Director of Audit Services
Company: Hireology
Location: Monroeville
Posted on: May 28, 2023
Job Description:
#1 Cochran, the largest and most-recognized automotive retailer
in Southwestern Pennsylvania, is seeking a Director of Audit
Services to join our corporate financial team. This position will
serve as the Company's leader of strategic risk management with a
focus on ensuring compliance with the Company's internal control
systems (both financial and operational), and developing the
programs, tools, and reporting that are essential to a successful
audit services function. This position will establish and lead the
internal audit and compliance functions at #1 Cochran. As a member
of our team, you will join an award-winning workplace where people
and innovation thrive. We are obsessive about learning and
development - at every mile marker of your career.We are one team
bound by one set of values, with one overarching vision: to move
our customers, our team members, and our communities in the most
moving ways possible. If you're ready to make your move, steer your
career here and join our talented team of thinkers, doers,
dreamers, and disrupters. Director Audit Services Core
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate and consult on the design internal control systems in
the context of the COSO Internal Controls Framework
- Be able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of internal
controls in the accounting and operational areas; develop audit
programs to test the effectiveness of internal controls
- Conduct (and lead the conduction of) testing of internal
controls and produce reports of the controls' effectiveness to the
Board and Senior Management
- Be proficient in the major areas of compliance as it relates to
laws and rules governing the auto dealership business
- In cooperation with our CPA firm, conduct an annual strategic
risk assessment of the business, highlighting areas of potentially
increased risk, degree of risk mitigation, or areas of focus.
Utilize results of the risk assessment to create a 3-year audit
plan intended to address significant areas of risk, including
creating strategies for further risk mitigation
- Perform quarterly risk-assessment update meetings with
executive leadership to understand significant changes to the risk
landscape and propose resulting changes to the 3-year audit plan as
necessary
- Provide periodic updates to the Board, Audit Committee and
Senior Management on the areas of elevated risk and the
effectiveness of internal controls in use throughout the
company
- Provide strategic input to Operational Leadership on areas of
inefficiency or opportunities to improve business processes to
eliminate waste, lower cost or increase effectiveness
- Serve as a mentor and trainer to other members of the
accounting team, and future additions to the audit services team
for internal control design, testing, and reporting Candidate
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree Accounting
- CPA, CIA or CISA Required
- Knowledge and understanding of U.S. Generally Accepted
Accounting Procedures (US GAAP)
- Three - five years of experience in public accounting or
internal audit divisions within a larger organization
- Ability to assess risks and internal controls within various
financial and operational areas to identify potential weaknesses
and provide recommendations on necessary controls, including
enhanced design of controls
- Ability to create audit programs designed to test identified
controls and oversee testing of the controls
- Experience developing reports on effectiveness of audit areas,
including communicating areas for improvement and related
recommendations
- Strong communicator who is able to conduct presentations and
present audit results and findings to a broad range of stakeholders
from the Board of Directors to entry level management
- Strong organizational skills to enable tracking, follow-up, and
timely closure of management action plans
- Ability to teach and train others on proper internal control
testing techniques
- Strong critical thinking capabilities
- Tech savvy, and highly proficient with Microsoft Excel,
PowerPoint and other technology tools and systems utilized in the
fields of internal controls and analysis.
- Creative thinker. Able to quantify areas of vulnerability with
appropriate rank of severity and magnitude
- Effective in time management and self-management
- Impeccable integrity, high character and a role model for the
company's core values
- Outstanding work ethic and team player What We Offer:
- Full complement of health insurance benefits available
- Paid Time Off in first year of employment (12,16 and 20 days
annually)
- Paid Holidays
- 401(k) with Company match
- Competitive compensation commensurate with experience (base
salary and bonus component) Qualified candidates should email a
resume to our attention. All responses kept in strict confidence.
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