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Job Title: Senior Manager – Controls Advisory Business Process for Multiple Openings

Approved Locations: 171 N. Clark St. (& other U.S. Locations), Ste. 200, Chicago, IL 60601. 10% domestic travel required for training and/or ad hoc client visits. Teleworking permitted.

Job Description:

Your day-to-day will include:

Contribute to our clients' business needs by helping them understand their business risks and assist in addressing risk in both proactive and responsive contexts for the Risk, Compliance & Controls Practice. Collaborate with teams to execute and report on risk management, internal control and internal audit engagements that develop, assess, or improve the design and operating effectiveness of IT risk management and internal control activities. Review business processes across multiple risk domains to provide management with an individual assessment of business risk, internal control, and the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the process as well – across the three lines of defense (including internal audit). Work closely with clients and staff to develop client and project risk assessments, implement opportunities, and recommendations regarding business and IT process optimization, profit improvement, cost reduction, fraud prevention, internal control, and compliance. Lead and support business development activities, such as proposals, capture, account teams, whitepapers, conferences, and/or other thought leadership material. Understand and manage firm risk on audits and proposal. Work with Grant Thornton partners and other team members to promptly identify and resolve client concerns. Communicate externally with clients and internally with all levels of the organization to accomplish objectives. Perform engagement management responsibilities, including performance reviews, task delegation, project scheduling, project financials, quality review and client management. Think strategically about practice enhancements and be able to implement and manage change. Use established network of business relationships within industry groups to generate new sales opportunities. Coach, mentor, develop team members to foster team members’ professional growth and develop top performers. Meet or exceed sales targets for new and follow-on work and meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization).

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

+ Requirement - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business Administration, a related field, or a foreign equivalent

+ Relevant Experience: 5 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or any controls/analyst related job titles. Applicants must possess experience in the following: (1) providing risk and internal control audit and advisory services; (2) establishing and operating Sarbanes-Oxley compliance programs and internal audit functions; (3) assessing and designing internal controls that address strategic, operational, reporting, and compliance risks across financial, operational, administrative and information technology (IT) processes; (4) participating in engagement pursuits and preparing materials in response to Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Proposals (RFP) and other client engagement opportunities; and (5) conducting trainings for internal controls and planning for engagement execution and developing client deliverables.

+ 10% domestic travel required for training and/or ad hoc client visits. Telecommuting Permitted.

Compensation for position: $159,400 – $160,000 per year

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