Senior Manager, Risk & Regulatory

Highspring

$133K — $203K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Risk Management, or related field.
  • CPA, CIA, CISA certification.
  • 8+ years of professional services experience (public accounting or advisory) or internal controls experience with a Fortune 500.
  • Strong knowledge of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SEC reporting, and U.S. GAAP.
  • Proven ability to manage projects and timelines effectively.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of accounting/audit practices and reporting standards.
  • Ability to manage engagement economics, including budget and estimates.

Responsibilities

  • Work with clients on Sarbanes-Oxley readiness and compliance projects.
  • Conduct risk assessments, document processes, and identify risks and controls.
  • Execute testing to validate control effectiveness and assess deficiencies.
  • Educate audiences on risk management and control best practices.
  • Create and present project work plans and results to stakeholders.
  • Review team work to ensure compliance with professional standards.
  • Identify and implement creative solutions to improve methodologies.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies.
  • Career development activities and technical training opportunities.
  • Flexibility in work location with several consulting office options available.
  • Potential for new business opportunities through client relationship management.
  • Engagement in an influential team culture with seasoned professionals.
Full Job Description
The Team - Risk & Regulatory

Our team is comprised of a powerful mix of seasoned professionals with public accounting experience and business consultants with a deep expertise in a broad range of industries and focus areas. We take a comprehensive approach to help clients navigate through internal audit, risk, and compliance activities. We work as a broader team to address a wide range of business needs across the organization.

Your Impact
  • Work with emerging growth companies and established enterprises (both publicly traded and privately held) on a wide variety of projects including Sarbanes-Oxley ("SOX") readiness and compliance, internal audit, and ERM.
  • Assist companies with implementing and assessing the effectiveness of SOX compliance programs, including, but not limited to the following activities:
    • Conducting risk assessments
    • Conducting walkthroughs and documenting end-to-end business processes, identifying risks and key controls, using flowcharts and narratives
    • Documenting and assessing the design and effectiveness of key controls
    • Executing testing to validate the operating effectiveness of controls
    • Evaluating controls deficiencies to determine impact and significance
    • Identifying and implementing effective and efficient plans to remediate control deficiencies
    • Summarizing and documenting results of work performed including management reporting
  • Execute internal audit and ERM activities to support our client's risk management initiatives.
  • Educate internal and external audiences on business process, risk, and control best practices.
  • Create and deliver presentations on technical concepts, project work plans, delivery approach, milestones, and results to client stakeholders.
  • Review team progress to ensure compliance with work program and professional standards.
  • Identify, design and implement creative business solutions to continually improve the firm's methodology and approach.
  • Understand the breadth of services offered by Risk & Regulatory, as well as MorganFranklin holistically, to be able to identify additional opportunities at our clients.
  • Manage client relationships with an eye toward identifying and closing on new business opportunities.
  • Actively participate in career development activities and technical training of staff.
  • Establish credibility as a trusted advisor.

Your Experience

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Risk Management, or related field.
  • CPA, CIA, CISA certification.
  • 8+ years of recent professional services experience (public accounting or advisory firm) and/or internal controls and financial reporting experience with a Fortune 500 organization.
  • Strong knowledge of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SEC reporting, and/or U.S. GAAP
  • Demonstrated knowledge and ability to apply concepts related to internal controls, internal audit functions, accounting/audit practices, procedures, and reporting standards.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of accounting/audit practices, procedures and reporting standards.
  • Previous experience managing projects, including achievement of expected timelines, and effectively leading a team.
  • Ability to effectively manage engagement economics, including budget to actuals and estimates to complete.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Masters in Accounting, MBA, CPA, CIA.
  • Knowledge of common Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and accounting systems (i.e., Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Workday, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365).
  • Proven ability to lead, motivate and build teams that deliver services and solutions that surpass client expectations.
  • Flexibility to travel up to 25%.

This role can be aligned with one of our Consulting office locations in McLean, VA, New York City, Charlotte, Raleigh, Atlanta, Nashville or Dallas.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, Highspring believes that the following salary range reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure to be between the range below. The individual may also be eligible for a variety of bonus and financial incentives based on individual and company performance.

Base Compensation Range

$133,386-$203,192 USD

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