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
• Avoids projects in the areas of Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance/Internal Controls
• Executes risk assessments in consideration of risk of misstatement and risk of fraud in financial reporting
• Affirmative action statement
• 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 creating 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 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, ensure daily coordination among the project team, and monitor progress against schedules, budgets, project/task deliverables, and status reporting
• Strong communication skills to deliver oral and written presentations during and at the conclusion of projects
• Ability to identify and address potential issues and recommend improvements to executive leadership
• Ability to strengthen and maintain a network of industry contacts and establish new long-term relationships

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/.

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

Varies

Contact

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