Process Risk Director

About the role

As a Process Risk Director, you will help clients understand their business risks and assist in addressing risk in both proactive and responsive contexts for the Risk, Compliance & Controls Practice. From day one, you’ll be empowered to help clients make moves that help them achieve their vision while advancing your own career with the resources, environment, and support to excel.

Responsibilities

• Review processes and internal controls across multiple risk domains to assess risk, internal control, and overall process effectiveness and efficiency across the three lines of defense.
• Develop impactful recommendations to address identified gaps and, when requested, assist with implementation and remediation activities regarding internal control, business and IT process optimization, profit improvement, fraud prevention, and compliance.
• Lead and support business development activities such as new relationship development, proposals, client account management, conferences, presentations, whitepapers, and other thought leadership.
• Conduct entity and process-level risk assessments and develop internal audit plans for client approval.
• Assist with establishing and operating high-performing internal audit functions, internal controls programs, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance programs.
• Identify and resolve client problems or issues promptly and communicate effectively with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Perform engagement management responsibilities, including performance reviews, task delegation, project scheduling, project financials, quality review, and client management.
• Use a network of business relationships to generate new sales opportunities.
• Think strategically about practice enhancements and actively contribute to implementing change.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members, fostering professional growth and developing high performers.
• Meet or exceed sales and growth targets and targeted billing hours (utilization).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, MIS, or a related field is required.
• Minimum 10 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level.
• Certification required: CPA, CISA, CISSP, CIA or CISM preferred.
• Experience establishing and operating Sarbanes-Oxley compliance programs and internal audit functions.
• Experience assessing and designing internal controls that address strategic, operational, reporting, and compliance risks across financial, operational, administrative, and information technology (IT) processes.
• Ability to develop and expand relationships with current and prospective clients.
• Experience participating in engagement pursuits and preparing impactful materials in response to Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Proposals (RFP), and other client engagement opportunities.
• Strong supervisory, leadership development, and collaboration skills.
• Experience with data analytics and visualization preferred.
• Experience working with organizations that utilize SAP, Workday, Oracle, or Infor preferred.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is between $197,800 and $255,904. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton's discretion and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.