senior financial auditor - Boca Raton, United States - GEO Reentry Services

Description

Summary

The Senior Internal Auditor leads audit teams and conducts audits of organization's facilities, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and other internal audit special projects; documents and prepares reports based on the results of the audits; directs the activities of staff on audit projects and reviews work papers for quality assurance.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Senior Internal Auditor leads audit teams on facility audits, plans and oversees the auditing process, conducts in-brief and out-brief meetings with facility management and ensures timely completion of audits.

Conducts facility site visit audits by requesting samples for testing, testing the samples, and documenting findings.

The Senior Internal Auditor works directly with the corporate, regional, and facility staff to request, gather, and review all financial information to test internal controls.

Documents results of the tests and audits of the internal controls to ensure they have been tested.

The Senior Internal Auditor reviews audit team's site visit workpapers and testing.

Works directly with independent external auditors on the internal controls audits to receive, gather, review, and track all requested financial information.

The Senior Internal Auditor reviews all audit exceptions identified in testing process (including those by the external auditors) and develops a plan of action to remediate them.

Reviews Sarbanes-Oxley documentation to ensure the various documents are consistent and updates them as needed with guidance from the business process owners.

Assesses opportunities to improve processes and financial controls for increased efficiency.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field.

Three (3) to five (5) years of audit experience.

Professional certifications (CIA, CPA, CFE, CISA) and two (2)+ years public accounting experience preferred.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to work on multiple projects with varying deadlines.

Ability to lead and supervise team members on audits.

Frequent travel with overnight stays.

Proficient with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

Critical thinking and unstructured problem solving.

Experience with data analytics, audit automation, risk and control framework development.