Global Oil Gas Senior Finance IT Control Assurance - Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance SOX

This role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran Saudi Arabia.

About the Company

This company engages in the exploration production transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Upstream Downstream and Corporate. The Upstream segment includes crude oil natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration field development and production. The Downstream segment focuses on refining logistics power generation and the marketing of crude oil petroleum and petrochemical products and related services to international and domestic customers. The Corporate segment offers supporting services including human resources finance and information technology. The company was founded on May 29 1933 and is headquartered in Dhahran Saudi Arabia.

Job Summary

A Finance ITControls Assurance Analyst Candidate with an Internal Controls & SarbanesOxley Compliance (SOX) knowledge and IT auditing experience is to join the Controllers Organization within the Finance Strategy & Development service line in This Company.

The Controllers Organization acts as This Companys primary representative for financial and income tax reporting to management by producing the Companys consolidated financial statements subsidiaries financial statements and other management reports. The Controller Organization actively seeks compliance of all organizations regarding controls over financial reporting and generally achieving good corporate governance throughout the Company.

Responsibilities:

• Implement internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) standards including COSO internal control framework and SarbanesOxley regulations for compliance.
• Plan develop and coordinate execution of all phases of SOX compliance.
• Perform walkthroughs to identify and validate key controls including entitylevel IT general and automated process level controls.
• Develop test procedures coordinate testing execution and report results to Management.
• Develop and update key controls documentation including process flowcharts process narratives risk and controls matrices and assess impact of new systems or major process changes on internal control system.
• Provide advice on handling control deficiencies and related remediation plans.
• Evaluate and analyze data related to information systems functions for SOX compliance.
• Understand document and test complex business and IT processes.
• Utilize risk management standards to conduct annual risk assessments and scoping activities for SOX program.
• Introduce appropriate automation to streamline management and reporting related to SOX program.
• Contribute to training and development of content and resources for knowledge sharing related to SOX program.
• Participate in and contribute to other adhoc projects as needed.
• Assist in responding to internal and external audit recommendations implement corrective actions and prepare monthly and quarterly reports for management reporting.
• Stay updated with latest SEC regulations PCAOB pronouncements and other SOXrelated updates.

Requirements:

• This role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran Saudi Arabia.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent field is preferred.
• Professional certifications such as CISA CRISC CISSP CIA or accountingrelated qualifications are highly desirable.
• Continuing professional education including membership in a professional association is required.
• Relevant industry 8 years experience including public accounting practice recent SOX compliance experience in a publicly listed company and/or SOX consulting experience in a Big 4 advisory firm is preferred.
• Knowledge of auditing principles and standards audit followups PCAOBs standards such as AS5 (ICFR) and Internal Controls frameworks (e.g. COSO) is desirable.
• Intimate knowledge of SAP systems controls and related cybersecurity processes including automated systems controls supporting business processes in SAP is required.
• Ability to conduct IT risk assessment and scoping detailed IT process and control design walkthroughs and meticulous testing of controls from a SOX standard is necessary.
• Capability to prepare preliminary findings analyze alternative approaches and demonstrate the ability to make presentations or lead meetings including at the executive level is required.
• Proficiency in both oral and written English is necessary.
• Experience with SAP or equivalent ERP systems is highly desirable.

SOX,Public Accounting,Finance,COSO,PCAOB