Risk and Controls Lead
Pittsburgh, PA
Category: Auditor
Industry: Financial Services
Standard Hours: Open
Reference ID: JN -102026-109037
Date Posted: 10/12/2026
Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/QSJZ18
Description:
On-site 4 days/week in Pittsburgh, PA
Our client is a global financial services institution that provides a broad range of banking, investment, asset servicing, wealth management, treasury, and market infrastructure solutions to clients around the world.
We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $35.00 to $45/hr. w2
Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end delivery of assigned SOX and ICFR reviews, including planning, walkthroughs, testing, issue tracking, and reporting against program milestones.
- Perform and coordinate risk assessments to identify significant processes, key controls, and changes impacting financial reporting risk.
- Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of key SOX manual controls through evidence review, exception analysis, and clear documentation of conclusions.
- Lead refreshes of narratives, risk and control matrices, flowcharts, and control inventories to keep documentation current, complete, and audit ready.
- Coordinate with control owners, Finance, Technology, and business partners to schedule walkthroughs, obtain evidence, resolve questions, and complete testing on time.
- Identify control gaps or weaknesses, assess potential impact, support remediation planning, and validate corrective actions.
- Serve as a liaison for internal and external auditors, providing support and clear communication throughout the audit lifecycle.
- Prepare concise updates on progress, risks, issues, and remediation status, escalating matters where appropriate.
- Provide day-to-day guidance to junior team members on testing methodology, documentation standards, and stakeholder engagement.
Experience Requirements:
- 2+ years in SOX testing, internal audit, external audit, finance controls, controllership, or risk and controls roles.
- Strong understanding of SOX, ICFR, internal controls, and financial reporting processes in a regulated environment.
- Proven experience conducting controls testing, leading walkthroughs, documenting processes, evaluating exceptions, and producing high-quality working papers.
- Auditing background with the ability to execute testing independently once shown the process.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines with strong analytical, organizational, and execution skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work across stakeholder groups and levels of seniority.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
- Preferred: Experience in banking or financial services.
- Preferred: Knowledge of automated controls, system reports, interfaces, spreadsheets/end-user computing, and related IT control dependencies.
- Preferred: Familiarity with enterprise controls frameworks such as COSO.
- Preferred: Professional qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA, ACA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent.
- Preferred: Exposure to process improvement, automation opportunities, or control rationalization initiatives.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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