Overview

Acts independently to plan and execute audit programs designed to test and evaluate the Company's internal control processes. Understands operating process flows, identifies areas of risk, and develops value added solutions that mitigate risk and enhance operational performance. Responsible for compilation and presentation of audit reports. Serves in a leadership role, managing the processes and tasks of other audit personnel on the team. Interacts with Directors and/or Vice Presidents, both within and outside of Finance, in the completion of projects and participates on and influences cross-functional teams. Acts as a subject matter expert within specific responsibility area(s). Applies internal audit best practices and keeps current with applicable rules and regulations resulting from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as any authoritative accounting pronouncements issued by the SEC and FASB.

Responsibilities

• Leads the planning and execution of audits that evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of financial and operational control activities to develop recommendations for the correction of control deficiencies and improvements in operational efficiencies.

• Plans, executes, and reviews Sarbanes-Oxley 404 internal control testing to support management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting. Summarizes control deficiencies and appropriately communicates to management to ensure proper remediation.

• Leads team members in the preparation and review of audit reports to ensure accuracy and quality of recommendations. Independently communicates results with all levels of management.

• Acts as a liaison between the company’s Finance/IT business units and the company’s external audit firms to ensure legal and audit requirements are fulfilled.

• Serves a lead role in training audit staff in order to keep up to date on relevant professional standards and internal control/accounting policies.

• Leads or contributes to cross-functional projects with high visibility and a focus on strategic impact to provide consultation to internal stakeholders, which include Directors and/or Vice Presidents.

• Performs complex analysis in order to gain insight to make appropriate recommendations to management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, CPA, CISA, CIA - Required

• 4 years of experience in Public accounting firm, information technology audit experience or internal audit of a large company or equivalent attestation Related field.

• Experience auditing systems development implementations, including understanding of implementation methodologies.

• Experience with IT SOX testing (ITGCs, key reports, and automated controls).

Compensation

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share that the starting base pay range for this position is $85,000 - $131,890 annually. Please remember that this range is the base pay only and does not consider other components that make up the total rewards package for the position. If you are hired at Paychex, your overall compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience, which may result in total compensation outside of this range.