operational and compliance audits across key business process areas, including Finance, HR, Procurement, Operations, and Sales.
- Guide and review the work of staff by providing real-time coaching, workpaper feedback, and quality assurance throughout each engagement.
- Support the annual risk assessment and audit planning process by contributing process-level insights and engagement scoping recommendations.
- Build effective working relationships with process owners and mid-level business stakeholders, communicating audit status, findings, and recommendations with clarity and professionalism.
- Draft clear, well-supported audit findings and management reports that translate control issues into actionable business recommendations.
- Monitor open audit findings and follow up with process owners to support timely and sustainable remediation.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of audit methodologies, workpaper templates, and department processes.
- Actively develop junior team members through mentorship, on-the-job coaching, and timely feedback.
Benefits
- In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.
- This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
