Sr. Associate : ERAS Risk & Automation

The ERP Risk & Automation Services (ERAS) team assists with various consulting, internal, and external audit clients by bringing in-depth ERP/ business applications, data analytics (DA), process automation, risk management and IT audit skills where needed.  As part of the RSM’s Risk Consulting practice, the specialty service provides complex data analysis and automation services for both external and internal clients, assists in data governance assessments, data conversion/ integration validation, process and performance mining, risk and audit analytics, integrated risk management services, continuous auditing and monitoring program implementations, internal controls design/assessments, segregation of duties assessments and key report testing.

We’re looking for a dynamic, hands-on senior associate who thrives as a technical risk athlete that critically assesses and understands risk management for our clients and can deploy effective solutions from a technical operations perspective. As a Data Risk and Automation Senior Associate, you will be expected to develop solutions, apply risk management best practices, and autonomously contribute to projects at every stage with the support of a dynamic team. This role requires someone who can work on a variety of projects with a dynamic team, make decisions, and roll up their sleeves to get the job done.

The Data Risk and Automation Senior Associate is responsible for executing projects that scope, design, develop and deploy systems and processes for addressing critical data risks to our clients, including: a) providing data-driven analytics-based insights into key risk areas, b) analyzing data strategy and validating the integrity of data conversion and integration activities as part of an ERP/ business applications system implementation, c) providing insights, analytics and automation recommendations to address client needs, d) evaluating the maturity and viability of an organizations overall IT risk, data governance, and audit readiness strategy and processes and e) providing integrated risk management solutions across all three lines of defense.

​ Responsibilities:

·        Provide data analytics, risk management and IT audit support during business development pursuits; e.g. proposals, cost build-ups, sales meetings

·        Identify, prioritize and execute on high-value opportunities to improve data risk services methodologies; including developing and delivering training, whitepapers, and desktop procedures for best-practice evaluation methods by business application (prioritization on Oracle Fusion, SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft D365, Workday, NetSuite and other tier 1 business applications

·        Identify and prioritize high-value opportunities to improve audit and compliance processes through analytics and automation, particularly in areas unique to Data GRC (e.g., metadata management, master data management, data lineage capture and mapping, risk and controls design and testing, upstream and downstream data quality and accuracy validations, etc.)

·        Responsible for developing and implementing data analytics solutions, including creating dashboards and reports. This role requires technical expertise to directly build and manage analytics. The specialist will actively engage in data analysis, build visualizations, and provide actionable insights to support decision-making.

·        Upskill and train more junior staff on best practices and approach to data and risk management, including risk management and internal audit basics, analytics and automation.

·        Responsible for execution and review of all work-papers and deliverables, including reporting to client stakeholders.

·        Provide guidance to other internal and external stakeholders (clients, industry events, market events, etc.) on related data risk, analytics best practices

·        Facilitate sessions with internal and external personnel to effectively design methodology that: a) help audit/compliance professionals learn more about the business in order to better focus attention on the areas of highest risk, and b) identify issues and potential process exceptions

·        Manage communication with IT and/or business resources to locate internal and external data for analysis, understand data, and make data requests or direct connections to databases

·        Champion sustainable data risk, analytics and automation design concepts

·        Manage the development of visualization, dashboards and scripts, using agile development methodology

·        Perform quality assurance over developer practices for data mapping, data transformations, data joining/blending, data quality, data cleansing, and other data movement related activities

·        Provide guidance to both internal and external stakeholders on interpreting analytic results

·        Coordinate data risk services with off-shore resources at the RSM Delivery Center in India and El Salvadore

·        Be an active participant in local employee network groups and build relationships with RSM members across all lines of business and consulting as representing practice services and capabilities

Position Requirements:

·        Experience working with a team to provide services to numerous clients simultaneously

·        Project and program management expertise and strong written and verbal communication skills

·        Detail-oriented with a pro-active, inquisitive and creative approach to work, preferred to be analytics and technology inclined

·        Experience as an auditor or supporting internal or external audit teams with fundamental understanding of enterprise risk management and compliance and/or best practice frameworks such as COSO, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), COBIT, et c.

·        Understanding basic accounting, operations and auditing concepts and reporting skills, including documentation requirements

·        Understanding and ability to describe the flow of typical business processes, covering the purchase-to-pay, order-to-cash, and record-to-report cycles, at a minimum.

·        Understanding of automation capabilities, such as robotic process automation, machine learning, natural language processing, application programming interfacing, process mining, etc.

​ Minimum Qualifications:

·        Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent level of education

·        Minimum of 4 years in IT audit and/or compliance with expertise in key reporting testing and experience in testing IT application controls, business process controls, and IT general controls

·        Minimum of 3 years’ experience in technical analytics using analytics and cleansing tools such as Alteryx.

·        Minimum of 3 years in public accounting in audit or risk advisory services capacity

·        CPA, CISA, CIA or other related certification

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Preferred Qualifications:

·        Experience with data analytics of large ERP applications such as MS D365, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite and Workday.

·        Hands-on experience using audit-focused GRC technologies such as AuditBoard, ServiceNow, TeamMate, Idea, and WDesk.

·        Experience using other industry standard data analysis technologies such as Alteryx, SAS, SQL, and/or Python

·        Experience developing and/or managing dashboard solutions created using Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, or similar technologies

·        Experience with process mining using tools like Celonis or ABBYY Timeline

·        Experience working with automations software such as Power Automate, Automation Anywhere and UiPath.

·        Experience working with data from cloud-based applications like Workday, NetSuite, Salesforce, Concur is a plus

·        Business development experience is a plus

·        Certifications in one or more data analysis technologies such as Alteryx, UiPath, Tableau, or Power BI

​ Standards of Performance:

·        Data stewardship - Maintain confidentiality, integrity and availability of information with your custody

·        A self-starter with a process improvement mentality who is hands on, results-oriented, and leads by example

·        A strong entrepreneurial spirit with the highest levels of professional and personal honestly, integrity and ethics

·        Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks, projects and assignments

·        Ability to interact with all levels of client staff, including executives and senior managers

·        Possess strong business ethics and willingness to adhere to stringent professional standards

·        Ability to put forth additional effort to meet deadlines when necessary

·        Ability to travel to the local office at least 3 days per week