Protects assets by planning and completing financial audits; identifying inadequate, inefficient, or ineffective internal controls; recommending improvements.
**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Responsible to review the company's financial statements, documents, data and accounting entries.
- Gather information from a company's financial reporting systems, account balances, cash flow statements, income statements, balance sheets, tax returns and internal control systems.
- Plans financial audits by understanding organization objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; identifying risk areas; preparing audit scope and objectives; preparing audit programs.
- Assesses compliance with financial regulations and controls by executing audit program steps; testing general ledger, account balances, balance sheets, income statements, and related financial statements; examining and analyzing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation.
- Assesses risks and internal controls by identifying areas of non-compliance; evaluating manual and automated financial processes; identifying process weaknesses and inefficiencies and operational issues.
- Verifies assets and liabilities by comparing and analyzing items and collateral to documentation.
- Completes audit work papers and memoranda by documenting audit tests and findings.
- Communicates audit progress and findings by providing information in status meetings; highlighting unresolved issues; reviewing working papers; preparing final audit reports.
- Improves protection by recommending changes in management monitoring, assessment, and motivational practices, in the internal control structure, and in operating processes; identifying root causes.
- Supports external auditors by coordinating information requirements.
- Provides financial control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
- Protects organization's reputation by keeping information confidential.
- Monitors monthly budget reports, prepares and leads budget review meetings with department leadership.
- Serves as the primary point of contact with finance and prepares the annual budget request in partnership with the senior members of the Strategy and Communications teams.
- Leads financial analyses requested by department leadership.
- Oversees finance workflow and provides guidance in the following areas: invoices, consultant contracts; new employee requisitions; memberships and sponsorships; other as requested.
**Minimum Qualifications**
- Must be a graduate of BS Accountancy
- Must be a Certified Public Accountant licensure examination passer
- At least 4 years of work experience in an internal audit environment
- Experienced using SAP system is an advantage
- Exceptional accounting skills
- Analytical thinker with strong conceptual and problem-solving skills
- Meticulous attention to detail with the ability to multi-task
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent documentation, communication and IT skills