What we need:
The VP Internal Controls is a senior leadership position responsible for setting the strategic direction of the internal controls function and maintaining a strong financial control environment. This role establishes the internal controls strategy, governance framework, and priorities to support accurate financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and effective risk management.
What you'll do:
• Establish and lead the internal financial controls strategy, governance framework, and priorities in alignment with financial reporting requirements, regulatory expectations, and company objectives.
• Oversee the design, documentation, implementation, and ongoing assessment of internal financial controls to identify risks, address control gaps, and maintain an effective control environment.
• Lead through senior managers and other leaders responsible for internal controls activities, establishing expectations, allocating resources, developing talent, and ensuring consistent execution across the function.
• Partner with executive leadership, Finance, Accounting, Internal Audit, external auditors, and business leaders on significant control matters, regulatory requirements, audit findings, and remediation activities.
• Establish processes for evaluating financial and operational changes, new systems, transactions, and business initiatives to identify control implications and ensure appropriate controls are incorporated into business processes.
• Oversee the assessment and remediation of significant control deficiencies, providing direction on corrective actions and communicating material risks, trends, and issues to senior and executive leadership.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the internal controls program using established performance measures, risk assessments, audit results, and regulatory developments, and implement improvements as business needs and requirements evolve.
• Serve as a senior advisor on internal control and financial risk matters, providing guidance to executive leadership and promoting clear accountability for controls throughout the organization.
• Perform other duties as needed.
What you have:
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 15+ years relevant experience or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 10+ years of management experience.
• Big Four public accounting and/or advisory firm experience (PwC, Deloitte, EY, or KPMG) is strongly preferred, with demonstrated expertise in internal controls, SOX compliance, risk assessment, audit management, and governance within a complex, publicly traded organization.
What you're good at:
• Clear expertise as a strategic leader.
• Leads through other leaders by setting strategy and direction, while allowing other leaders to set tactical operations.
• Requires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others in sensitive situations while preserving relationships.
• Focused on and responsible for the function's productivity and collective impact.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, delegate, and manage time effectively.
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential data.
• Proficient using Microsoft Suite of products.
• High degree of professionalism, judgment, maturity, and resourcefulness in the absence of formalized guidelines and procedures.
Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk's vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world's largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.
