General Role DescriptionDefine, develop, and lead the internal controls function to enable the international, multi-entity, multi-currency organization to meet its business and regulatory commitments
Role Accountabilities• Lead day-to-day JSOX compliance activities and serve as the primary point of contact for internal controls matters for the organization
• Develop and maintain JSOX documentation, including risk control matrices (RCMs), process narratives, and flowcharts, ensuring alignment with applicable J-SOX (Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) requirements and COSO framework
• Coordinate with finance, operations, and IT process owners to complete control activities and remediate identified deficiencies within established timelines
• Advise process owners on control design, documentation, and evidence requirements to promote consistent and effective control execution
• Serve as the primary contact for Global Internal Audit, external auditors, and co-source partners to coordinate JSOX requests, walkthroughs, testing, and related activities
• Monitor remediation plans, accountable owners, milestones, and target completion dates, escalating delays and emerging risks as appropriate
• Prepare and present JSOX status reports, control deficiency summaries, remediation updates, and compliance metrics to senior management and Global Internal Audit team
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen control automation, testing efficiency, and scalability across business units
• Evaluate internal control considerations before and after implementation of new ERP and other relevant business systems, including changes to automated controls, access, data, and financial reporting processes
• Analyze audit findings and communicate clear recommendations, ownership and expected follow-up actions to management and relevant stakeholders
General Employee Accountabilities• Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
• Give manager best advice
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
• Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
• Recommend viable improvements proactively
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes
Requirements- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
- 5 years of experience in JSOX or SOX compliance, internal audit, public accounting, or internal controls.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with JSOX or SOX compliance programs, including risk assessment, process walkthrough, control design evaluations, control testing, and remediation of identified deficiencies
- Demonstrated working knowledge of COSO Internal Control Framework and financial reporting processes
- Demonstrated project management, written and verbal communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of IT general controls (ITGC) and IT automated controls (ITAC), including system interfaces, report dependencies, and automated control activities
- Demonstrated personal leadership to reflect influence, judgement, and cross-functional leadership without direct-report responsibility
- Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
- Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
- Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook and Windows
- Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 15%, sometimes with limited notice
Preferred Qualifications• Experience with ERP or other enterprise system implementations
• Proficiency in Oracle
• Experience in a business with foreign ownership, preferably Japanese
• CPA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent certification
Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas websitehttps://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.
