| Location: |
CA-Los Angeles
West Coast (CA, OR, WA, AK & HI) |
| Salary Range: |
80000-100000 |
| Bonus & Incentives: |
bonus, profit sharing and other standard corporate benefits |
| Position Responsibilities: |
Our client, a major entertainment studio, is seeking A Manager - Sarbanes Oxley for I.T. within the Technical Accounting Support Group. It reports to the Executive Director, Technical Support. The Department is accountable for consulting and advising on a proactive basis with the other finance groups within the company on accounting issues and policies, internal controls, and corporate governance. The Department is also responsible for coordinating the company wide implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). As a result the Manager, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance will have exposure to all of the financial departments within the company.
The Manager, SOX Compliance, IT will be accountable for coordinating the company's efforts in obtaining SOX 404 compliance for its Information Technology (IT) systems/environment. The Manager will act as a liaison between the SOX Project Management Office and the IT Department as well as manage internal and external resources employed in documenting and testing IT processes and internal controls .
The Manager will need to develop and maintain a detailed knowledge of company-wide operations that will enable transitioning to key positions in other finance areas or business units when, and if, necessary.
Range of duties:
Planning & Administration:
Plan for and coordinate SOX team resources
Provide input for budgets and analyses
Participate in annual and on-going Sox Risk Assessment and Scoping
Maintain and update resource scheduling spreadsheet
Track time and perform budget to actual analysis
Manage company project and schedule to meet requirements of overall schedule
Create processes to execute work (e.g. assessment, remediation, testing) that enable the IT organization to meet deadlines.
Create detailed schedules to support resource requirements and work execution.
Maintain high level timeframe views for management
Analysis:
Analyze processes and performance, create metrics for project management and reporting; controls and control deficiency analysis; test strategy (analysis of resources, execution, documentation)
Communication, Monitoring and Reporting:
Create and maintain status reports and dashboards for periodic executive presentation for IT and Finance Executives; periodic update presentations for Senior Staff Meeting (approx monthly); weekly updates for local SOX PMO (Corporate Finance); quarterly / monthly status updates for Regional SOX PMO.
Coordinate / conduct conference calls and meetings for remediation assistance.
Maintain Socrates with control status and deficiency status.
Coordinate / conduct sessions to educate and inform on control improvement and SOX impact as needed
Communicate and coordinate with internal audit (provide initial assessments and leverage testing) and review IA findings.
Communicate and coordinate with external auditors to obtain review (and sign-off) of test strategy and plans prior to test execution to facilitate external audit.
Coordinate the DART extract used to perform the SAS 99 procedures.
Communicate and coordinate with ITC Part (SAS99) team
Coordinate for Enterprise-wide remediation initiatives and project-level reporting
Issues Management:
Maintain issues log
Resolve and/or elevate issues to Sr. Management as appropriate
SAP segregation of duty (SOD) review:
Perform SOD review at other entertainment clients
Coordinate meetings with international territories to identify mitigating controls
Track/Resolve mitigating controls for SODs in all territories
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| Education and Certifications/Licenses: |
Bachelors, CPA, CISA, CISSP or CIA |
| Mandatory Minimum Qualifications: |
Job Requirements:
Background:
• B.S./B.A.- Information Technology
• CPA and/or CISA desired
• 5+ years work experience in a public accounting firm with direct client experience in motion picture accounting preferred but not required; or related industry experience.
• Candidates must have significant experience in information systems and internal controls
Critical Success Factors:
• Excellent project management skills including the ability to manage multiple projects, the ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• Previous experience with Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance projects
• Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills
• Strong PC (particularly in Excel) and analytical skills required
• Self-motivated team player
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| Preferred Qualifications: |
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| Additional Comments: |
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| Benefits: |
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| Overnight Travel: |
Limited |
| Relocation Assistance: |
No |
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