**Job Description
**- Achieves internal audit annual plan by overseeing, coordinating, and performing audits, investigations, and reviews across organization, including scheduling, planning, testing and observation, preparation of work papers and documentation, reporting of deficiencies and follow-up with management.
- Leads training on control objectives, what they represent, linkage to financial statement assertions, and how to meet them.
- Participates in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) required audit efforts beyond on-system operations, including acquisitions who have not yet converted to use of WESNET and in-scope, off-system operations for SOX purposes.
- Functions as team leader for internal audit staff.
- Leads audits at mega-branches, including assignments requiring on-site fieldwork in excess of work effort requirements of one auditor.
- Conducts branch audits, including an audit ride-along, firsthand observation of, and participation in audit process by one or more members of management.
- Performs audits of distribution facilities, district, region, and group offices, corporate support functions, and special projects, including those in response to management requests.
- Works as part of internal audit team in monitoring and suggesting improvements in internal control environment, including making operational recommendations resulting in improved sales, margins, operating expenses, and management of working capital.
- Performs audits of locations outside the US and Canada.
- Conducts sensitive and confidential investigations.
**Job Requirements
**EXPERIENCE**:
5 years of Accounting or audit is required
3 years of Industrial distribution or other wholesale business in roles of operations, project management or inside sale desirable is preferred
**EDUCATION**:
Bachelors' Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related is required
Licenses/Certificates/Designations - CPA, CMA, CIA, CISA is preferred
**SKILLS/REQUIREMENTS**:
Industrial distribution or other wholesale business in roles of operations, project management or inside sale desirable is required.
Strong verbal and written communication skills is required.
Ability to interact, communicate with and influence all levels of management and staff and ability to perform in complex cross-functional environment is required.
Flexible and able to adapt in a fast-paced, changing environment; able to travel up to 50% is required.
Ability to take the lead on audit assignments which require more than one auditor is required.
Must possess initiative and be a self-starter who performs well with mínimal supervision is required.
Ability to handle confidential and highly sensitive information in a mature and sensitive manner is required.
Sound judgment and decision-making is required.
**TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS**:
**50% - 75%
**Working Environment**:
**General Office **- Work is generally performed within an office environment, with standard office equipment.
Lighting and temperature are adequate and there are no hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by noise, dust, etc.
**physical requirements**:
Work is generally sedentary in nature, but may require standing and walking for up to 10% of the time.
**mental requirements**:
Employee required to analyze and interpret complex data.
Employee required to problem-solve.
Employee required to communicate with the public.