Senior SOX Compliance Analyst - Gallagher

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The Senior SOX Compliance Analyst will report to the SOX Compliance Manager of Global Financial Close & Controls. The team is responsible for the Corporation’s global internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) that includes annual scoping and risk assessment, key process documentation and control identification, deficiency analysis, quarterly certifications, and management reporting. The Senior will be involved in all efforts related to annual SOX compliance and will own the key process documentation for several significant processes. This position provides a varied, firsthand exposure into the entire organization, interacting frequently with control owners at all management levels across the globe, as well as internal and external auditors.

• Participate in the annual risk assessment to determine scope and key SOX controls.
• Perform SOX control walkthroughs and create/update narratives, flowcharts, and risk-control matrix documentation for processes with information provided by process and control owners.
• Maintain relationships with control owners to provide guidance and training regarding SOX program and requirements.
• Serve as a valued control advisor to process and control owners on any SOX related issues.
• Assist in piloting self-testing programs with various businesses.
• A good understanding of GAAP and internal controls.
• Collaborate with management to identify, review, and monitor internal risk and control activities and strategies.
• Aid process owners in documenting and implementing controls.
• Maintain a good understanding of the IT systems supporting the entity and process level controls to leverage automated controls where applicable.
• Evaluate and identify issues, scoping and coverage tracking, findings and practices with process owners across all areas of the Company.
• Communicate SOX issues and work with various levels of members of Finance teams and process owners to identify solutions/path to remediation.
• Assist in reducing control deficiencies, year over year.
• Assist in rationalizing and optimizing the control environment to assess updates, additions or deletions needed across all controls in place; track, monitor and report on the Company’s SOX controls inventory and related status; and
• Comprehend SOC-1 reports as they apply to systems, internal controls, and the business.
• Ensure SOX compliance during M&A transactions integrating financial systems and internal controls, enabling sustained compliance and continuous improvement post-merger.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required,
• Other professional certifications (e.g., CPA, CIA, CISA) a plus.
• 3-5+ years in an Audit and/or Internal Controls role.
• A professional with excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting to middle and senior management.
• Prior SOX compliance experience with design/operational effectiveness testing required.
• Strong understanding of internal controls.
• Ability to effectively develop and communicate recommendations based upon SEC guidance and PCAOB standards.
• Meticulous analytical person with proven ability to evaluate processes, controls, and issues to determine the risks; proven ability to facilitate discussions and bring to closure control issues.
• High ethical standards with a drive to achieve the right answer in difficult and/or urgent/frequently changing situations.
• Strong people skills and a history of collaboration across teams; and
• Strong desktop skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree (Accounting / Finance), Public Accounting experience and / or CPA preferred
• 10+ years of related experience