Job Summary:
The Senior Advisor, Internal Audit role assists our overall accounting and Internal controls function in complying with financial reporting requirements and sustaining our internal controls compliance activities, building operational capability related to developing, deploying and exploiting embedded and emerging best practices across Just Energy, and builds required skills to rotate into a business function with our company over the next three years if so desired.
What you will do:
- Exhibit good knowledge of US GAAP accounting standards and financial reporting and keeps up with the latest developments.
- Provide ongoing support to the Finance organization on US GAAP technical accounting by performing research on technical accounting topics and drafting analysis memos/ whitepapers.
- Develop organization wide accounting policy manual and maintain the same on an ongoing basis.
- Have a comprehensive understanding of internal controls in an international environment. Support to build and maintain a strong internal control environment.
- Exhibit a strong understanding of business risks, controls, testing methodologies as they relate to financial reporting assurance and operating controls.
- Evaluate and document the internal controls over financial reporting including, but not limited to,
- understanding the risk profile of the process and designing controls.
- understanding the requirements of the control suite and financial statements.
- obtaining adequate and relevant documentation to substantiate control conclusions.
- adequately documenting design and operating effectiveness reviews.
- Participate in walkthroughs and update business process flows.
- Ensure our risks, controls and other documentation remain current while initiating and executing continuous improvement activities, as needed.
- Identify and document internal control deficiencies and remediation plans, including monitoring progress and status of remediation plans.
- Prepare clear and concise documentation and test work papers to applicable professional standards.
- Work independently with limited coaching.
- Interact with external auditors and business partners on resolution of identified control failures.
- Partner with business/operations, IT and corporate process owners to help ensure ongoing compliance with quarterly due diligence processes.
- Perform ad hoc information requests and participates in strategic initiatives for business process improvement activities.
- Assist with learning and development material creation for cross-functional risk and control initiatives.
Just Energy
5251 Westheimer Rd
Houston
Texas United States
www.justenergy.com