Staff IT Auditor
Description
The Staff Auditor will be responsible for ensuring ongoing compliance with the requirements of SOX across Liberty Media and its subsidiaries, with a focus on IT processes and controls. As well as performance of Internal Audits to provide independent assurance that the business’ risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist with Sarbanes-Oxley planning and perform testing
- Maintain the SOX risks and controls framework ensuring that controls are properly identified, documented and updated with changes in the business environment
- Execute a risk-based testing approach for assigned audits from planning through reporting phase, with a focus on:
- Evaluating and testing IT general controls, including access management, change management, operations and IT-dependent manual controls
- Assessing automated controls, system-generated reports (IPE) and interface controls supporting financial reporting
- Performing SOX impact assessments for systems implementations, upgrades, business changes and newly in-scope entities
- Evaluating and leveraging SOC-1 reports, complementary user entity controls, and third-party risk considerations
- Support other areas of SOX and Internal Audit execution if necessary (e.g., business process or entity level controls)
- Identify, document, and communicate potential control gaps or weaknesses; work jointly with management to provide feasible recommendations to improve the control environment
- Effectively communicate with control owners during all phases of the audit engagement
- Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with company employees, external auditors, and co-sourced internal auditors
- Assist in the development of appropriate internal controls for new business units or business processes
- Ability to travel for work
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance preferred
- CISA, CIA, or CPA certification preferred
- 1-3 years of comparable experience. Big 4 experience preferred.
- Knowledge of the following:
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- PCAOB audits and auditor evidence expectations
- Internal control principles and frameworks (including COSO and IIA)
- Internal audit practices (including planning, execution, supervision, and reporting)
- IT systems risks and controls (including general IT controls, application controls, in-scope report /IPE testing, interface controls and SOC reliance)
- Relevant compliance and regulatory frameworks preferred (e.g., FCPA, PCI DSS, GDPR)
- Knowledge of GAAP and basic accounting preferred
- Ability to adapt in a fast-paced, complex, constantly changing environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook required
- Experience with SQL, PowerQuery, or similar query languages preferred
- Experience with Optro (formerly AuditBoard) preferred
- Strong and insightful analytic skills
- Strong written communication skills to clearly document findings and draft audit/SOX observations
- Ability to work as a team and communicate effectively, at all levels of organization
- Ability to work independently and problem solve
- Ability to conduct complex data clean-up and analytics in order to draw fact-based conclusions and / or formulate well-reasoned hypotheses regarding strategic, financial, operational, and compliance related issues.
- Ability to work under pressure, both independently and in collaboration with others, in order to meet deadlines.
- Adaptable in a fast-paced, complex, constantly changing environment
- Ability to make well-informed decisions and exercise good judgment and discretion in a fast paced environment and in a variety of situations, including in the absence of express direction
- Ability to multi-task and appropriately evaluate competing priorities
- Must be able to travel when necessary
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