Corporate Auditor

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As a Corporate Auditor within the Global Audit Department, you will have the opportunity to gain exposure to many of our operating business units, interact with leaders of the organization and positively impact change associated with the business' existing initiatives and processes. You will be charged with properly managing risk associated to various projects as our team explores improvement opportunities all while establishing the foundation to grow within the Audit Department's career path and the organization's finance job family.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Have access to gain visibility to a wide range of company processes, functional areas, and personnel. Assist with completion of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) annual assessment and execution of annual financial statement audit. Complete the following under the supervision of a team lead:

Execute assigned transaction testing of account balances

Partner with the external auditor and conduct process walkthroughs to understand, learn, and assess risk within critical company processes

Test controls over key financial business processes and communicate identified deficiencies to team lead

Identify issues and propose resolutions with business process owners and external auditors

Gain exposure to a wide variety of work within the broader Internal Audit function, beyond SOX testing, including:

Participation in domestic audits of Sherwin-Williams Plants, Distribution Centers and Enterprise-wide business processes

Information Technology systems and related audit work

Other special projects within the department that further align with financial and operational processes across the broader organization

Discussing our teams' validated findings with key stakeholders at the manager and director level, and resolving any questions or concerns they may have with our process or conclusions

Personal Career Development

Develop and maintain productive working relationships with business process personnel

Be provided with a mentor to utilize as a resource and provide professional insights

Obtain real-time coaching and development from team leads

Use technology and resources to learn Sherwin-Williams' business operations

Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict confidentiality

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution is required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in Accounting is preferred
• Advanced degrees or certifications (MBA, CPA, CIA, etc.) is preferred
• Minimum of 1 year of prior work experience in accounting and/or audit from Big 4 Firm or similar public company is preferred

POSITION CRITERIA:

• Must have ability to travel up to 15% of time (domestic and international)
• General understanding of general accounting, internal control testing and manufacturing and/or retail industry
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong written and verbal communications
• Excellent organization skills
• Strong ability to work within a collaborative and team-based environment