Executive Director - Internal Audit

SUMMARY:The Executive Director of Internal Audit will manage the strategic direction of the audit function as defined by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and the Chief Financial Officer. Manage the compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, foster improvement in the control environment, develop efficiencies to reduce audit fees, facilitate process improvements, and move control responsibility downward throughout the organization. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:The duties and responsibilities are defined below, but may include other duties as assigned by the CFO and/or the Audit Committee:• Coordinate Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, including assisting with development and deployment of company-wide guidelines. • Manage direction for the SOX team, which will perform independent operational, financial and system assurance and advisory services relating to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 compliance, specifically documentation, training, and key control testing. • Develop a SOX/Internal Control calendar/scoreboard with appropriate deliverables from each particular control owner. • Maintain CEC Dashboard for SOX Compliance published monthly.• Reduce external audit fees through efficiencies found in the internal processes. • Maintain SOX programs for international subsidiaries that include monitoring, site visits, clarification of requirements to locals, training of locals, identification of possible tier shifting, and proactive documentation of processes. • Develop an annual SOX compliance and audit plan based on risk-based methodology. Meet with senior management to determine key risks.• Identify key “process improvement” opportunities and develop those opportunities including automated control options (systems), process change control reporting for process/documentation updates, revisiting any deficiencies from previous audits/assessments, and ensuring system implementations are managed so as to capture all SOX/Internal Control key issues.• Recruit and train staff to perform audits in accordance with audit plan.• Maintain the Company’s organizational understanding about risk and control.• Carry out management reviews and entity level risk assessment of internal controls and financial reporting under Sarbanes-Oxley.• Proactively offer advice or seek out misunderstandings or problems in the management of risk exposures and controls.• Communicate the outcome of the SOX, assurance and advisory services to the Audit Committee, CEO, CFO and the senior leadership team.• Coordinate assurance and advisory projects with outside auditing firms to improve effectiveness and cost efficiency.• First response investigation for ethics hotline reports including participating on the Ethics steering committee consisting of the company’s General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Human Resources. • Travel up to 20%QUALIFICATIONS:EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or commensurate experienceCPA and CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) preferredEXPERIENCE:• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading and managing an Audit team.• Minimum of 3 years of progressive auditing experience with top public accounting firm or comparable experience with publicly traded corporation• Experience communicating and presenting to Board of Directors and senior leadership of corporation.• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley ComplianceCRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS:• Possesses unwavering ethics and integrity.• Demonstrates understanding of audit’s interaction with external auditors.• Demonstrates ability to act independently.• Uses a variety of delivery methods to communicate significant adverse findings.• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced results-oriented business environment.• Independent thinker.• Hands on, high-energy creative problem solver.• Excellent analytical and planning skills.• Possess excellent decision-making and problem solving skills.• Ability to set direction and achieve goals.• Exceptional interpersonal skills.• Proactive, rather than reactive, advisory style of interacting with others.• Ability to professionally interact with others in a variety of work environments.• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.• Demonstrates ability to utilize various resources in researching best practices related to the Company’s processes• Proactive management style demonstrated by providing guidance to direct reports on matters of career development and work standards inspiring best efforts of each person. The intent of this job description is to describe the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be required to perform other job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.N/A