Senior Consultant - IT & Specialized Assurance: Business Process & Controls

Company: Deloitte
Location: Houston
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

Deloitte's Risk & Financial Advisory Assurance team aspires to be the leading practice who helps our clients manage their risks through internal control attestation and specialized audit services.

Work you'll do

• Demonstrate understanding of business processes, internal control risk management, and related regulatory and compliance standards
• Perform specialized assurance activities over financial, operational, compliance, and strategic risk areas as well as execution of SOX-related activities
• Consult with engagement leadership and clients on strategic plans and other business matters, and help to anticipate emerging risks for our clients
• Deliver third-party service organization control services (SOC Reports, Agreed upon Procedures, etc.) and readiness reviews related to business process controls
• Use problem solving and critical thinking skills to quickly identify internal control deficiencies, evaluate their risk implications, and draw the appropriate conclusions to best advise our clients
• Facilitate use of technology-based tools or methodologies to review, design, and implement products and services
• Support client engagements by helping plan and perform specialized audit services on external audit engagements related to business process controls that mitigate financial statement risks
• Actively participate in decision making with engagement management and seek to understand the broader impact of current decisions
• Build and nurture positive working relationships with clients, by providing high quality deliverables and communications
• Create internal control documentation for the engagement including narratives, process and data flows, and other supporting work papers
• Play a substantive role with project management by supporting engagement planning, economics, billing and staffing; providing regular status reports for the client, while supervising junior staff
• Exercise professional skepticism, judgment and adhere to the code of ethics while on engagements.
  Qualifications
  
  Required:
  
  • Bachelor's degree (in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance or related field)
  • 3+ years of relevant work experience, with industry focus a plus
  • Ability to travel up to 50% (While up to 50% travel is a requirement of the role, due to COVID-19, non-essential travel has been suspended until further notice)
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
    Preferred:
    
    • Ability to state complex issues simply
    • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
    • Experience with working in an ambiguous environment
    • Certification as CPA, CIA, CISA and/or PMP preferred
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