Relocation Assistance Eligible:
No
Referral Payout Eligible:
No
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Management Level:
P4
SUMMARY: As a part of Corporate Accounting this position is responsible for maintaining various elements of the Internal Control Environment for the Company and ensuring all risks both key and non-key are appropriately mitigated.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Developing, organizing, planning, and maintaining global Sarbanes-Oxley SOX documentation for various processes.
- Ensuring an adequate internal control environment exists and is operating effectively and efficiently to mitigate the risk of financial misstatement.
- Identifying and assessing business and operational risks on a continuous basis.
- Identifying internal controls to mitigate identified risks proactively.
- Identifying changes in the Company’s organization or strategy, acquisitions, divestitures, etc. and effectively communicating recommendations as to the impact these changes would have on ICFR, control-self assessment, process sub- certification process, and related software tools.
- The team member may also be responsible for understanding, maintaining, and developing IT controls that support the SOX documentation.
Additionally, this role will be involved in the effort to implement all necessary changes to the control environment and related documentation, as they are deemed necessary. The team member will need to be able to proactively develop and communicate intelligent viable scalable solutions when controls are deemed deficient, inefficient, or ineffective in addressing risks. Execute oversight and support in designing, planning, and administering global Sarbanes-Oxley SOX control self- assessment process, as well as, quarterly certification process. Facilitate education on the Company’s global SOX procedures including the control-self assessment, sub-certification processes, and related software tools to all business units and applicable team members. This position will be recognized as a subject matter expert on controls, SOX, and ICFR including keeping current and up to speed with new changes or proposed PCAOB, COSO, or other related regulatory changes as well as segregation of duties SOD issues and their impact on ICFR.
This position will also be responsible for other supplementary activities that support management’s ability to assert on the effectiveness of the control environment. Coordinating with Auditing Services and external audit firm to enhance efforts across groups to ensure compliance with SOX regulations and reporting requirements; monitoring segregation of duties SOD conflicts within the general ledger system and across all other SOX relevant applications; evaluating IS service requests for potential ICFR implications; and other duties and ad-hoc requests as deemed necessary.
REQUIREMENTS:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in an academic field directly related and essential to this job Business, Accounting, or Finance degree preferred. Master’s degree is a plus.
Experience: 2 plus years of progressive experience in financial accounting, internal controls audit, or comparable experience or advanced degree, professional certification with 1 plus years of progressive experience preferred. Public accounting experience a plus. Project Management experience a plus. Experience working with auditors is a plus. Experience working with IT General Controls is a plus.
Computer Skills: Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office tools e.g. Word Excel PowerPoint Visio Power BI etc. Knowledge of SAP and Tyson legacy systems is a plus.
Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Special Skills: Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor preferred but not required.
Supervisory: NA
Travel: Limited to a few domestic trips per year.
Work Shift:
1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
Tyson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.
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