Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Compliance & SOX Manager to oversee the timely and complete design, implementation, documentation, assessment and continuous improvement of our accounting and financial reporting processes and internal controls, in support of all finance operations across all business units. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, the Compliance & SOX Manager will interact regularly with all finance leadership to evolve Turner & Townsend’s internal control structure as the Company expands.

Turner & Townsend seeks an individual who will work effectively throughout the organization to ensure compliance with all internal and external requirements for the operating effectiveness of internal controls, including requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This will include a meaningful contribution to the development and scaling of new processes and controls required by the continuing growth of our business.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Compliance & SOX Manager is an important role for the USA business to support anticipated growth for this $235+m construction and management consulting firm focused on three industry segments: real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources. The Compliance & SOX Manager must be able to rapidly establish credibility and trust with all levels of the T&T organization and comfortable interacting with and influencing the business unit leaders and USA leadership team.

Specifically, the Compliance & SOX Manager will:

• Manage the internal control / SOX efforts, preparing all information essential to the understanding and assessment of internal controls, including risk and control matrices and narrative descriptions and/or flowcharts of processes
• Identify and communicate to the Finance team observations and recommendations for the enhancement of processes and internal controls
• Assist the Finance team with the design and implementation of processes and internal controls
• Work with Finance leadership to consider the need for the design and implementation of new controls in response to new accounting standards or policies
• Assist in the training and development of Turner & Townsend’s personnel to support compliance with established processes and controls
• Monitor for changes to regulatory requirements or standards over internal control and implement modifications to Turner & Townsend’s internal control structure, as required
• Maintain best practices for the oversight of outsourced service providers and their SOX compliance policies and procedures
• Manage the compliance efforts of the USA entities, ensuring timely filings and preparing all information essential to the understanding and assessment of compliance, including the Company’s compliance tracker and descriptions and/or flowcharts of processes
• Monitor Corporate Governance compliance including the creation of a structured approach and central repository evidencing that all transactions were completed in accordance with the appropriate financial authorities.
• Lead the tax process including working with external resources on the preparation of all tax returns and managing appropriate tax policies
• Lead the annual audit of the Company’s 401(k) plan
• Lead the audit of the Company’s overhead rate in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations for its Infrastructure and AMCL units
• Support the Finance team on special projects as required

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in public accounting, including experience auditing the internal control over financial reporting of publicly traded companies.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree
• CPA or CIA strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with:
  • Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  • Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
  • Auditing Standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
  • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

Strong organization skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize effectively ensuring all deadlines are met

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop strong partnerships with stakeholders
• Strong team skills, collaborating with, supporting and challenging colleagues when required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy level
• Sound technical skills, analytical ability and good judgment who is a strategic thinker and strong operational executive
• Problem solver who identifies and proposes solutions and ways to work smarter; appropriately escalating emerging issues before they become problems
• Resilient character, comfortable to operate in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple stakeholders and tight deadlines
• Self-starter who takes initiative to improve both the finance team and the Company’s performance
• Results driven with a pro-active approach and a “can-do” attitude
• Ability to maintain confidentiality displaying high level of integrity at all times

Additional Information

The salary range for this full-time role is $145K-$190K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

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_It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. _

_Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. _