Audit & Compliance Analyst III (Senior)

Location: Remote
Pay Rate Range: $60/hr. -$67/hr.
Type: Contract (12+ Months)

About the Role

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Senior Audit & Compliance Analyst to strengthen the design, testing, and continuous improvement of business process and financial controls across Corporate Functions. In this role, you will partner with Finance, Accounting, and other business teams to evaluate control effectiveness, identify risks, drive remediation efforts, and enhance the overall control environment.

You will play a key role in assessing complex business processes, conducting control testing, validating supporting evidence, and ensuring controls are designed and operating effectively to mitigate risk.

What You'll Do

Assess Processes & Controls

• Conduct end-to-end business process walkthroughs across Finance and Corporate Functions.
• Understand process flows, system interactions, ownership, dependencies, and key risk areas.
• Evaluate control design and determine whether controls adequately mitigate identified risks.
• Identify process inefficiencies, control gaps, unclear ownership, and potential compliance concerns.
• Document observations, findings, and recommendations clearly and accurately.

Execute Control Testing

• Perform testing of business process and financial controls using risk-based methodologies.
• Assess both control design effectiveness and operating effectiveness.
• Review supporting documentation and evidence to validate control execution.
• Define test populations, sampling approaches, and evidence requirements.
• Document testing procedures, conclusions, exceptions, and supporting rationale.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready workpapers.

Strengthen Financial Controls

• Review controls supporting financial reporting, reconciliations, approvals, journal entries, and management reviews.
• Evaluate controls related to data quality, financial accuracy, completeness, and authorization.
• Identify opportunities to enhance control reliability, efficiency, and auditability.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across financial control frameworks.

Drive Remediation & Stakeholder Engagement

• Communicate findings and recommendations to business and control owners.
• Partner with stakeholders to investigate root causes and develop remediation plans.
• Track issues through resolution and validate corrective actions.
• Provide constructive, evidence-based challenge when controls do not meet established requirements.
• Escalate significant control weaknesses in accordance with governance standards.

What You'll Bring

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Internal Audit, Compliance, Risk Management, Controls Testing, Financial Controls, Operational Risk, or a related field.
• Experience performing business process walkthroughs and control testing within complex organizations.
• Strong understanding of risk and control principles, financial controls, and testing methodologies.
• Experience evaluating control design and operating effectiveness.
• Ability to quickly understand complex end-to-end business and financial processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, CIA, CISA, CRMA, CMA, or similar certification.
• Experience with Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, HR, Tax, Legal, or Operations controls.
• Knowledge of COSO, SOX, Internal Controls, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), and Operational Risk frameworks.
• Experience assessing reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, approvals, and management review controls.

Success in This Role

You are curious, detail-oriented, and comfortable challenging assumptions with evidence. You enjoy understanding how processes work, identifying opportunities for improvement, and partnering with stakeholders to build stronger, more effective control environments.

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