Financial Systems Controls & Assurance Analyst

EquipmentShare is a company on a mission to transform the construction industry through innovative technology and real-time support. They are hiring a Financial Systems Controls & Assurance Analyst to design and improve SOX-ready controls and assurance processes across financial systems, partnering with various stakeholders to enhance audit readiness and control reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and improve scalable controls and assurance processes across financial systems, reporting platforms, operational workflows, and SOX-relevant business processes
• Partner with Finance, IT, Analytics, Engineering, system administrators, and business stakeholders to design, execute, and enhance controls supporting financial reporting, including ITGCs, application controls, key reports, and system-generated data
• Evaluate system and process changes to identify control impacts, embed appropriate control activities, and support sustainable operational readiness before go-live
• Build and operationalize scalable workflows, evidence standards, control documentation, and ownership models that improve audit readiness and long-term process sustainability
• Review system activity, reporting outputs, approvals, workflow data, and audit evidence to validate completeness, accuracy, authorization, and control effectiveness
• Use SQL, reporting tools, spreadsheet analysis, and system data to support control validation, reconciliation, exception analysis, and audit support activities
• Support access governance and related assurance activities, including user access reviews, privileged access considerations, segregation of duties (SoD), and access-related evidence validation
• Partner with control owners, auditors, and business stakeholders to support walkthroughs, remediation efforts, process improvements, and scalable operational execution
• Identify recurring control and operational pain points and drive practical improvements that reduce manual effort, strengthen control reliability, and improve process scalability

Requirements:

• Ability to work across technical and business teams, understand system behavior, and translate compliance requirements into practical operational solutions
• Demonstrated ability to identify control gaps, implement process improvements, and drive remediation efforts through completion
• Strong analytical, organizational, documentation, and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• At least 3 years of experience in SOX compliance, IT controls, internal or external audit, financial systems, business process controls, or related assurance work
• Strong understanding of SOX, ITGCs, logical access, change management, key reports, interfaces, application controls, and IT-dependent manual controls
• Experience designing and evaluating controls, supporting audit walkthroughs, preparing evidence, and managing remediation activities
• At least 2 years of experience using SQL for data analysis, reporting, reconciliation, and control validation activities
• Must be able to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and work on a computer
• Experience in a publicly traded company or SOX-regulated environment
• Experience supporting financial systems, internally developed applications, ERP systems, reporting platforms, data warehouses, or system-generated reports used in financial reporting
• Experience with tools such as Workiva, Jira, ServiceNow, Freshservice, Okta, CyberArk IGA, Snowflake, dbt, Looker, Tableau, Monday.com, or similar platforms
• Experience supporting remediation of SOX gaps related to access management, change management, application controls, system-generated reports, interfaces, or evidence retention
• Familiarity with internal and external audit processes, control testing, deficiency evaluation, management responses, and remediation plan tracking
• Understanding of financial processes such as revenue, accounts payable, inventory, fixed assets, fleet, procurement, payroll, or financial reporting