Senior Internal Auditor

Wet Willie's; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Wet Willie's in Alpharetta, GA seeks a Senior Internal Auditor to join our Finance team and strengthen risk management, controls, and governance processes. You will perform financial, compliance and operational audits, evaluate controls, and report findings to Senior Management.

You hold a Finance or Accounting degree, 1–2 years of Big 4 or internal audit experience, and excel at communicating findings; you will partner with management to improve processes and ensure SOX compliance.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of risk management, controls, and governance processes.
• Experience in planning and executing audits from scoping to report.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with management and auditees.

Responsibilities

• Identify risk areas and participate in annual audit planning.
• Perform financial, compliance, and operational audits.
• Draft findings with clear recommendations and support.
• Collaborate with management to implement improvements and strengthen internal controls.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Time management

Risk assessment

Audit process

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor Degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Office

ERP accounting systems

Job description

Well-known across the globe for bringing the restaurant, retail and hospitality industries to the Cloud with our pioneering web & mobile products, superior customer service – and the people who make this happen.

Our Values: Because they are important to us!

Service – We strive to delight our customers by anticipating their needs with simple, intuitive tools. We are serial entrepreneurs with a deep desire to do the right thing for our customers.

Creativity – We believe to make real change; we must be the catalyst and bring unbridled enthusiasm for innovation and continuous improvement.

Family – We seek and reward intelligent team members who exude honesty, integrity and accountability. We believe diversity and transparency in thought, practice and culture is an asset, not a risk.

Fun – We move fast, have fun and love what we do all while honoring work-life balance. We are intelligent risk-takers, never allowing blind enthusiasm to overtake reason.

Humility – We are responsible to our customers, our team members and our investors equally, requiring professional courage and humility.

Responsibility as a Senior Internal Auditor

This role will report to the VP of Finance and will be responsible for performing financial, compliance and operational audits. The Senior Internal Auditor will also be responsible for evaluating management controls and compliance with internal policies, performing special projects and reporting findings to Senior Management.

Requirements

You are:

Passionate about a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. You have excellent analytical, organizational, problem solving and time management skills. You are well versed in the audit process including the ability to identify risk, define controls, ensure factual accuracy, present all findings accurately and objectively, and make recommendations for improving the internal control environment. Yes, you are the person we’re looking for!

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Work with company’s management to identify areas of risk and participate in the annual audit planning process
• Perform operation, compliance, financial audits, and other projects to assess the adequacy of controls and/or make recommendations for improving the control environment, by:
• Planning the scope of each audit
• Preparing work papers to ensure control objectives are identified, risks accurately identified, controls defined, effective audit steps documented, and appropriate documentation that adequately describes testing performed issues identified and also verifying that a thorough control assessment is made.
• Ensuring the factual accuracy and perspective of all reportable issues, with adequate support to justify
• Clearly and accurately presenting audit findings and recommendations to auditees and management
• Draft findings are well written and accurately and objectively convey the observation and recommendation in the appropriate context
• Continuously improves the audit process on a going forward basis to increase efficiency and/or effectiveness of the audits. This may include:
• Participating in planning, testing, and reporting on internal controls related to Sarbanes Oxley
• Additionally, make recommendations for improving the internal control environment. Working as a liaison with the external auditors, accounting and other related departments to facilitate effective and efficient external audits of the financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting.
• Develop and maintain relationships with the Management team to act as a consultant for the improvement of processes and internal controls.
• Perform follow-up reviews of previously completed projects. Maintains credibility and independence
• Participate in ad hoc projects at the request of Senior Management and/or Audit Committee.

Qualifications:

• Only Atlanta, GA based candidates will be considered.
• Bachelor Degree in Finance or Accounting
• 1-2 years of public accounting and auditing “Big 4” experience or internal audit experience at a publicly traded corporation
• Experienced in most aspects of the audit process, including the COSO framework
• Knowledge of Accounting policies and procedures including GAAP, FASB and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications and enterprise accounting systems