Overall Objective of role…
The SOX Compliance Analyst will be responsible for performing the relevant audit activities via organising, gathering, reviewing, and submitting the general IT control evidence for testing them by the internal and external auditors under the direction of the Head of the Technology Compliance Assurance. The IT Sox compliance analyst will work closely with multiple technology owners and directors accountable. The Compliance Assurance analyst should have excellent communication skills and effectively communicate risks and status to all control owners. The compliance analyst is an individual contributor towards the role in managing and delivering the end-to-end audit results.
Key Responsibilities
The Key responsibilities include:
- Perform the audits for the ITGC by gather and submit control evidence to internal and external auditors.
- Review the control evidence for the accuracy and completeness of all the audit evidence.
- Review the findings by analysing the impact for each of the control deficiencies and develop remediation action plans that improves the control environment.
- Collaborate and build long term relationships with key stakeholders in a fast paced and matrixed work environment.
Providing the daily/weekly status report of the deliverables and meet the prescribed deadlines.
- Develop the preventive and detective strategies and suggest of any new controls policies and daily practises after discussing with the technology compliance head and other team members.
- Monitor and track new controls and processes.
- Make continual improvements or enhancements to the processes based on ongoing findings to ensure that the controls in place are properly functioning.
- Help in mitigating risks and any deficiencies.
- Create useful reports an establish cadence to provide to leadership.
- Liaise with multiple technology owners and supporting them in identifying risks.
- The analyst must be a team player.
- Help in design, develop, and modify the existing controls when required.
- Support any improvement by informing and educating the respective stakeholder.
- Identify and suggest any improvements to streamline the audit process.
- Attend any walkthrough meetings to assist in meeting the compliance audit purpose.
- Manage and maintain individual control process documents and obtain any approvals.
- Adhere to the existing compliance audit program and processes.
- Maintain high standards of performances.
- Must be able to thing logically and reasoning.
- Possess a high standard of integrity and confidentiality.
- Must have an excellent interpersonal skill.
- Must be able to plan and organize daily assigned tasks.
- Good written and verbal communication skill.
- Contribute to knowledge development and taking initiative in upskilling.
- Must demonstrate excellent analytical skills.
- Fostering and maintaining a healthy and collaborative skills.
- Willing to learn with the change in the compliance requirements and change in the technology.
- Must be able to handle large set of data sets.
- Must always have attention to the details.
- Must be good in MS-Excel and Word
Key Technical Skills & Experience
Qualification:
MBA or any relevant graduate degree in IT & Engineering with interest to work in SOX IT Compliance Audit & Assurance
Experience
Minimum 3 years of experience in ITGC and relevant SOX Compliance audit, with technical knowledge about the systems/applications
In-depth knowledge of the following areas is crucial
- In-depth knowledge on SOX
- Must be aware of ITIL and ITCG
- Risk Management
- Must know the IT Control Frameworks
- Should have completed CISA or relevant training
- Must have completed any relevant ISO training
- Must know the basic of the Compliance audit procedure, principles and techniques
- Must be aware of SOC
Communication
- Exceptional ability in Written & Verbal communication
- Must be able use Office tools like word, excel
Certification
- Must have ITIL Certified/Trained
- Additionally, must have attended some training equivalent to CISA would be an added advantage, if not certified