Posting End Date: 03/07/2023 

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC 

*The preferred work location is New Orleans, LA; the Woodlands, TX and Jackson, MS may be considered.*

Job Summary/Purpose:

The Sr Staff role will involve establishing strategic relationships across the business to proactively manage risks, improve internal controls, and drive value added outcomes that align with Entergy’s vision and mission, including through the planning and execution of audit and consulting projects. 

Job Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Perform internal audits by conducting thorough fieldwork, preparing work papers in accordance with departmental and IIA standards, identifying findings, related exposures, business risk/implications and areas of potential operational improvements.
• Assist in preparation of formal written reports, expressing opinions on the processes subject to audit, and clearly documenting findings and recommendations of corrective actions.
• Provide control consulting for business processes and supporting systems.
• Perform testing of controls to assess operating effectiveness of internal controls.
• Participate in risk assessments to identify risks and opportunities designed to improve business processes and information systems across the Company.
• Maintain customer relationships across the business in order to identify sources of risk or areas for improvement.
• Discuss audit findings with operating personnel to verify facts and obtains background information not available in the documentation examined. Present value-added suggestions for resolution of audit findings.
• Help support Internal Audit applications and tools. Support query development and data analytics for audit efforts.

Minimum education required of the position:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, or related field and 8+ years of experience in accounting, auditing, or financial processes is required OR in lieu of a degree 12+ years of experience in accounting, auditing, or financial processes is required.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position:

Requires experience with IIA audit standards and best practices, GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley. Supply Chain and third-party/vendor risk knowledge and/or experience is preferred, but not required. 

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position:

CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE, CISSP, or other professional designations are preferred.

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Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans || Mississippi : Jackson || Texas : The Woodlands 
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT-NBU
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 110719
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information.  41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity and Pay Transparency.

Pay Transparency Notice:

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov)

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment.  Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.