Contractor- Operational Risk Analyst

Job#: 2040066

Job Description:

Job Title: CPA - Risk and Control Analyst
Location: Vienna, Virginia (Hybrid, 2 days onsite)
Job Summary: Apex Systems is seeking a highly skilled CPA to join our team as a Risk and Control Analyst. The successful candidate will be responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and reporting on  risk, quality, service, and controls. This role aims to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness, mitigate risk, and execute control testing for Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR)/SOX.
Key Responsibilities:

• Review, analyze, and report on  risk, quality, service, and controls.
• Conduct risk assessments to ensure compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements, industry standards.
• Maintain and update Operational Risk procedural manuals, job aides, and tools.
• Develop standard risk assessment scopes and conduct re-scoping of already established reviews to ensure validity.
• Perform analyses to determine the root cause of process gaps.
• Assign corrective action target dates and ensure timely control implementation.
• Monitor corrective action target dates to ensure prompt remediation and control implementation to comply with regulatory government agencies requirements.
• Maintain data in the compliance monitoring platform to ensure adherence with regulatory government agencies requirements.

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required.
• Proven experience in risk assessment, control testing, and compliance.
• Strong understanding of ICFR/SOX requirements.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain procedural manuals, job aides, and tools.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.

• Experience in the financial services industry.
• Experience in mortgages.

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