Staff Internal Auditor

This Staff Internal Auditor position at Cadence involves assisting with the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404 monitoring program, including testing key controls and maintaining documentation. The role also encompasses conducting internal audits, performing risk assessments, and utilizing data analytics for global processes. This highly visible role requires critical thinking and strong communication, partnering with process owners to improve business efficiency and contributing to ongoing Internal Audit goals like anti-corruption and fraud monitoring.

Must Have

• Assist Cadence’s comprehensive Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404 ongoing monitoring program.
• Take an active role in testing key controls across business processes.
• Independently conduct process walkthroughs and test design/operating effectiveness of controls.
• Create and maintain process documentation, flowcharts, risk and control matrices, and testing sheets.
• Conduct Internal audits, process risk assessments, periodic site audits, and data analytics.
• Ensure effective and efficient execution of internal audits conforming to standards, budgets, and timelines.
• Present audit objectives, scope, and results to senior management.
• Partner with process owners for audit procedures, discussion of findings, and process improvement.
• Maintain workpapers for all projects as per defined standards.
• Conduct data analytics on large volumes of data to develop analytic control tests.
• Participate in ongoing Internal Audit goals, including Anti-Corruption auditing and fraud monitoring.
• 6+ years of industry/consulting firm experience in Internal Audit, SOX testing, risk management.
• Good understanding of accounting rules and control objectives.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Visio, and IT systems (SAP).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and thorough documentation skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Chartered Accountant and/or Certified Internal Auditor certifications.

This person will join a cohesive team whose environment thrives on high performance, continual improvement, constant communication, and an open atmosphere. This position is cross-functional, with paths for growth opportunity, and is highly visible to the company, particularly to the CFO and Controller organizations. The audit and compliance function receive high visibility to the CFO and Controller organizations.

Job Responsibilities:

• This person will be responsible for assisting Cadence’s comprehensive Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404 ongoing monitoring program, taking an active role in the testing of key controls across wide range of business processes.
• Should independently conduct process walkthroughs, test the design and operating effectiveness of key controls and report results. Create and maintain process documentation, flowcharts, risk and control matrices, testing sheets as per defined methodology
• The individual will conduct Internal audits, perform process risk assessments, periodic site audits and data analytics etc. of global Cadence’s processes and entities.
• Ensure effective and efficient execution of internal audits in conformance with professional and department standards, budgets, and timelines
• Present audit objectives, scope, and results to senior management, clearly articulating the potential impact of control gaps in a highly professional and proficient manner
• Partner closely with process owners for doing audit/ test procedures and discussion of findings and continual efforts and consultation with process owners to re-engineer and improve the efficiency of their business processes.
• Maintain workpapers for all projects as per defined standards. The position requires critical thinking and thorough documentation skills.
• Should be able to conduct data analytics on large volumes of data, understand the data behind key processes, risk and controls to develop analytic control tests and analyze and interpret their results
• Additional duties include participating in ongoing Internal Audit goals, such Anti-Corruption auditing, fraud monitoring programs, providing trainings to process owners etc.

Position Requirements:

• 6+ years of industry/ consulting firm (preferably big 4) experience in Internal Audit, SOX testing, risk management etc.
• Good understanding of accounting rules and control objectives
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Visio and IT systems (SAP)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical, critical thinking skills and thorough documentation skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Chartered Accountant and/or Certified Internal Auditor certifications