About the job
Position Summary
At the end of the day, it’s much more than just numbers. For our audit team, it’s about being as innovative as the products and content we create. Whether it’s minimizing risk or providing consulting to our executives, they are constantly devising new ways to add value and efficiencies. They work hard and support every department with the necessary resources to optimize the business. To find effective strategies that turn negatives into positives. It’s a career that requires tremendous integrity, scrupulous attention to detail and the drive to always think beyond the obvious.
And that’s not all. The future of internal audit is data analytics. By 2025 a majority of Fortune 500 CFOs anticipate that the audit profession will be dominated by data analytics, and artificial intelligence. Today, we are seeking to recruit the most talented and energetic individuals with the experience and ability to help take our internal audit team towards that goal on an accelerated path.
Sony Corporation of America (SCA) seeks a bright, motivated, detail-oriented audit professional for an Senior Internal Auditor position in our New York, NY office. This position will report to the Audit Director based in New York, NY and will be part of the audit team responsible for Sony’s global recorded music and music publishing divisions and its US-based corporate functions. This position provides excellent international work experience and requires approximately 20% – 25% travel with the understanding that this may later change to 30% – 35% travel to top international destinations, as well as domestic travel.
This is a hybrid role requiring 1-2 days per week onsite in our NYC office.
About you:
We need someone who is a critical thinker with the ability to analyze data and communicate results across all levels of the organization both verbally and written. Your role will include assessing processes and controls, analyzing large sets of data, interviewing key stake holders and communicating findings with impact. We need you to have a sense of organization, accuracy, consistency and attention to detail. In addition, we are looking for someone who is flexible, maintains an open mind and is committed to achieving goals as a team.
Responsibilities:
- Support financial, operational and system reviews domestically and internationally
- Evaluate whether risks to the company are identified and minimized, acceptable internal policies and procedures are followed, resources are used efficiently and economically and the organization’s objectives are effectively achieved
- Represent the internal audit department on company initiatives and special projects, both domestic and international
- Play a critical role in delivering a data analytics centered approach to the global internal audit program. Use data driven analytics to identify risk areas and deliver audit results with impact to senior management.
- Assisting with testing and reporting to meet annual SOX requirements
- Assist management with enterprise risk assessment and annual audit plan development
- Contribute to internal department initiatives, such as training and development, updates to internal audit policies and procedures and other internal projects, as requested
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree required (Majored in Business, Accounting/Finance or related field preferred)
- CPA or CIA preferred
- Minimum of 2-3 years of progressive experience in a public accounting firm, private industry internal audit, or finance/accounting department
- Business process knowledge (such as Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Order to Cash)
- Experience in applying data analytics and data modelling to audit, such as the design and development of data analytics tools or experience performing and reporting data analytics
- Experience in data visualization software, such as Qliksense, is preferred
- SAP experience preferred
- Media or Entertainment industry experience is also a plus
- Ability to travel internationally (+/-30% travel)
- All candidates must be authorized to work in the USA
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