Senior Associate, Privacy

Schellman is a Top 50 CPA firm and a leading provider of attestation and compliance services. Our professional services focus on security and privacy audits, assessments, and certifications.  Schellman has become one of the largest cybersecurity assessment firms in the United States without providing any traditional accounting services.  We are an accredited multi-framework ISO Certification Body for security, privacy, business continuity, and quality; a globally licensed PCI Qualified Security Assessor and a top provider to clients serving the federal DoD space as a leading FedRAMP 3PAO and the first assessment firm authorized as a CMMC C3PAO. Our specialty and expertise remain in providing best in class Cybersecurity and IT Audits and Attestations. Our culture, approach with clients, and dedication to our values has led us to consistently be a Great Places to Work certified company and rated as a Best Firms to Work For by Accounting Today and a Glassdoor Best Places to Work. We deeply appreciate our employees, as shown by our first core value – People Come First. This is demonstrated in our culture, benefits, and how we handle business. Come see what makes Schellman special!

JOB SUMMARY

Senior associates are primarily responsible for hands-on project execution.  Experienced senior associates have, or are working towards, specialization in one or more service lines and are assigned to projects accordingly. Senior associates are assigned to a specific service delivery principal that is responsible for supervising the associate’s career development.  Additionally, senior associate’s daily activities are closely supervised by the management teams of their assigned projects. Senior associates may supervise associates and/or senior associates when serving as a member of a project management team.

The privacy industry has experienced exponential change and growth over the past decade and only continues to evolve with advancing technologies. Our clients rely on us to help them navigate the maze of privacy compliance, with new legislation being passed across the globe on at least a monthly basis. As that legislation commonly crosses over multiple industries and jurisdictions, we can perform privacy services for any organization looking to improve their privacy program, whether internal or external. The benefit of being exposed to so many different organizations is that you are constantly building your knowledge base and skill set while keeping up with the latest requirements and industry best practices. Our team is remote, yet extremely collaborative, and works together to utilize their different backgrounds and experience to aid clients in understanding recent legislation and navigating privacy compliance.  

In addition to the hands-on training, Schellman also promotes a continuous learning environment. Team members are encouraged to attend at least one privacy conference and training event every year to stay up to date on data protection requirements and trends. 

Essential Functions:

• Complying with Schellman’s code of ethics and professional conduct, methodologies, policies, and procedures
• Adhering to the professional and regulatory standards relevant to assigned service line specialization(s)
• Promoting Schellman’s company culture and exemplifying Schellman's values
• Establishing high quality relationships and rapport with client personnel
• Managing client expectations to ensure expectations are exceeded
• Completing assigned duties in a timely manner and with a high attention to detail
• Collaborating with fellow project team members in a productive and timely manner throughout the life cycle of each project
• Adhering to project schedules and keeping fellow project team members apprised of the progress of assigned tasks
• Escalating issues internally in a proper and timely manner
• Using discretion and decorum in the timing, form, and content of all client communications
• Booking travel reservations in a timely manner and in accordance with Schellman's travel and expense policies and procedures
• Performing the essential functions of other service delivery positions when qualified and called upon to do so
• Attending project kick-off and closing meetings
• Executing assigned testing procedures, performing detailed analysis, reaching conclusions, documenting results in accordance with company standards, and suggesting ideas for improvements, where applicable
• Drafting project deliverables
• Serving as a contact for clients' basic questions regarding an engagement
• Participating in recruiting and candidate interview activities
• Training project team members
• Acclimating newer team members to Schellman
• Contributing to Schellman's practice development efforts
• Developing an expert knowledge of professional and regulatory standards relevant to assigned service line specialization(s)
• Contributing to Schellman's thought leadership (e.g., articles, webinars, public speaking, etc.)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of Schellman’s services, methodology, and relevant professional standards
• Requisite knowledge of applicable technology and security domains
• High level of attention to detail and quality of work product
• Client service oriented
• Excellent time management, organizational, and verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work on-site or remotely as a valuable contributor to a collaborative team
• Capable of simultaneously managing assigned tasks for multiple projects
• Proficient using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as Schellman’s service delivery applications
• Full understanding and application of ethics, independence and Schellman’s values

Education, Work Experience and Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business management, technology, or other relevant subject area, or equivalent years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified
• 2+ years of related professional services or large corporate experience in information security auditing, assessment, consulting, or compliance. Preferred: Focused on Privacy regulation 
• Professional membership in one (Preferred): ISACA, ISC2, AICPAv 
• Maintains (Preferred) or Actively pursuing CIPP Certification  

Schellman is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace; therefore, providing equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law. Schellman uses E-Verify in our hiring process.
 

At Schellman, we strive to provide a flexible and balanced environment and therefore offer the opportunity to work remotely, unless otherwise stated in the job requirements. Connecting, collaborating and continuous education are also highly valued and therefore we require some travel annually for our Internal Service Delivery roles, which can include in-person training, team meet-ups, and strategy meetings. Service Delivery team members will also be required to travel based on business and client needs.