Also called: Internal Controls Analyst
Tests a public company's financial controls to make sure its numbers can be trusted, as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley law.
You check that every payment over $50,000 had two approvals, document a gap and work with the team to fix it before the outside auditors arrive.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in accounting; CPA or CIA certification helps.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Accounting, Finance.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). Tracks accountants and auditors.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Control testing and evidence collection are increasingly automated by GRC software and AI; fewer junior testers will be hired.
Classes: Accounting, Computer applications, Business law, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2011.
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