Risk Advisory - Senior Associate

About the role

Riveron helps organizations implement leading governance, risk and compliance practices by combining deep expertise with pragmatic partnership, using a hands-on approach to understand the specific needs of the organization and create tailored solutions to address key compliance risks.

Responsibilities

• Gain an understanding of the assigned clients’ objectives as well as their regulatory and risk management environment
• Aid projects in the areas of Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance/Internal Controls
• Execute 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
• 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 oral and written presentations during and at the conclusion of projects by either recommending improvements or any operational/financial deficiencies to executive leadership
• 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 CISAM
• Minimum 3 years 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

Qualifications

• You have a passion for developing and maintaining client relationships
• You get the job done and have fun doing it
• You communicate skillfully with a variety of audiences and can create compelling stories from data
• You thrive in an ever-changing, dynamic work environment
• You readily identify problems and instinctively look for solutions
• You enjoy participating in internal and external company initiatives such as community service, training, recruiting, and firm events
• You have the ability and desire to travel as required based on client location

Skills

• Proficiency with creating internal controls process flows and risk/control matrices
• Ability to set priorities and ensure daily coordination among the project team
• Effective communication skills with a variety of audiences
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and address issues
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks

Benefits

Full time roles are eligible for a full range of benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, and PTO. A complete description of all available benefits can be found at Riveron's Benefits page at https://riveron.com/riveron-life/. Contract roles are not eligible for benefits.

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

Varies

Contact

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter by December 31, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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