Senior Internal Auditor

Company: Interstate Batteries
Location: Garland
Posted on: February 16, 2021

Job Description:

Our mission is to be a trusted workplace for team members to be their whole selves at work. A company that people love and positively impacts the lives of all whom we touch.At Interstate Batteries, you have the chance to be excellent at work and excellent at life. We know that professional success depends on personal wellbeing. That's why we want to enrich your life with the tools and services you need to succeed in every area of your life. Join us!The Senior Internal Auditor adds value to the enterprise by performing audits and other risk management activities. This role is primarily project-based and requires technical excellence, creative thinking, and project leadership. This role is a member of the Audit & Risk Team, reporting to the Corporate Audit Manager.Job Components* Conduct and Lead Audits: Under limited supervision, conduct full-cycle audits in accordance with the IIA's Standards. Most frequent audit areas include distributors, finance, and IT. Includes all audit phases including planning, fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up. Frequently present data, findings, or other suggestions to audit stakeholders, which includes senior management. Assist the Corporate Audit Manager in the supervision, review, and improvement of work performed by external consultants.* Perform Risk Assessments: Support enterprise-wide risk assessments as well as business unit focused risk assessments in areas such as IT, finance, and other business units. Develop creative tools for risk assessment and facilitate discussion between various business partners. Design evaluation of business activity with minimal guidance.* Improve Processes: Take initiative to provide assessments and recommendations for enhanced business controls. Recommend meaningful process improvements and facilitate the implementation of those improvements.* Consult: Provide busines partners timely guidance and feedback on effective internal control practices, to strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task, solve a problem or develop professionally, demonstrating a "leaders as teachers" approach to others.* Continuous Improvement: Enhance current audit methodologies, leverage remote auditing techniques and recommend improvements to the auditing process.* Policy Enhancements: Advise the finance department on policy content and make recommendations for improvements. Review policy documents drafted by other business units, ensuring consistency, clarity, and adequacy. Support the Director of Audit & Risk in establishing and maintaining a comprehensive policy committee.* Enable Effective Technology: Be a catalyst on the team for using technologies such as Tableau and Alteryx. Integrate technology into audits and other risk activities. Perform reviews of other business unit's use of technology.* Be a Risk Ambassador: Champion and promote a risk-aware and risk-intelligent culture across the organization. Act in accordance with the company's purpose and values. Educate team members and leaders on risk terminology and methodology.* Support Casualty Insurance Program: Provide end-of-month loss reserve and related billing support as well as annual renewal instructions support to the Casualty Insurance Manager (-10% commitment of total monthly time).Qualifications* Bachelor's Degree required. Preferred fields of study include Accounting, Business, Finance, or Computer Science.* Minimum 5 years of professional work experience. Preferred experience includes public accounting, internal audit, consulting, finance, or IT.* Preferred experience working with SAP S4 Hana.* Articulate speaker and proficient writer. This person will communicate with senior management, prepare presentations and audit reports, and lead meetings with numerous stakeholders. This person must have a strong attention to detail.* Effective time management, organizational skills, and critical thinking. This person must be able to thrive in an ambiguous environment, often executing with limited supervision. This person must be able to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.* Advanced Excel skills, and proficiency in the utilization of other MS products (Word, PowerPoint, Access. and Outlook).* Experience working with computer-aided auditing, continuous monitoring or other data analytics tools (ACL, Tableau, Alteryx, etc.) is preferred but not required.* Basic knowledge of the International Professional Practices Framework and the Code of Ethics developed by the Institute of Internal Auditors.* Professional certification (i.e. - CPA, CIA, CISA) or steps taken to obtain a professional certification highly preferred.Work Environment* Occasional travel (Less than 10%) required to audit a distributor or attend professional training.* Ability to sustain posture in a seated position for prolonged periods of time.* Ability to use a computer for prolonged periods of time.* Regularly required to talk, hear, and to use hands to grasp or handle.* Specific vision abilities include close vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.* Ability to occasionally lift and/or move 15+ lbs.Note: We do not accept resumes from headhunters, placement agencies, or other suppliers that have not signed a formal agreement with us.

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