SOX Accountant at DigiOutsource

Purpose of the Role:

• The Sox Accountant has overall responsibility to ensure there is compliance with the internal control’s requirements through regular quality assessment, trainings and continues engagements with the finance team and key stakeholders.  

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Perform robust scoping and risk assessment efforts for management’s SOX annual planning. This also includes creating a report summarising key outcomes and scoping out internal controls over financial reporting.
• Lead and manage updates/development of current risk and control matrixes. This includes process-flow documentation to support management’s SOX assessment.
• Identification of new material transactions, developing risks and control matrixes and implementing new controls in a timely manner.
• Monitor progress against Sox and Internal Audit timelines, execution of plans including report statuses within regular meetings with key stakeholders.
• Invest in the training and development of the finance team and other departments involved in internal controls through roll-out of the internal training and regular discussions.
• Work closely with External and Internal auditors over changes to the risk assessment and controls, designing a timeline for Walkthroughs and Controls testing.
• Ensuring quality and consistency of controls execution through monitoring tools and regular check-ins with the control owners.
• Develop clear and realistic plans to tackle any identified areas of material weakness or significant deficiency.

Essential Criteria:

• Qualified accountant with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Internal controls (US SOX).
• IFRS knowledge and experience.
• Proven experience to lead and take ownership of projects from conception to completion with minimal supervision and effective reporting of results.
• Ability and flexibility to work well under tight deadlines, prioritise and multi-task.
• Ability to adjust priorities and manage time appropriately and wisely in a fast-paced environment and under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across departments.
• Collaborative team player with the ability to foster good working relationships with external advisors and auditors.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience in the online gaming industry
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience in Navision.
• Knowledge of IFRS.

Person Specifications:

• Accountability & Execution
• Management, Motivation & Leadership
• Organisation and Planning
• Attention to detail
• Effectiveness & Delivery
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Critical thinking
• Time management