Associate – Business Process Risk Advisory

Role Overview

• Gain an understanding of the assigned clients’ objectives as well as their regulatory and risk management environment
• Assist projects in the areas of Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance/Internal Controls
• Assist in risk assessments in consideration of risk of misstatement and risk of fraud in financial reporting
• Assess internal controls’ design adequacy to mitigate financial, operational, and compliance risks
• Identify control gaps and improvement items and design controls in a greenfield environment. Design detailed remediation roadmaps to close those gaps.
• Exhibit proficiency with assisting in creation of internal controls process flows and risk/control matrices
• Maintain the level of technical competency and professional care required for the completion of assignments in accordance with COSO, COBIT, auditing standards, and related control techniques
• Set priorities, ensuring daily coordination among the project team, and monitor progress against schedules, budgets, project/task deliverables, and status reporting
• Communicate extensively with clients to drive expectations and report on the status of ongoing projects.
• Deliver verbal and written presentations during and at the conclusion of projects by either recommending improvements or any operational/financial deficiencies to executive leadership
• Stay abreast of emerging risk areas and related control techniques
• Strengthen and maintain a network of industry contacts and establish new long-term relationships

Requirements

• Bachelor's and/or Master’s degree in Accounting
• Relevant certification preferred, CPA, CIA and/or CISA
• Minimum 1 year experience, the majority of which is within external audit or risk advisory roles
• Demonstrated knowledge of business risks, internal controls over financial reporting, SOX, the COSO framework

Benefits

• Full time roles are eligible for a full range of benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• PTO
• A complete description of all available benefits can be found at Riveron's Benefits page at https://riveron.com/riveron-life/.