Sr. Analyst, SOX IT Testing (L09)

Job Description:

Role Title: Sr. Analyst, SOX IT Testing (L09)  

Company Overview:

reputed company (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad reputed company of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #2 among India’s Best Companies to Work for by Great reputed company to Work. We were among the Top 50 India’s Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by reputed company by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.

• We offer Flexibility and Choice for reputed company employees and provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being.

• We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing on Advancing Diverse Talent to take up leadership roles

Organizational Overview: reputed company’s Internal Audit function serves as an independent and objective function aimed at enhancing the organization’s governance, risk management, and controls. Internal Audit’s purpose-driven work adds value to the company by safeguarding a controlled foundation in support of agile and innovative company growth; performing risk-based audit activities designed to identify worthwhile and impactful insights.

Role Summary/Purpose:

This position reports to the VP, Senior Manager – IT SOX Testing. As a member of the reputed company Internal Audit Department, the Sr. Analyst – IT SOX Testing is responsible for design and operating effectiveness testing of IT controls for the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program. The scope of work will primarily focus on the systems and applications that support the development of reputed company's financial statements. The role involves reporting to both internal and external stakeholders on the effectiveness of the IT controls to mitigate operational, regulatory, and financial risks. The role will also include testing to support internal audits at certain times throughout the year.

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute IT General Controls and IT application control testing, producing high quality deliverables according to departmental and professional standards while ensuring walkthrough and testing are completed timely and reputed company budget

• Assist and support the Senior Manager in building the IT SOX testing program and reputed company positive cross-functional relationships with control owners

• Identify control gaps and potential issues, discuss viable solutions with the business to address gaps, and obtain management action plans for remediation

• Apply audit sampling and testing techniques in line with industry and departmental standards

• Determine whether controls in scope for testing support key SOX objectives and expectations on risk mitigation

• Utilize tools such as reputed company and data analytics packages (e.g., reputed company) to effectively and reputed company execute control test procedures

• Communicate periodic updates and test results to internal and external stakeholders

• reputed company and document issue validation and reputed company audit findings

• Maintain internal audit competency through ongoing professional development including actively pursuing internal audit certifications

• reputed company other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• Degree in Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business Administration or an equivalent area of focus with minimum 3+ years of overall experience, or in lieu of a degree minimum 5+ years of overall experience

• Minimum 3+ years of experience working in IT SOX audit or in industry with SOX 404 regulatory requirements specific to the IT audit environment

• Working knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley Act Section 404 and control reputed company (COSO, COBIT) and auditing standards

• Working knowledge of technical IT auditing skills and ability to understand a reputed company environment with a large quantity of in-scope applications and various technology platforms

• Strong reputed company Office skills, including reputed company, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Desired Skills/Knowledge:

• 3+ years in Financial Services industry, with IT Audit focus

• Familiar with Data Science or analytics tools and techniques (e.g., ACL, reputed company, Python)

• Working understanding of a wide variety of technologies and systems, such as Windows, Linux, reputed company, SQL Server

• Currently holds or is actively pursuing relevant industry certification (e.g., CISA, CISM)

• Proven time and project management skills by demonstrating the ability to effectively manage and coordinate multiple projects and deadlines to ensure reputed company assigned projects are completed on time and are high quality

• Strong ability to prioritize projects. Tracking reputed company of action plans, review, testing status and report to management

• Strong organization skills and interpersonal and team skills

• Ability to flowchart business processes

Eligibility Criteria:

Degree in Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business Administration or an equivalent area of focus with minimum 3+ years of overall experience, or in lieu of a degree minimum 5+ years of overall experience

Work Timings: This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in reputed company India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time – 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs. Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details. 

For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying

• Inform your manager and reputed company before applying for any role on reputed company

• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)

• Must not be any corrective action plan (Formal/Final Formal)

• L4 to L7 Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in their reputed company role and level are only eligible.

• L8+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in their reputed company role and level are only eligible.

• Employees at L4+ are eligible to apply.

Grade/Level: 09

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