Dallas Internal Audit & Financial Advisory; Energy & Utilities Senior Consultant

Dallas Internal Audit & Financial Advisory (Energy & Utilities) Senior Consultant

Protiviti is looking for an Internal Audit & Financial Advisory Senior Consultant to join our growing team. This role will support clients across the Energy & Utilities industry, including Oil & Gas companies in upstream, midstream, and downstream segments, as well as Power & Utilities organizations, including electric, gas, water, renewable generation, transmission, distribution, and energy transition businesses.

As a Senior Consultant, you will be a mentor, trainer, and coach to Interns and Consultants as you facilitate the successful completion of project work plans. You'll identify areas of risk and opportunities to increase efficiency. You'll strengthen relationships and deepen your abilities to communicate, gain trust, and network with client personnel and professional associates. At the direction of Managers, you may accept responsibility for decision-making in areas including establishing project scope and work plans, project staffing, preparation of deliverables, and application of methodologies.

What will help you be successful:

• You enjoy identifying areas of business and process risk, and opportunities to improve efficiency, increase performance, and help clients manage risk.
• You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to internal audit and business processes, including the latest trends and developments.
• You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing clients with exceptional experiences.
• You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
• You contribute to a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
• You create development opportunities for others and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
• You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.
• You are versed in leveraging AI to enhance personal productivity as well as internal audit and SOX activities, including planning, fieldwork and reporting.
• You are interested in working with Energy & Utilities clients and building practical knowledge of industry-specific business processes, risks, controls, and regulatory expectations.
• You are comfortable learning and expanding your knowledge of how energy companies operate across the value chain, including upstream, midstream, downstream, power generation, transmission, distribution, renewables, and energy transition activities.

Do your talents include the following?

• Experience with or understanding of:
• Audit methodologies and developing important internal audit deliverables, including process flows, work programs, audit reports, and control summaries.
• Risk and control programs.
• Business processes such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Revenue with knowledge of accounting operations and/or financial frameworks.
• Commonly used International Professional Practices Framework, including COSO and PCAOB.
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions and methodologies for achieving compliance.
• The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA's) code of ethics and compliance requirements.
• Industry risks and control considerations across Oil & Gas upstream, midstream, and downstream operations, as well as Power & Utilities, including renewables and energy transition activities.
• Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data.
• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network.
• Ability to translate and communicate risk topics and audit issues to client personnel, including executives.
• Supervisory experience of teams including mentoring, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
• Experience performing documentation of findings and summarizing recommendations.
• You are versed in leveraging AI to enhance personal productivity as well as internal audit and SOX activities, including planning, fieldwork and reporting.

Your educational and professional qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Accounting, Finance, or business-related field).
• 2+ years working in internal audit, consulting, assurance services, risk and control programs, or related field, either in professional services or industry.
• Experience supporting Energy & Utilities companies including oil & gas, power generation, transmission and distribution, renewables, asset-intensive, industrial, or other regulated entities preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.
• Professional Certification such as CPA, CIA, or similar preferred.

Our hybrid workplace:

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements varies by…