Business SOX Controls Leader

Job Description Summary

Job Description

The responsibilities vary based upon individual workplans but include a subset of the following:

• Responsible for driving technical accounting compliance, financial and operational internal controls, process simplification, and operational excellence to deliver accurate actual financial reporting and analysis.
• Establishes & monitors the SOX Testing Framework for manual business process controls, Entity Level Controls, and Information Produced by the Entity (i.e. key reports).
• Assess the effectiveness of the processes and controls (Tests of Design) and reviews testing for various business processes in accordance with defined test attributes and guidance (Tests of Effectiveness)
• Manages and reports on program progress and risks to various leadership groups including Controllership, CAO, SOX Governance, IT SOX Governance, etc.
• Responsible for day to day working relationship with external auditor.
• Developing expertise within function. Growing reputation within the organization. Role is considered an expert in their discipline, providing professional or thought leadership. Influences policy and ensures delivery within own function, linking with other functions of the organization.
• Leads an audit organization 1 Senior Manager, 2 Managers, and 1 Senior Staff, with an oval staff of ~9 individuals.  Management of staff includes assignment, career development & training, salary planning, succession planning, performance reviews, overall hiring process, budget/actual expenses, etc.
• Responsible for overall day to day relationship with external vendors including managing expectations, assignments, monitoring completion, etc.
• Skilled influencer, able to communicate complex messages to others. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Negotiation skills required to influence others on topics within field. Presents business solutions to leaders in functional area.
• Impacts approaches, projects and programs within the Controllership (SOX Governance and the business) and ways of working. Impacts quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of own team.
• This job has significant input into their priorities which are shaped by current professional practices and policies.  Working within broad guidelines and policies, this role has a moderate to high level of autonomy, requiring high levels of evaluative judgment.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve complex tasks or problems. Takes new perspective on existing solutions but uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.

Required Qualifications

• US Domestic location
• 7-10+ years of external public accounting experience or equivalent
• CPA, CISA or other professional certification
• A Bachelor's or master’s degree (in accounting, "STEM" Majors or Business Administration)

Desired Characteristics

• Located in Cincinnati, OH
• A Master’s degree (in accounting, "STEM" Majors or Business Administration) or equivalent
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
• Established project management skills