Attest Services-Process Senior Manager
Job Title: Senior Manager – Strategic Assurance and SOC Services for Multiple Openings
Approved Locations: 2001 Market St., Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Job Description:
Your day-to-day will include:
Use technical and leadership skills to oversee the completion of on-budget financial statement audits.
Support multiple engagement teams concurrently to complete financial statement audits.
Consistently listen and communicate with clients about engagement and service expectations; resolve technical and service issues quickly and thoroughly.
Lead a full range of services to clients in accordance with Statement of Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) 18.
These services include readiness assessments, examination engagements, review engagements, agreed-upon procedures, and compliance attestations primarily focused on system and organization controls (SOC) 1, 2, 2+, and 3.
Serve as key member of the senior leadership team responsible for developing, improving, and maintaining key operational processes to achieve firm strategies and goals.
Direct all engagement management efforts to ensure the achievement of client delivery needs and delivery of high-value, client solutions.
Direct SOC 1, 2, and 3 projects as well as other special attest reports in a wide variety of industries.
Manage client administration including engagement letters, billings, and budgets.
Manage SOC engagements and the presentation of SOC reports in compliance with firm and technical requirements.
Assist clients in applying key frameworks including SOC 1, SOC 2, HITRUST, HIPAA, Sheltered Harbor, and NIST.
Utilize a disciplined project management approach to manage projects and effectively communicate with team members and clients.
Evaluate and test client-related business process and information technology controls and identify areas of risk for each.
Apply current knowledge of information technology trends and systems processes to identify security and risk management issues, as well as other opportunities for overall process improvement.
Collaborate with assigned team members and client personnel to plan engagement strategy, define objectives, and address technology-related controls risks and issues.
Participate in the sales process including networking, proposals, and oral presentations.
You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
Require Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems, a related field, or a foreign equivalent.
Relevant experience – 5 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or any related assurance/finance/risk consultant job titles.
Experience must have included: (1) SOC audit experience; (2) Delivering and managing multiple engagements in a public accounting firm; (3) Providing SOC services and leading audit engagement teams; (4) Preparing and reviewing audit working papers and audit reports; (5) Performing IT control and business process audit and business process control reviews; (6) Applying project management skills to effectively manage project status and timelines; (7) Utilizing audit-preparation software including SOC.X and Hyperproof platforms; and (8) working on contract renewal and reviewing fee adjustments.
CPA, CISA, CISSP, CCSFP or CISM certification required (U.S. or other jurisdiction) required.
10% domestic travel to meet with clients or for internal company meetings.
Must live within a commutable distance to the assigned Grant Thornton Office location to meet 3 days per week work from office requirement.
Compensation for role: $197,800 – $255,904 per year