Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
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Job Description
The Senior SOX Internal Auditor will assist the SOX Audit Manager to test in-scope processes for global entities. You may test both Business Process and IT General Controls. 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. When the Internal Audit function is formally established, you may also have the opportunity to perform operational audits.
Your main responsibility will be to perform SOX testing including design & operating effectiveness testing, remediation test work, 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:
1. Help identify and design testing strategies for the key inscope controls and execute testing to a high standard with guidance and oversight from your manager.
2. Update SOX documentation, including risk and controls matrices and process flowcharts, and evaluate controls as new systems are developed or processes change.
3. Ensure that controls are properly designed for all in scope processes and global entities.
4. Provide technical guidance and advice to control owners for remediation of internal control deficiencies.
5. Ensure any internal control deficiencies are remediated and re-tested by year-end.
6. Coordinate the process owner and control owner certification process.
7. Perform limited assurance internal controls testing at non-SOX entities.
8. Track and monitor overall SOX assessment status for reporting to senior management. Ensure all SOX deliverables and deadlines are met.
Qualifications
Required Skills and Qualification
9. External or internal audit background with a strong focus on SOX and internal controls
10. ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent certification
11. Solid understanding of SOX and internal control concepts (, COSO)
12. Strong written and inter-personal skills
13. Multi-client, commerce experience
14. Excel and Visio proficiency
Desirable Skills
15. ITGC testing experience
16. Key report testing and IPE knowledge
17. D365 ERP experience
18. 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 work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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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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