Senior Risk Analyst, Assurance & Risk Advisory

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Risk Analyst to join our Assurance & Risk Advisory team. The role focuses on strengthening internal controls and audit practices, ensuring the integrity of financial reporting across the organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and execute internal audit projects, including SOX testing, from start‑up through reporting.
• Conduct end‑to‑end process walkthroughs to document workflows, pinpoint risk areas and assess control design effectiveness.
• Prepare detailed audit workpapers that support testing conclusions and meet audit quality standards.
• Identify control deficiencies, analyse root causes and document risk exposure and potential financial impact.
• Collaborate with control owners to define, document and track remediation action plans.
• Produce regular audit status reports summarising scope, progress, key milestones, issues and agreed actions.
• Apply audit methodology, technical accounting concepts and control frameworks consistently across engagements.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of business processes and external best practices to inform recommendations.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in audit, assurance or financial controls within a public accounting firm or public company.
• Foundational knowledge of US GAAP, Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) and the COSO framework.
• Experience preparing audit documentation and executing control testing.

Required skills

• US GAAP
• Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) compliance
• COSO internal control framework
• Audit software tools (e.g., Optro)