Assistant Manager- SOX Audit- FR

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Gallagher, a global industry leader in insurance, risk management, and consulting services, boasts a team of over 50,000 professionals worldwide. Our culture, known as "The Gallagher Way," is driven by shared values and a passion for excellence. At the heart of our global operations, the Gallagher Center of Excellence (GCoE) in India, founded in 2006, upholds the values of quality, innovation, and teamwork. With 10,000+ professionals across five India locations, GCoE is where knowledge-driven individuals make a significant impact and build rewarding, long-term careers.

We are seeking an audit professional to work with us to develop and deliver a disciplined approach of evaluating and improving the effectiveness of the company’s control, governance and risk management processes, and report the results to senior management. 

The Assistant Manager- SOX Audit- FR will manage Sarbanes – Oxley (SOX) audit assignments throughout the planning, fieldwork and reporting phases. The person in this role will be a member of the Global Internal Audit Managers, providing input into the audit planning process, participate in recruitment, conducting the required performance evaluations, and developing, mentoring and coaching audit staff. 

• Manage multiple audit assignments simultaneously as per the audit plan.  This includes the review and approval of the planning, working papers, draft, and final reports/SOX scorecards and regular interaction with key stakeholders throughout the audit.
• Review and approve of the documented results of audit work/SOX testing procedures to ensure compliance with the internal requirements and IIA standards. 
• Communicate and maintain relationships with clients and team members to gather information, identify ambiguous situations, and collaboratively solve problems. 
• Manage budgeted hours for the assignments of the team. Escalate any challenges to complete assignments within the budgeted hours to the Internal Audit Director (IAD). 
• Review and approval of Potential Audit/SOX findings, including distribution to the audit client for agreement. 
• Review of SOX scorecards. 
• Meet with client management to discuss and agree the draft report and agree viable solutions to achieve the most effective and efficient remediation for the audit/SOX issues identified. 
• Review follow-up on the internal audit/SOX findings and agreed action plans to ensure adequacy and timeliness of actions, until deficiencies are remediated. 
• Support the IADs in conducting Global Internal Audit Quality Assurance reviews. 
• Complete the audit assignments in accordance with the Global Audit Manual and the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Standards) promulgated by the Institute of Internal Auditors, local regulators and Industry guidance.  
• Stay abreast of best practices, both internally and externally. 
• Assist the Global Internal Audit Senior Leadership Team in the implementation of the Audit Center strategic goals. 
• Develop team members to ensure appropriate skill and staffing of the Internal Audit team (on-the-job training, coaching/mentoring, providing career growth opportunities, etc.) 
• Contribute to the performance feedback session(s) of all levels of team members for the annual appraisal process. 
• Assist in the screening, recruiting, and interviewing of employment candidates when vacancies arise. 
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the department policies and procedures. 
• Carry out duties following Gallagher policies and procedures in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, good governance, and Gallagher’s shared values, in particular, putting clients at the heart of our business. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications - Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in finance, accounting, or related field.  
• Minimum of eight years of work experience in public accounting and/or industry dealing with SOX Key Control testing (Big 4 experience highly desired). 
• Minimum of four years of supervisory experience.  
• Professional certification (accounting/auditing/industry). Chartered Accountant preferable.  

Technical Knowledge and Experience: 

• Strong team / project engagement and co-ordination. 
• Strong understanding of professional audit standards, SOX, and risk assessment practices. 
• Strong interpersonal skills, including listening, verbal, written, and presentation communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders. 
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail. 
• Expertise in Microsoft applications. 
• Ability to lead others in a way that motivates and inspires them to achieve desired outcomes 
• Ability to lead both initiatives and team in a fast paced environment and comfortable driving and assimilating change. 
• Ability to quickly assimilate relevant information in unfamiliar situations. 
• Act as a resource to audit staff in specialized areas of expertise and professional audit standards. 
• Excellent customer service focus, including the ability to manage potentially contentious interactions and the ability to strike a balance between oversight and getting buy-in from the businesses. 
• Execution of the team and individual performance goals. 
• Maintain knowledge of current accounting and auditing practices through continuing professional education. 
• Highly motivated with ability to manage and meet deadlines and ensure quality in every aspect of assigned work. 
• Strong organizational and project management skills.  
• Ability to manage/balance multiple priorities. 
• Ability to conduct performance management discussions. 
• Ability to design and implement new processes. 

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.  

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest. 

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.  

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.