**Job Title**:
Associate Auditor
**Position Purpose**
An Auditor Jr. works in a dynamic, team-oriented environment and assists with executing audit assigned projects.
This position supports the Mexico Audit team with the completion of Audit Committee approved financial and operational audits, including annual Sarbanes-Oxley compliance testing.
Typical projects include understanding business processes, compiling information and analyzing data to define system or process risks and presenting findings to business partners in both a verbal and written format (in English and Spanish).
The position also collaborates with business partners to improve process efficiency and effectiveness and strengthen controls.
**Primary Accountabilities**:
- Develop an understanding of the process being audited including key personnel, systems, strategies, and objectives through interviews, research and observation.
Document business processes using Visio or other tools.
- Develop and execute audit program test steps to assess the adequacy of controls and process efficiency for every financial or operational audit, including annual Sarbanes-Oxley compliance testing.
- Utilize data analytics to identify trends and exceptions, measure process risk, evaluate control effectiveness, and determine impact of identified opportunities.
- Collaborate with team members and Company management to recommend sustainable business-focused solutions to enhance operations and strengthen controls.
- Plan, develop and coordinate the annual store physical inventory testing.
Work closely with LP and Operations to review and summarize testing results for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
**Education & Experience**
Level of Formal Education: A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent.
Area of Study: Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, International Business
Years of Experience: Minimum / No Experience
Type of Experience: Internal or external audit, BIG 4 (Deloitte, KPMG, PWC, EY) preferred.
Experience performing the following preferred:
- Internal audit project planning, designing audit programs and testing controls.
- SOX and testing of key financial controls.
- Collaborating with team members and Company management to recommend sustainable business-focused solutions to enhance operations and strengthen controls.
Special Certifications or Technical Skills:
- Able to speak and write in both Spanish and English.
- Well organized, strong initiative, self
- starter, inquisitve and eager to learn.
- Leadership attributes including strong human relations, project management and communications skills.
- General understanding of Microsoft Office and other data analytics tool.
- General knowledge of business basics and financial concepts
Other/Preferred: High ethical and moral standards.