Audit Senior

The company is a 2B dollar science and innovation leader across several industries. They have recently moved to Alpharetta, GA, and are going through a restructuring. This is a unique opportunity to join a mature company that is poised for growth, with multiple opportunities for advancement into other groups and positions. As a senior financial reporting professional, you’ll play a key role in driving the company forward, and your expertise and hard work will be valued and rewarded. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and forward-thinking organization, and take your career to the next level. Whether you’re looking for stability, growth, or new challenges, this is the perfect role for you.

The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. With over 7,500 employees worldwide, we manufacture on four continents and generate sales in more than 100 countries. We offer a wide range of premium applications across diversified and growing end markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.

The Senior Auditor is responsible for identifying and assessing risk and ensuring management has designed and is maintaining a comprehensive and robust control environment in a US $3 billion global company.

The position will be based in Alpharetta or Minneapolis and report to the US based Sr Audit Manager. This role can be partially remote/hybrid.

Responsibilities

Conduct audits and reviews of organizational and functional activities at company owned facilities with a focus on North America
Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal controls over those activities
Plan and execute audit assignments, in accordance with accepted professional standards
Determine whether organizational units in the company are performing their accounting, custodial or control activities in compliance with management instructions, applicable statements of policy and procedures, and in a manner consistent with good business practices
Obtain, analyze and appraise evidentiary data as a basis for an informed, objective opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of controls and the efficiency of performance of the activities being reviewed
Report audit findings (orally and written) and make recommendations for correcting unsatisfactory conditions, improving operations, and reducing costs
Plan, execute and document testing of controls over financial reporting for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance with a focus on North America operations
Lead and conduct audits and SOX testing of activities and locations outside of North America as needed
Perform special reviews at the request of management.
Provide points of view on prospective controls as they are being designed.
Perform other duties, including administrative functions, as assigned or required

Location

MN

Job Type

Internal Audit

Office Schedule

Hybrid

Required Experience

3+ years audit experience with a public accounting firm and/or large multi-national corporation with at least 2 years of audit experience
BA/BS in Business/Finance, Accounting or similar
Fluency in Spanish is a plus
Good understanding of US GAAP and/or IFRS. Experience with SOX

Required Skills

Ability to act independently and objectively in the performance of and reporting of audits to management
Ability to work in a multi-cultural, dynamic, challenging environment and to establish strong working relationships with staff, managers and peers
Strong project management, analytical and business process analysis skills
Excellent oral and writing skills
Tact and diplomacy
Proficiency in standard Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Power Point and Visio
Ability to travel up to 25%

Bonus qualifications

Manufacturing industry experience
CPA, CIA or CISA equivalent certification or in preparation
Experience with AuditBoard platform
Experience in data analysis (using ACL, Idea, Access or other tools)
Experience with Oracle, SAP or other integrated ERP systems