Sox Coordinator - Finance

The Sox Coordinator manages the company's SOX compliance program and acts as a central point of contact and subject matter expert to ensure appropriate internal controls (manual and system) over financial reporting are designed and implemented.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Managing the Company's SOX compliance program and acts as a central point of contact and subject matter expert to ensure appropriate internal controls (manual and system) over financial reporting are designed and implemented.
• Responsible for on-going project management of the SOX program, including overseeing the coordination efforts between Internal Audit team members, external auditors, and internal business process owners.
• Driving SOX mapping, scoping and risk assessment by collaborating with cross-functional teams, including accounting, lending, deposit operations, and others, within the Company to stay up to date on significant changes that may have an impact on the design and/or operating effectiveness of controls.
• Managing the coordination of management's SOX process controls documentation (narratives) updates and review process controls to ensure adequate design and identification of.
• Reviewing and assisting management in the completion of Entity Level Controls documentation and evaluations.
• Reviewing and assisting in the identification, design and implementation of controls related to new processes, systems, models, lines of business, etc.
• Managing relationship with co-sourced provider to optimize engagement economics and quality deliverables for the SOX program.
• Maintaining on-going communication with external auditors including alignment on SOX planning, walkthroughs/testing, audit requests, and deficiency evaluation.
• Identifying, evaluating, and monitoring the remediation of control deficiencies.
• Delivering timely and concise communication including developing and producing management reporting illustrating SOX status, trends, and remediation of deficiencies.
• Preparing executive management and Audit Committee dashboards highlighting overall SOX progress.
• Educating Business Process Owner's (BPO's) by leading training sessions to demonstrate compliance requirements and share hot topics in SOX compliance.
• Completing required BSA/AML training and other compliance training as assigned.
• The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
• Performing any other related duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and experience: Broad knowledge of such fields as accounting, marketing, business administration, finance, etc. Equivalent to a four year college degree, plus 3 years related experience and/or training, and 3 years related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Communication skills: Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and policy/procedure manuals; ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Ability to read, analyze, and understand common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents; ability to respond to complex or difficult inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.

Mathematical skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Critical thinking skills: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Required certificates, licenses, registrations: Not indicated.

Preferred certificates, licenses, registrations: CPA

Software skills required:

Advanced: 10-Key, Accounting, Presentation/PowerPoint, Spreadsheet

Intermediate: Alphanumeric Data Entry, Contact Management, Database, Word Processing/Typing

Basic: Human Resources Systems, Payroll Systems

Responsibility for work of others: Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities may include but not limited to interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Supervises a small group (3-7) of employees, usually of lower classifications. Assigns and checks work; assists and instructs as required and performs same work as those supervised, or closely related work, a portion of the time. Content of the work supervised is of non-technical nature, but presents numerous situations to which policies and precedents must be interpreted and applied.

Working conditions: Periodically exposed to such elements as noise, intermittent standing, walking, pushing, carrying, or lifting; but none are present to the extent of being disagreeable.

Environmental conditions: The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical activities: The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

Highly repetitive, low physical. Highly repetitive type of work which requires concentration in the performance of tasks for consistent time cycles as prescribed by the tasks. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, talk or hear; occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; and color vision.

Additional information:

Knowledge of COSO framework, SOX controls and GAAP - Ability to work independently to achieve objectives according to required timelines - Attention to detail and ability to multitask across multiple projects - Strong face-to-face and written communication skills - Proficient in use of PC and various software including Excel, Word, Access, Visio Flowcharting, etc. - Works effectively with Company management and with external parties