Job Requirements

Qualifications

• BS in Accounting or related field required. 

• Achievement of or progress towards professional certification, CPA, CIA preferred; CISA, CFE valued.  

• Experience at one of the following:

• Crown

• Big Four or large regional public accounting firm

• Internal Audit experience from a large, manufacturing entity

• This position requires overnight travel, domestic and international, of approximately 25-30%.

• Valid passport required

• 2nd language skills (Spanish and/or Portuguese) are highly valued.

  Qualities

• Integrity and Objectivity.

• Decisiveness and wherewithal to support opinion when challenged.

• Strong team player.

• Actively seek and accept constructive advice/feedback.

• Initiative and entrepreneurial thinking.

  Technical Responsibilities

• Understand and apply Company’s internal controls and accounting policies, as well as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS).

• Develop, and leverage, knowledge of Crown’s information systems and their application.  

• Identify risk and assess the effectiveness of control activities; including performance of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) testing of the design and effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting.  

• Create organized stand alone workpapers to support audit testing and report findings.

• Review workpapers and report drafts to ensure that all significant accounting, auditing and reporting issues have been identified and communicated.

• Complete assignments in a timely fashion.

• Evaluate and improve on the effectiveness and efficiency of the audit process by continually challenging and improving our audit procedures.  

• Utilize exposure gained from assignments to build knowledge of the company’s business for future opportunities outside of Internal Audit.  

• Contribute to on-going risk assessment. 

• Miscellaneous duties as assigned.

  Communication Skills 

• Professionally and effectively interact with all levels of Department, Plant, Divisional and Corporate Management.  

• Ensure that work product is complete and that all issues are appropriately raised. 

• Inform the Director of Internal Audit of assignment progress on a real-time basis. 

• Strategically identify and use the best medium of communicating for any given situation.

• Utilize good listening skills.  

• Draft reports for ManagerDirector’s review, ensuring that issues are clearly and fairly communicated. 

• Market the Department and the services available to end users.