Internal Audit Manager – Upland

Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to accelerate your career and work with a team of friendly, creative people? Upland Software offers a collaborative work environment full of smart, positive, and passionate people who are respected for their unique talents and empowered to do their jobs well. As a member of this close-knit team, you are encouraged to take good ideas and run with them, pursuing the best outcome for our customers while having fun along the way. If these things are important to you and you’re driven by delighting customers, we want to talk with you!

General Responsibilities:

• Preparing Audit and Finance Committee materials
• Perform periodic global risk assessments to help ensure that key business risks are properly identified and mitigated by management
• Perform independent assessments of Upland Software’s internal control structure
• Develop close but independent working relationships with management in all areas of the business
• Develop recommendations to improve financial and operational controls
• Ensure that transactions are accounted for in accordance with established company policies and in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Develop reports and presentations on project findings and recommendations to senior management
• Support or lead special projects
• Monitor process and policy changes throughout an organization

Operational Audits Responsibilities:

• Draft and ensure completion of audit programs, questionnaires
• Perform audits/business process reviews to ensure compliance with laws/regulations and effectiveness of internal controls.
• Diagnose operational risks and process improvement opportunities
• Follow-up on prior audit findings and work with issue owners to ensure timely completion.

SOX Compliance Responsibilities:

• Lead effort in defining control objectives and monitoring compliance for SOX requirements
• Plan annual SOX program, which includes scoping, timing, and execution
• Conduct walkthroughs; review and observe business processes to assess process level controls, entity level controls, and application controls
• Identify risk and/or process deficiencies; recommend improvements for key processes and procedures
• Manage resources who evaluate and test internal controls’ operating effectiveness; this may include testing select processes, detailed working paper review, test design, sample size guidance, exception evaluation criteria, and retest expectations
• Facilitate in the remediation of control gaps with process owners to ensure that issues are brought to closure; help escalate when deficiencies are not remediated timely
• Research changes in SOX regulations to ensure timely compliance
• Assist in the implementation and compliance of process level controls, entity level controls, and application controls for newly acquired subsidiaries or components of the company
• Prepares presentations and provide status updates as needed for use by management

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• 7-10 years of experience in a “Big 4” accounting/consulting environment and/or experience in conducting financial and operational audits in a multi-national company
• CPA or CIA is a plus
• Experience in conducting contract audits of vendors, contractors, and other business partners that support the company
• Capable of performing risk assessments and identifying key business and financial risks
• Ability to develop, design, and execute financial and operational audit plans and programs
• Key skills and abilities include project management, influencing, facilitation, process development, analysis, and problem solving.
• Good problem identification and analytical skills
• Ability to develop and write meaningful reports and presentations; excellent communication/presentation skills
• Motivated self-starter who works well individually and in teams
• Excellent written and verbal English skills required
• Proficiency in presentation, spreadsheet, word processing

About Upland

Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD) is an enterprise cloud software company that provides award-winning solutions in Project and IT Management, Workflow Automation and Digital Engagement. Our goal is 100% customer success, achieved through a unified operating platform that delivers the performance, scalability, and support that over 2,500 Upland customers worldwide demand every day.

We offer a casual and collaborative work environment, a generous benefits package and significant growth opportunities. Upland is a publicly traded software company based in Austin, TX with offices in the US, Canada, and the UK.

Upland Software is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, veteran status or other legally protected status.

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