Sox Internal Auditor

Summary: 

FirstBank is a Tennessee-based community bank with over $10 billion in assets and regulated by the FDIC.  The purpose of FirstBank’s internal audit department is to provide independent, objective assurance and consulting services designed to add value and improve FirstBank’s operations. The mission of internal audit is to enhance and protect organizational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight. The internal audit department helps FirstBank accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and control processes.

The SOX Internal Auditor is responsible for preparing and implementing a risk-based audit plan to assess, report on, and make suggestions for improving the company’s key operational and finance activities and internal controls. Additionally, the position is responsible for identifying and assisting in documenting existing internal finance and disclosure controls, identifying and documenting new internal controls, and establishing an internal monitoring function to audit the company’s compliance with such internal controls. The position will have a key role in assessing the company’s compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The SOX Internal Auditor reports to the SOX Internal Audit Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execute internal audits, including identifying risks and corresponding controls, planning audits, managing competing priorities, leading audit interviews, executing on control testing, preparing workpapers, reviewing audit related documentation, reviewing action plans with appropriate management, preparing audit reports, and validating issue closure.
• Performs work in accordance with International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.  Provides well supported audit findings and observations and effectively communicates results to management.
• Be recognized as an internal controls expert; develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with business partners; learn and understand the business to better provide value-added service; help management ensure objectives are achieved, and enhance stakeholder satisfaction.
• Maintain professional certification(s) and continue to develop and expand knowledge of the audit profession, Sarbanes-Oxley, bank regulatory issuances, our industry, and Company products and information through self-study, research, and continuing education efforts.
• Performs other duties & responsibilities as required or assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications:

Required Education and/or Experience:

• Three or more years of financial statement/SOX auditing or accounting/financial experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, Finance, or another job-related field
• Advanced knowledge of Excel/Word and ability to learn/apply auditing related software
• Demonstrated strong organization skills with successful experience working on multiple concurrent projects at varying levels of technical difficulty
• Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and COSO control framework

Preferred Education and/or Experience:

• Certified Internal Auditor certification
• Certified Public Accountant certification
• Internal audit or public accounting/consulting experience
• Banking or Mortgage experience
• Knowledge of FINRA, SEC, CFPB and OCC rules and regulations