Sox Coordinator - Finance

Centennial Bank • Conway, AR

125d

About The Position

The Sox Coordinator manages the company's SOX compliance program and acts as a central point of contact and subject matter expert to ensure appropriate internal controls (manual and system) over financial reporting are designed and implemented.

Requirements

• Broad knowledge of such fields as accounting, marketing, business administration, finance, etc.
• Equivalent to a four year college degree, plus 3 years related experience and/or training, and 3 years related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and policy/procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to read, analyze, and understand common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to complex or difficult inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Nice To Haves

• CPA

Responsibilities

• Manage the Company's SOX compliance program and acts as a central point of contact and subject matter expert to ensure appropriate internal controls (manual and system) over financial reporting are designed and implemented.
• Responsible for on-going project management of the SOX program, including overseeing the coordination efforts between Internal Audit team members, external auditors, and internal business process owners.
• Drive SOX mapping, scoping and risk assessment by collaborating with cross-functional teams, including accounting, lending, deposit operations, and others, within the Company to stay up to date on significant changes that may have an impact on the design and/or operating effectiveness of controls.
• Manage the coordination of management's SOX process controls documentation (narratives) updates and review process controls to ensure adequate design and identification of.
• Review and assist management in the completion of Entity Level Controls documentation and evaluations.
• Review and assist in the identification, design and implementation of controls related to new processes, systems, models, lines of business, etc.
• Manage relationship with co-sourced provider to optimize engagement economics and quality deliverables for the SOX program.
• Maintain on-going communication with external auditors including alignment on SOX planning, walkthroughs/testing, audit requests, and deficiency evaluation.
• Identify, evaluate, and monitor the remediation of control deficiencies.
• Deliver timely and concise communication including developing and producing management reporting illustrating SOX status, trends, and remediation of deficiencies.
• Prepare executive management and Audit Committee dashboards highlighting overall SOX progress.
• Educate Business Process Owner's (BPO's) by leading training sessions to demonstrate compliance requirements and share hot topics in SOX compliance.
• Completes required BSA/AML training and other compliance training as assigned.
• The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
• Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree