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Manager Business Process SOX Complianceat CDW Careers

Job ID: 
R24_00002327
Focus Area: 
Finance-Accounting
Location: 
Chicago, Illinois  
Remote Type: 

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Description

Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future. A Fortune 200 leader, we’re the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges.

Fueled by our shared passion and expertise, CDW delivers innovative technology solutions for our customers. We’re also committed to fostering an environment that embraces collaboration, celebrates integrity, inclusivity, and individuality, and paves the path for personal and professional growth. Experience a life in balance and join us on the journey forward.

Job Summary

We are seeking a talented, driven leader to join our SOX Compliance team and be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking Finance organization that values strategic thinking, growth mindset, and collaborative leadership.  In this role, you will oversee the annual risk assessment, scoping and execution of our internal control program, specific to key business processes, in accordance with the Sarbanes Oxley (“SOX”) Act. Your role is crucial in forging strong alliances with key business partners, offering them invaluable insights and recommendations on internal controls and processes. Moreover, you will take the lead in nurturing a strategic business partnership within our SOX compliance program and orchestrating our collaboration with our external audit firm.

What you will do:

Leadership, Strategy, Collaboration:

  • Deliver on the annual risk assessment and scoping process for the SOX program to ensure that we continue to evolve with the changing business landscape, technology platforms, and growth of CDW.

  • Strengthen relationships with the control and business process owners to recommend enhancements and prioritize new processes designed to reduce costs, increase productivity, and establish best practices.

  • Partner with control owners and key stakeholders to develop and utilize knowledge of financial processes, financial reporting risks, and internal controls to design, evaluate, and monitor the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

  • Promote continuous improvements through cross-functional leadership and collaboration to drive and facilitate ongoing SOX and compliance training programs for business process and control owners.

  • Driving the evaluation and adoption of best practices based on emerging trends and practices in SOX compliance and internal control frameworks.  

  • Provide leadership and oversight on the various system implementations, ensuring best practices are followed and future-state controls adhere to defined control requirements post implementation. Additionally, partner with business stakeholders to design and implement new business processes to ensure a strong control environment after implementation.

Reporting and Communication:

  • Prepare and/or present critical topics around the SOX program to key stakeholders, including senior management, audit committees, and external auditors.

  • Engage and collaborate with key stakeholders around the status and execution of the internal control program, including providing presentation on emerging trends, program awareness, and other key topics.

  • Provide regular updates on control performance, compliance status, and remediation efforts.

Execution and modernization of the internal control program:

  • Drive and oversee the timely execution of the SOX program, including performance of walkthroughs and testing cycles, navigating deficiencies and remediation efforts, and reporting out key findings and insights into the SOX program.  

  • Coordinate and interface with third-party co-source and external auditors to facilitate the delivery and analysis of SOX testing and results

  • Plan and manage direct activities of the team to align governance programs with the organization’s objectives and execute roadmaps

  • Serve as a consultative advisor to business stakeholders and control owners to ensure timely and consistent implementation and remediation of controls, and business process enhancements

  • Drive the modernization of our SOX program with focus on continuous improvement, leveraging new tools and technology, benchmarking the control environment, gaining insights from data analytics, and evolving the internal control program with the strategic business initiatives.

  • Maintain responsibility for the assigned business process SOX resources and related budget and plan, ensuring resources are appropriately deployed, efficiencies are identified, and activities are running efficiently and effectively.

What we expect of you:

  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of applicable professional experience in  Finance and Accounting with a minimum of 1+ years of leadership experience.

  • Professional certification such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

  • Public Accounting, Big 4 or regional audit firm experience a plus.

  • Strong knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the 2013 COSO Framework (COSO).

  • Advanced experience in identifying risk, controls and opportunities for improvements associated with business processes, developing, and executing audit test plans, and drafting reports with summary results for executives.

  • Advanced written and verbal communication skills

  • Executive presence, with ability to effectively interact with all stakeholders including senior leadership.

  • Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

  • Operational excellence, inclusive of ability to project manage the program and drive efficiency.

  • Collaborative leadership, specifically developing strong cross-functional relationships.

About us  

We make technology work so people can do great things. 

CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider to business, government, education, and healthcare organizations across the globe. At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It’s why we’re coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we’re headed. We’re your long-term, full-stack, full-lifecycle technology partner. We have the experience, expertise, scale, relationships and deep industry knowledge to bring just about any vision to life. Together, we can deliver the full promise of what technology can do. Together, we Make Amazing Happen.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.  

  

Job Attributes

Who we are:
CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations across the globe. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced start-ups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small. 

What you can expect from us: Culture, coworkers, careers. 
CDW is not only the People Who Get IT but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together. At CDW, you’ll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self—and your best ideas—to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving—and better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
 

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status

Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/

Date Posted: Nov 06, 2024
Job Category: Corporate
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