Senior Associate, Accounting Systems Controls and Security

About this Role

As a member of the Accounting Processes and Controls (“APC”) team, you will work under the direction of the Senior Manager, APC, to maintain a control environment that protects organizational value across Quanta and its operating units. You will have primary responsibility for supporting Quanta’s SOX compliance program maintaining the segregation-of-duties (“SOD”) ruleset across a large-scale, multi-entity environment.

Given Quanta’s active acquisition cadence, you will conduct ongoing SOD risk assessments during SOX integration, prioritize control gaps, and recommend time-bound remediation roadmaps. You will also advise operating units and communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

• Maintain, update, and enforce the segregation-of-duties (SOD) ruleset across operating units' in-scope financial systems.
• Conduct ongoing SOD risk assessments during SOX integration of existing and newly acquired entities, prioritizing control gaps in their system environments and recommending time-bound remediation roadmaps for review.
• Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge of the security frameworks and functional capabilities of diverse financial systems.
• Support alignment among multiple stakeholders to address issues and identify opportunities, collaborating across teams to help develop appropriate solutions and actionable next steps—particularly in response to system risks that may affect SOD within financial applications.
• Provide advisory and operational support to operating units, including newly acquired entities, on process improvements, complex transactions, and remediation efforts, assuring that mitigation strategies are effective and appropriate.
• Communicate technical concepts in a clear, concise, and holistic manner to non-technical stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making and cross-functional collaboration.

Required

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Accounting or Management Information Systems
• Minimum 3 years public accounting experience or 5 years relevant experience focused on ERP applications and security controls in a complex, multi-entity environment
• Direct experience meeting SOX audit requirements, including SOD controls and business process controls; familiarity with COSO frameworks as applied to financial systems is required.

Preferred

Education and Experience:

• Experience with a variety of ERP applications, including but not limited to JDE Enterprise One and Spectrum Cloud application security models and tools (ie. design and administration of end user security, security roles, table restrictions and menus)
• Experience with SOD management and compliance tools (e.g., Pathlock, Fastpath)

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required;
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) a plus

Supervises others: No

Has hiring and terminating responsibilities: No

Number of employees report to this job: 0 Subordinate Supervisory Employees, 0 Non-Supervisory Employees

Travels:
Yes

Percent of time: +/-20%

Communication

Skills:

Advanced level of knowledge required

Mathematical

Skills:

Intermediate level of knowledge required

Reasoning Skills/Abilities: Advanced level required

Computer

Skills:

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access skills
• Microsoft Visio
• Power Bi or other data visualization tools
• Experience with variety of ERP applications, including Vista Viewpoint, Net Suite, a plus

• Excellent communication skills with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Ability to interact with all levels, set objectives and create results
• Ability and willingness to take initiative to address problems and make continuous process improvements
• Build trusting relationships at all levels
• Demonstrate inquisitiveness to understand root cause
• Be able to adapt to a quickly growing environment and changing priorities
• Demonstrates an audit mindset and evidence orientation: anticipates what external reviewers will scrutinize and ensures documentation is accurate, complete, and defensible before it is requested
• Intellectual curiosity…