General Dynamics

Internal Controls Specialist

General Dynamics$80K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
  • 5 years of internal controls experience
  • Strong communication skills with stakeholders
  • Proficiency in compliance reviews and risk assessments
  • Experience with SOX and ICFR activities

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the liaison between process owners and outsourced audit providers
  • Coordinate timely submission of control documentation
  • Support control testing and assist in remediation plans
  • Communicate testing statuses and corrective actions to management and auditors
  • Conduct financial and operational risk assessments
  • Facilitate the ICFR certification process
  • Maintain and improve internal control documentation.

Benefits

  • Impactful Total Rewards package
  • Healthcare including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401k match up to 6%
  • Educational assistance support
  • 9/80 work schedule offering a long weekend every other week
  • Modern office facilities with amenities including a cafeteria and fitness center
  • Ongoing learning opportunities in a rewarding environment.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Role Summary

This role leads and strengthens the company's Internal Controls program and overall control environment. It serves as the main liaison with process owners and auditors, coordinates fieldwork and documentation, supports control testing and remediation, and performs financial and operational risk assessments. The position also facilitates ICFR and SOX activities, conducts compliance reviews, supports inventory-related initiatives, trains process owners, and maintains internal control systems, policies, procedures, and documentation.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the performance of the Internal Controls program. Responsibilities include:
  • Serve as liaison between process owners and outsourced audit service providers
  • Coordinate all fieldwork activities for timely submission ensuring complete, accurate, and organized control documentation
  • Support control testing, identify control gaps, and assist in developing and executing remediation plans
  • Effectively communicate with management, auditors, and process owners related to schedule, testing status and corrective actions
  • Perform financial risk-assessments, evaluate control risks, and provide recommendations to improve the control environment
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders and internal control owners to improve the control environment and to ensure timely remediation
  • Facilitate the ICFR certification process with the business process owners
  • Maintain accuracy of the Corporate Internal Control software solution
  • Provide reports and presentations to leadership on the control environment
  • Support annual SOX and Risk Assessment processes
  • Provide training to process owners

Responsible for assessing, maintaining, and improving the overall control environment in support of these programs:
  • Conduct compliance reviews across key business processes
  • Perform operational risk-assessments, evaluate risks, and provide recommendations to improve the control environment
  • Support enterprise Inventory metrics and related initiatives
  • Maintain and improve all relevant policies, procedures, and control documentation

Position Requirements:
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
  • 5 years of internal controls experience sought.


What We Offer
  • We offer a Total Rewards package that is Impactful and built for you
  • Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, HSA and Flex Spending
  • Competitive base pay and incentive pay that rewards individual and team performance, and comprehensive benefits
  • 401k match up to (6%)
  • Educational assistance
  • 9-80 work schedule (This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off)
  • On-going learning opportunities rewarding work environment
  • (Sterling Heights Facility) Modern office, onsite cafeteria including Coffee Cafe, remodeled fitness center, and outdoor fitness track

Additional Information
  • This position may require occasional travel to various US locations
  • Availability to work outside regular business hours as needed, to address critical issues. This position may require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance. (Non-US Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance).

GDLS considers factors such as, scope/responsibilities of the position, candidate experience, education/training background, in addition to local market comparableandbusiness considerations when extending an offer.

About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is involved in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical information systems and technologies. General Dynamics has four main business segments. Aerospace designs, develops, manufacturers and services a comprehensive offering of advanced business-jet aircraft. Combat Systems specializes in producing, supporting and sustaining land and expeditionary combat systems for the U.S. military and its allies. Marine Systems designs, builds and supports submarines and a variety of surface ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers. The Information Systems and Technology group offers a breadth and depth of technology and service capabilities that support a wide range of government and commercial needs, including systems integration expertise; hardware and software products; and engineering, management and support services.

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Learn more about General Dynamics
Size
103,100 employees
Market Cap
$67.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1952
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$37.9 billion
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