Internal Controls & Business Risk Senior Consultant

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Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world's leading financial centers - New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston.

Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards.

Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients.

Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients.

Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion.

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Job Description:

BRS Senior Consultant (Business Risk Services) Responsibilities
Are you interested in joining one of the fastest growing consulting and accounting firms in the country?

Would you like the ability to join a highly dynamic team focused on providing exceptional client service in the areas of risk and advisory?

If yes, consider joining Baker Tilly (BT) as an Internal Controls & Business Risk Senior Consultant! Our Risk Advisory practice provides a full spectrum of services to help our clients assess their risks, develop strategies to compete in an ever-changing business environment, and achieve their goals and objectives.

All of this is accomplished through deep industry knowledge of risk, governance, internal audit, compliance, IT, and cybersecurity best practices.

As one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, BT has the ability to offer you upward career trajectory, flexibility in how and where you get your work done and meaningful relationships with clients, teammates and leadership who truly care about you and your development.

Does this describe you?

• You want to continue to expand your work experiences and hone your skills as a comprehensive risk professional in the areas of compliance, enterprise risk management, governance, internal controls, and data analytics.
• You crave the opportunity to be part of a fast growing, entrepreneurial risk consulting practice where your hard work and creativity will be rewarded
• You do your best work when you are part of a talented, down-to-earth team that thrives in collaboration and truly enjoys working together
• You feel valued when you are provided the resources and support to continually sharpen your technical skills and build your career now, for tomorrow

What you will do:

• Manage complex client engagements, including SOX readiness, co-sourcings/outsourcings, program optimization and internal controls workstreams for ERP implementations,
  • Understand key business process areas, including order to cash, procure to pay and record to report, as well as entity level control considerations
  • Support SOX-readiness activities related to design and implementation of internal controls over financial reporting.
  • Facilitate business process walkthroughs to identify key risks in a client's environment and validate controls adequately address those risks and related financial statement assertions
  • Develop comprehensive control test plans to enable high-quality control testing activities
  • Perform test of design and operating effectiveness across multiple clients and supervise testing activities of staff resources; play a key role overseeing and coordinating testing activities performed by off-shore teams
  • Identify opportunities to embed automated controls in business processes and optimize internal control environments
  • Identify IT dependencies such as segregation of duties, key reports and system interfaces.
  • Understand a client's use of third parties and collaborate with IT audit professionals to effectively evaluate any third-party assurance reports (e.g. SOC, ISAE, etc) obtained by the client.
  • Play a key role coordinating SOX program testing with key client stakeholders and external audit teams.
  • Evaluate control deficiencies, perform root cause analysis and co-develop management remediation actions.
  • Provide support and guidance to management as part of remediation efforts
• Work closely with client executives and management teams to understand their businesses and assist in identifying and managing financial and operational risks within their business processes and systems.
  • Develop in-depth knowledge of clients' businesses and industries by having direct client interaction while working on multiple aspects of an engagement
  • Think independently and strategically about your clients' business, systems and risks providing recommendations for business and process improvements based upon knowledge gained relative to the client's operations, processes and business objectives
  • Provide strategic business assurance to clients by assisting in the implementation of new processes and controls that address key risks
  • Assess, manage and optimize business risk across a wide range of areas, including operational audit, enterprise risk management (ERM) and SOX compliance
  • Review clients' processes and controls against industry frameworks, identifying gaps in design and execution, and communicating issues and recommendations to clients
  • Develop audit programs and the execute internal audits and internal control assessments across a range of risk areas, coordinating closely with subject matter resources, as appropriate
  • Assist in drafting comprehensive executive summaries and final reports for delivery to the client, documenting and reviewing engagement work papers in accordance with industry-accepted internal audit methodologies
  • Act as a valued business advisor, build relationships and communicate effectively with the client to provide superior client service
  • Facilitate professional and effective presentations to internal and external audiences
  • Continue to develop your knowledge and experience working with a variety of technology environments, platforms, applications and tools/utilities
• Demonstrate the desire to continually grow, learn and develop skills and knowledge through external and internal education, training and cross-training opportunities to maximize personal contribution to the organizational goals and ongoing career development
• Utilize your entrepreneurial skills to network and build strong relationships internally and externally with clients
• Support the growth and development of team members through the Baker Tilly Care and Teach philosophy, helping associates meet their professional goals
• Enjoy friendships, social activities and team outings that encourage a work-life balance

Successful candidates will have:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or a related business program
• CPA, CIA or CISA certifications preferred
• 2+ year(s) experience with internal audit, previous experience leading SOX engagements required
• Experience as a client serving professional for a large national consulting firm desired
• Familiarity with major ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, Netsuite, MS Dynamics,etc.
• Familiarity applying PCAOB auditing standards and other control frameworks such as COSO.
• Excellent analytical, technical and problem solving skills, with strong attention to detail
• Exceptional verbal and written communication, collaboration, and time management skills

The compensation range for this role is $80,990 to $153,590.

Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

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Business Operations Specialists