SOX Auditor

Location

Pune | India

Job description

Responsible for conducting audits as part of a team to identify and provide assurance on the effectiveness of the internal control environment to minimise BPs risk effects, whilst supporting continuous improvement activities.

Job Description:

• As a SOX auditor you would be responsible for examining and assessing BP internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) to support BP s compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Additionally, to support BPs risk management processes, financial process continuous improvements activities and playing a crucial role in promoting transparency, accuracy, and reliability in a company s financial reporting practices
• The role involves delivery of SOX audits covering all aspects of finance risk including key financial process (eg, O2C, P2P, and R2R) and their relevant controls

Key qualification and responsibilities are as follows:

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree, preferably in Accounting.

• 8+ years of experience in Accounting

• Professional certification CPA, CIA or equivalent license preferred but not necessary.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, with experience in collaborating with individuals across all levels of the organization.

• Detail-oriented with strong project and time management skills

• Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions and methodologies for achieving compliance

• Knowledge of auditing processes and methodologies

• Works productively with minimal supervision, strong team leader and excellent presentation skills

• Critical thinking and analytical skills

• Minimal to no travel required.

• Proficiency in MS Office.

Responsibilities:

• Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Duties (90%)

• Assist with leading SOX effort for worldwide operations, including coordination with business process owners regarding the documentation and operating effectiveness of their processes, risks and controls

• Assist with and understand SOX scoping discussions

• Perform first level of review and perform independent SOX testing for key controls

• Coordinate with external auditors on SOX testing and related activities

• Identify and recommend potential changes and process and control improvements to existing controls, standards and procedures to improve operating performance while strengthening the control environment

• Interact effectively with a wide variety of people in a range of settings

• Maintain and update SOX documentation in SNOW IRM workpaper repository, including controls, test plans, etc.

• Assist in documenting SOX deficiencies throughout the year

• Perform other projects as assigned, included but not limited to investigations, audits, etc

• Perform process walk-throughs, documents process narratives and flowcharts, and complete testing of areas assigned; and prepare accurate, complete, objective and timely audit workpapers to support conclusions and recommendations.

Skills:

• Agility core practices
• Analytical Thinking
• Digital fluency
• Influencing
• Internal Auditing
• Managing change
• Managing volatility
• Negotiating
• Organizational knowledge
• Organizational Savvy
• Regional perspective
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Management

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