SOX IT Controls Technical Consultant*

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CIO Controls & Compliance Team

The CIO Controls & Compliance team's primary responsibility is to ensure Accenture is compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation on the IT side of Accenture internal operations. We work with 20-30 financial related applications and infrastructure areas and review their processes as they relate to SOX, such as SDLC, Access Reviews, job scheduling, etc.

Job Summary:

Consultant required to support SOX IT General Controls compliance

Key Responsibilities will include the following:

• Communicate & build relationships with approximately 20 SOX applications & central process areas
• Assist with coordination and tracking of SOX IT General Controls activities (e.g. Internal Controls testing, external audit, etc.)
• Assist with the semi-annual Developer Access Review and Server Administrative Access Review process and tools. Tool support includes the following:
  • Perform Administrator Role for Server Admin Automated SharePoint Tools which includes the following:
    • Load, Archive and Delete Server Admin Review Records
    • Configure Server Admin Review Components
    • Control Server Admin Review / User / Team Access Permissions
    • Support / Perform Tool Enhancements as needed & requested
    • Support Users and Resolve Questions & Issues
  • Support / Enhance Excel Macro Tools with the following functionality:
    • Interface with Web Based Active Directory website to create Group Detail and Group Log PDF Screenshots
    • Automatically Load Screenshots into Excel Templates
    • Perform Macro Enhancements as needed & requested
• Assess new IT systems or changes to existing applications to determine controls impact & risks to environment (such as migration to new deployment tools, migrations to PaaS, etc)
• Assist with integrating new applications into the IT Controls environment (meet with new contacts, assess impacts, explain controls, write meeting minutes, follow up for implementation, etc.)
• Engage in learning about & testing new tools that are rolled out to CIO to assess functionality and any gaps in meeting requirements (e.g Service Now, Microsoft ADO, etc)
• Perform Quality Assurance Reviews of Internal Controls SDLC testing evidence - ensure relevant documentation is posted & completed appropriately; Follow up with application contacts as necessary to bring items to closure
• Assist with the resolution of issues by investigating the items, documenting action items clearly and concisely and bringing them to closure
• Create status reports, PPT slides, etc. for management
• Supervise/provide guidance to junior members of the team

Work Requirements:

• Flexible schedule to accommodate global meeting times
• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps is a plus
• Experience with Workday, ServiceNow, or Salesforce is a plus

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or MIS or similar

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prefer 3 years IT experience - Programming / Development / Delivery / Operations background preferred
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and able to handle a number of simultaneous projects and tasks while demonstrating urgency and ownership to drive issues to completion
• Knowledge of the IT environment and Software Development Life Cycle processes, methodologies, tools, etc.; experience with agile development is a plus
• Beginner to Intermediate Word, PPT, and Visio skills
• Intermediate to Expert Microsoft skills - Excel, Excel Macros / VBA and SharePoint / SharePoint Designer

Professional Skills:

• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail, well-organized, can track items to closure
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and decision-making skills
• High moral and ethical behavior - understand responsibilities with respect to sensitive information and working with external audit firms
• Energetic & innovative team player
• Able to develop & maintain strong, credible relationships across the company at various levels throughout the geographies
• Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian

Pursuant to theColorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, if you are located in Colorado, the expected salary range for this role is $56,500 - $94,799 and information on benefits offered is here. If you are not located in Colorado, the salary range may be different.

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