This role will report directly to the SVP of Accounting and Treasury. Additionally, the position is responsible for identifying and assisting in documenting new and existing finance and disclosure controls, assisting with the implementation, and documenting of new internal controls, and facilitating management's assessment of the company's design and operating effectiveness as it relates to such internal controls. This is a new role where you will get to build out our companies SOX and control environment.
What You Will Do:
- Establish SOX office
- Lead the SOX 302 Quarterly Reporting process
- Review, monitor and test remediation efforts
- Work with outside auditors and internal consultants
- Developing and maintaining an internal controls function and internal control concepts including the SOX 404 and COSO internal control frameworks.
- Work closely with Director of Global IT on IT General Controls
- Ensure control implications identified with teams are shared with other Control SMEs across the Company to facilitate controls framework updates
- Educate and provide guidance to stakeholders on appropriate risk identification and control design considerations
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to design/update controls for new/updated accounting standards to ensure consistency of control design at a global level
- Builds Collaborative Relationships: Builds relationships based on trust and respect
- Continually monitor and update the assessment of the control environment, keeping abreast of significant control issues, trends and developments
- Identify and design anti-fraud criteria and controls
- Review finance department business processes and suggest ways to improve such processes
- Provide user-friendly guidance/training to key stakeholders regarding SOX and control requirements
- Identify and recommend innovation, automation, and analytic-driven approaches to assess and design controls
- Supply subject matter expertise on risk management, compliance and internal control standards for business owners, notably in new processes and transformation areas within the organization
- Monitor emerging best practices in internal controls, regulatory compliance, and validation programs and adopt continuous improvement principles to support enhanced control environment
What You Will Need:
- Thorough knowledge of all aspects of SOX [404]
- Prior success in designing, developing and leading SOX compliance programs
- Over 7 years of extensive accounting, audit experience
- CPA
- Previous success in identifying and recommending innovation, automation, and analytic-driven approaches to assess and design controls
- Experience collaborating with stakeholders involved in organizational changes to ensure controls are identified, documented, and designed effectively
- Prior involvement in CFO/ board presentations of SOX