Job Information:

Job Description:

SUMMARY:

As an Internal Audit Manager you will plan, manage and perform various internal audits including financial and accounting functions, business systems, IT general controls, policy and compliance functions, and operational reviews.  

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct entity wide risk assessments encompassing operational, financial, and compliance areas.
• Work with US and Asian based management and internal audit staff to perform various fraud risk assessments at the entity and activity levels to determine appropriate forensic audit response for the highest risk areas.
• Using a risk based approach, draft the US annual audit plan to address assurance requirements for internal control over financial reporting as required under SOX, operational and compliance audits.
• Coordinate with US and foreign based internal audit team members to consolidate master audit schedule and time budgets to ensure all required audit activities are sufficiently planned and to identify any resource constraints in order to meet the annual internal audit plan objectives.
• Apply strong technical, analytical, interpersonal, communication and management experience to plan and manage to execution all assigned internal audit objectives.
• Plan and perform activity level risk assessments,document processes using narratives and flowcharts,evaluate and document internal controls, develop audit plans and performs initial and follow-up audits in accordance with established auditing standards and procedures.
• Reviews the work of others and evaluates significant business processes e.g., IT general controls, inventory, procurement, long-lived assets, general ledger accounting, and otherwise financial reporting to ensure work papers meet internal audit standards and support audit findings and opinions.
• Prepares and reviews audit reports, evaluates audit findings, prepares and presents the results of audit work and recommendations to management.
• Manages internal audit staff whether in-house or co-sourced through outside firms to accomplish audit objectives.
• Keeps abreast of company policies and procedures, current developments in accounting and auditing professions, and changes in local, state, and federal laws, as applicable.
• Possesses spreadsheet software skills needed to quantify and illustrate routine and non-routine reports, comparisons, impacts, and/or projections
• Effectively uses Internal audit department tools such as, web based audit software, accounting research software, electronic risk libraries, internal control databases and various data mining and analysis tools.
• Prepares and administers control self-assessments and certification processes and communicates results as directed.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as assigned. Provides leadership and technical instruction to ensure compliance with controls important to financial reporting, safe guarding assets as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) legislation.
• Provides guidance to other departments on the identification and documentation of required actions/policies, conformance tests and ongoing monitoring for compliance, and assessment of risk and control activities intrinsic to the administration of the SOX certification process. 
• Monitors implementation strategies that remedy SOX deficiencies. 
• Conducts various internal risk assessments to align assurance and advisory services with highest risk areas. 
• Reviews and develops audit programs, conducts tests and documents results
• Manages and executes internal audits. May oversee the work of other staff auditors and/or service providers. 
• Develops formal written reports to communicate audit results to management and makes recommendations, as appropriate. 
• Participates in closure meetings with internal customers to agree on remediation action plan, as needed.
• May coordinate and facilitate work of external auditors during on-site visits. 
• Requires audit knowledge and skills in finance/accounting and enterprise information systems. 
• Limited travel may be required

REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors Degree in Business/Accounting/Finance or related degree required.
• Advanced degree such as MAC or MBA preferred.
• At least one of the following professional audit or forensic audit certifications; CPA, CFE, CIA or CISA required.
• For general audit opportunity, CPA, CFE or CIA preferred
• For IT audit opportunity, CISA required
• If CISA only must be working toward CPA, CFE or CIA

EXPERIENCE:

• 6 - 10 years of experience
• Audit Experience: Public Company Internal Audit or Public Accounting Firm Experience (Big 4 or Large National CPA Firms)
• Systems experience: Oracle or JD Edwards, Equity Edge or similar systems preferred.
• Prior auditing experience using the following auditing standards IIA, AICPA and/or PCAOB.
• Knowledge of COSO criteria required.
• Knowledge of CobiT, Gain, GTAG preferred.
• Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP and ability to identify and research complex GAAP issues that affect the design of internal controls as they relate to the high-technology manufacturing industry and the Company’s business lines.
• Prior experience working with Oracle or similar ERP systems and auditing IT application controls preferred.