Sr. Internal Auditor

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Description

• Assist with the delivery and execution of Internal Audit’s broader annual plan and assurance responsibilities with primary focus on internal controls.
• Supports the annual ICFR scoping and risk assessment work. Proactively monitors changes that may impact the design, effectiveness, or applicability of internal controls.
• Plays an integral role in the ongoing maintenance, assessment, and evolution of the UKG’s Internal Controls Framework.
• Assists control and process owners with the controls certification process, including performing reviews and/or updates to the control documentation as necessary to reflect changes in processes, systems, and reporting requirements.
• Ensures that control owners and stakeholders are informed of any modifications to the framework.
• Performs walkthroughs of significant processes to ensure that relevant risks and controls are identified, understood, and well documented in UKG’s Auditboard controls platform.
• Drafts testing procedures and leads controls design and implementation assessments and operating effectiveness testing.
• Maintains organized and detailed workpapers to support testing and findings.
• Assesses the severity of identified control gaps and exceptions, and their impact on financial reporting, compliance, or business operations. Drafts deficiency evaluation memoranda when required.
• Contributes to the preparation of clear and concise audit reports to communicate control findings and recommendations to senior management and external auditors.
• Collaborates with the IT Internal Audit team to identify and evaluate appropriate internal controls over key reports and other IPEs, automated and configurable controls, and user access for relevant systems and tools.
• Assists process owners with evaluation of root causes for controls failures and remediation planning and overall improvements to the internal control environment.
• Supervises junior staff and provides ongoing guidance and mentorship.
• Collaborates with and provides support to external consultants engaged with or by the UKG business for various projects requiring audit touchpoints (i.e. systems implementations, financial statement audits, compliance audits, etc.)

Qualifications

• Candidates should have achieved or have essentially met requirements for one or more industry certification: CA, CIA, CPA, etc.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, auditing, or finance disciplines. A master’s degree is a plus.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience, payment services and technology background strong plus
• Proven track record in internal controls design, evaluation, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Big4 / large consulting firm audit, risk management, financial controls background and/or internal audit experience with a large global enterprise preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Experience with AuditBoard or another integrated internal audit platform a plus

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ultimate Kronos Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.