Senior SOX Auditor

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position.  Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Ability to focus on several moderately complex business activities. Demonstrates subject matter expertise by advancing more technical concepts unique to the role, problem-solving, and analysis. Regularly engages with business partners or auditors to facilitate an understanding of transactions and activities. Assesses the design and operating effectiveness of the control environment over the areas of responsibility. Requires a moderate degree of judgement for the appropriate application of Corporate Policy, GAAP, Regulation, or established framework. Regularly makes evaluations of facts and circumstances and is able to effectively communicate conclusions and recommendations for remediation or process improvements. Able to advance responsibilities and/or priorities largely independent of management oversight.

Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

Responsibilities

• Works and communicates with internal stakeholders and external auditors on SOX matters, including coordination of quarterly and annual certifications, scoping and testing efforts, and issue identification, isolation, and remediation for the audit of the company's internal controls over financial reporting.

• Leads process walk-throughs with functional business partners, ensuring that flowcharts, narratives, and control design documentation meet internal and professional standards, are aligned with the COSO 2013 framework, and is available to key stakeholders as appropriate.

• Participates in the annual planning of the company’s SOX compliance efforts (e.g., risk assessment, materiality, significant accounts disclosures, establish milestones of key SOX activities, etc.).

• Works with functional business areas to analyze and evaluate control deficiencies, develops remediation plans, and quickly analyzes the impact to the financial statements and the internal controls over financial reporting.

• Prepares documentation supporting conclusions on the operating effectiveness of the company's internal controls over financial reporting, ensuring that the work papers meet internal and professional standards, are aligned with the COSO 2013 framework, and is available to key stakeholders as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, or related field

• 2+ years of experience in Public Accounting, Internal Audit

Preferred Qualifications

If we had our say, we’d also look for:

• 4+ years of experience in Public Accounting, Internal Audit

• Certified Internal Auditor Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

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