Sr. Internal Auditor

COMPANY PROFILE:

AgTexas Farm Credit Services serves and supports approximately 2,600 member/borrowers in areas of lending, insurance sales, appraisal, and/or leasing. Eleven office locations can be found throughout the Association's 43-county trade territory, and the association has an average loan volume of approximately $2.85 billion, with total assets equaling $3.2 billion. The lending portfolio consists of cotton, livestock, dairy, feed grains, real estate, and ag-related business loans. Additionally, the association territory provides diversity in production and mortgage loans as well as commodities financed. Without strong financial backing farmers and ranchers will not survive, and people will not have food to eat or clothes to wear. AgTexas provides reliable credit and crop insurance to our member-owners, so they can feed and clothe the world.

POSITION:

The Senior Internal Auditor position is located in any AgTexas office, or remote and within 150 miles of an AgTexas office location, with a salary that is negotiable, depending upon experience. This position assists with development of risk assessments, audit plans and specific audit objectives for the Association. Plans, develops, and documents audit programs and procedures; verifies the accuracy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Association operations by performing complex internal audit tasks.

*AgTexas, at its sole discretion, may offer this position with a different title based upon the qualifications of the candidate.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance, or a related discipline and five (5) or more years' experience in public accounting, internal auditing, and/or regulatory auditing. CPA, CIA, or CISA certification is desirable. Experience in the financial services industry is a plus.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

The ideal candidate for this position would possess specialized knowledge of accounting and financial systems, principles, and accounting internal controls and industry standard internal audit practices. Should have skill in oral and written communication, intermediate to advanced level skill in Microsoft Office applications, and the ability to perform intermediate to advanced level accounting and audit analyses under limited supervision.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES:

• Tests adequacy of association internal controls to ensure data reported is accurate and supports the association's disclosures to its stockholders.
• Performs complex internal audit functions for the association and assures compliance with FCA regulations pertaining to internal audit.
• Develops appropriate reports for association board and management regarding the findings of association operations review testing, Maintains records of review and audit activity.
• Evaluates safety and soundness of association control systems and makes recommendations to the SVP of Internal Audit, and appropriate levels of management for follow-up with credit and/or branch offices as appropriate.
• Coordinates with external auditors and association staff, as appropriate, to avoid unnecessary redundancy of controls while ensuring appropriate control system design, function, and efficiency.
• Consults with association management to communicate inadequacies in association control systems for inclusion in analysis of compensation/financing agreement compliance and direct loan classification.
• Assists other departments as needed to complete special projects such as due diligence reviews on loan purchases, consulting to improve controls, etc.
• Participates in association planning and administrative meetings and provides input to management on issues relating to internal audit.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Frequent interaction with association departmental staff and management. Occasional interaction with Farm Credit Bank of Texas staff. Occasional interaction with area professionals including real estate agents, commercial bankers, and others who deal with the association in the normal course of business.

EOE/AA/M/F/D/V

AgTexas FCS is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information.Persons with disabilities who require an accommodation to complete the application process should call our Lubbock office at (806) 745-4575 and ask to speak to one of our HR representatives to request accommodation in the application process.