Senior Sox Internal Auditor - Leeds, United Kingdom - Turner & Townsend

Turner & Townsend

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Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society._
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide._

Job Description:

This is a unique opportunity to join a high calibre team and influence the direction of the Turner & Townsend SOX Assurance Team as we transition from a co-source to an in-house model in Year 2 of our SOX Assurance Programme.

Turner & Townsend is a business with over £884m turnover and an impressive growth rate at a very exciting time.

Turner and Townsend Partners LLP announced a strategic partnership with CBRE Inc, a US listed commercial real estate services and investment firm, in November 2021 which has seen the company acquire 60% of the share capital of Turner & Townsend Holdings Ltd.

The investment will accelerate our Vision 2025 ambitions and provide the firepower to grow our capability and capacity to be the leader in our markets.

It will accelerate the realisation of our Purpose - helping us to transform performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.

Turner & Townsend is an independent professional services company specialising in programme management, project management, cost management and consulting across the property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.

With 119 offices in 49 countries, we draw on our extensive global and industry experience to manage risk while maximising value and performance during the construction and operation of our clients' assets.

The Senior SOX Internal Auditor will assist the SOX Audit Manager to test in-scope processes for global entities. The Senior SOX Internal Auditor must have proven experience testing the design & operating effectiveness of key controls.

The Senior SOX Internal Auditor will also assist control owners with remediation efforts to ensure that controls are operating effectively by year-end.

Your internal controls advisory skill set will be valued with new entities coming into scope and new system implementations. You may also have the opportunity to audit IT General Controls and perform operational audits.

Responsibilities

Your main responsibility will be to perform SOX testing including design & operating effectiveness testing, remediation testwork, and rollforward testing.

You will also assist the SOX Audit Manager to plan, coordinate, and execute all phases of the annual SOX Assurance Programme including:

Update SOX documentation, including risk and controls matrices and process flowcharts, and evaluate controls as new systems are developed or processes change.
Ensure that controls are properly designed for all in scope processes and global entities.
Provide technical guidance and advice to control owners for remediation of internal control deficiencies.
Ensure any internal control deficiencies are remediated and retested by yearend.
Coordinate the quarterly process owner and control owner certification process.
Perform limited assurance internal controls testing at nonSOX entities.
Track and monitor overall SOX assessment status for reporting to senior management.
Ensure all SOX deliverables and deadlines are met.

Qualifications:

Required Skills and Qualifications

Top 10 external or internal audit background with a strong focus on SOX and internal controls
ACA, CPA, or equivalent certification
Solid understanding of SOX and internal control concepts (e.g., COSO)
Strong written and interpersonal skills
Multiclient, commerce experience
Excel and Visio proficiency

Desirable Skills

ITGC testing experience
D365 ERP experience
Experience of using data analytics tools

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change._
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects worklife balance._

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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