Director of Internal Audit & Compliance
Job Description
About Our Client:
Our client is seeking a professional Director of Internal Audit and Compliance to join their team. The successful candidate will focus on the end-to-end process related to internal controls over financial reporting that is developed to comply with SOX regulations.
Responsibilities:
- Planning, documenting, testing, reviewing and reporting the companies internal controls
- Manage the companies end to end internal audit projects
- Ensure that businesses is consistent with accounting policies and IFRS
- Liaise with external auditors to maintain internal controls and SOX assessments
- Creating and running risk workshops throughout the organization
- Interacting and presenting in front of high level executives throughout the organization
- Managing a large internal audit team
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of accounting, financial, internal audit experience
- 7+ years of operational audit experience
- 5+ years of SOX experience
- Travel (up to 25%) and work within Canada and US
- Strong technical IFRS accounting experience
- Strong internal control background and knowledge
- Very strong communication skill and ability to present in front of large groups of individuals
- University education in Business, Accounting, or Finance required
- CPA or other financial designation (e.g. CFA, MBA or equivalent) required
- Problem solver, detail oriented and highly analytical
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced- high pressure environment
- Ability to identify risks and solution with little know supervision
- Great Plains experience is an asset