Working with Internal Audit and the global Finance and Operations teams, the Manager, Internal Controls will play a critical role in Husky's global financial reporting. This includes the design and improvement of new and existing internal controls over financial reporting, remediation of control deficiencies, and implementation of a global Sarbanes-Oxley ("SOX") compliance program. The successful candidate will have excellent knowledge and experience with business process design, including internal controls over financial reporting under SOX, the ability to collaborate cross-functionally with global internal and external stakeholders, and can prioritize multiple tasks at once to meet competing deadlines.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders within the organization acting as a subject matter expert on internal controls. This will include managing and communicating guidance and procedures related to SOX and corporate governance
- Coordinate with global control owners to drive ongoing standardization of SOX internal controls across the company
- Owning the execution of various controls and ensuring that there are no control deficiencies that arise
- Recommend improvements in the design of business processes and internal controls and lead the implementation of initiatives
- Support process owners and IT to ensure that business process and system documentation is updated to identify significant changes in events, processes, and key internal controls
- Develop best practices across the organization
- Support other Finance projects, initiatives as required to ensure the success of the organization
- Anticipate and communicate any concerns or known errors in a timely manner
- Maintenance and performance of annual segregation of duties assessments and cleanup across all financially relevant systems
- Review of Service Organization Reports and developing compensating controls to address any potential issues.
- Present in a clear and concise manner to Steering Committees a summary of the internal control environment
- Ensuring that user access reviews are completed to sufficient depth and on a timely basis
Qualifications and Skills:
- CPA designation
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience from external audit, internal audit, and/or technical accounting. SOX compliance and manufacturing industry experience preferred
- Strong internal controls and technical accounting skills under US GAAP. Strong technical accounting skills under IFRS would be an asset.
- Ability to successfully meet deadlines and objectives in a fast-paced environment i.e. ability to multi-task
- Strong presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to utilize and understand complex financial and consolidation systems
- Excellent project management, problem solving and analytical skills
- A proactive individual who is highly motivated, energetic, and driven by continuous process improvements will likely thrive in this role
Husky Technologies TM offers a competitive compensation and benefits package and excellent opportunities for growth and advancement.
