Staff Auditor

Gallo; Modesto (CA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401k plans

Bonus eligibility

Tasting room tip pools

Employee wine shop access

Job summary

Gallo is seeking a Staff Auditor in Modesto, CA to contribute to financial and operational audits, evaluate internal controls, and identify opportunities for improvements across the business. You will compile and analyze data, interview process owners, and prepare documentation supporting audit results.

You’ll work with engagement leads and cross-functional partners through the engagement lifecycle, from planning to wrap-up, with exposure to winery departments and new audit programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of accounting, finance, audit, economics, statistics or mathematics experience.
• (plus) 1 year of Gallo accounting/finance/audit experience or public audit experience.
• Demonstrates understanding and application of auditing concepts.
• Intermediate MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on financial and operational audits to evaluate controls.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and support sound business practices.
• Compile, analyze, and test data; interview process owners; prepare documentation.
• Work with engagement leads and cross-functional partners through planning, fieldwork, reporting.

Skills

Auditing concepts

Data analysis

Internal controls

MS Excel

SOX testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance

2 years accounting/audit experience

Tools

JD Edwards

SAP

ACL

MS Access

MS Visio

Job description

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We're a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, that's consistently recognized as a Glassdoor "Best Places to Work." We have 130+ brands in our total alcohol beverage portfolio including wine, malt, spirits, and ready-to-drink beverages. We're home to the #1 wine and spirits brands in the U.S. - Barefoot Wine & High Noon and are the official sponsors of the NFL, NHL, UFC, and PGA of America.

View our Corporate Values and Mission Statement here.

A Taste of What You'll Do

Bring your analytical mindset and curiosity to a role where your work can make a meaningful impact across the business. As a Staff Auditor, you'll collaborate with colleagues on financial and operational audits and projects, helping evaluate internal controls, identify opportunities for improvement, and support sound business practices.

You'll compile, analyze, and test data; interview process owners; and prepare documentation that supports audit results and recommendations. Working alongside engagement leads and cross-functional partners, you'll contribute throughout the engagement lifecycle, from planning and fieldwork through reporting and wrap-up.

You'll also gain exposure to winery departments and affiliated operating business units while participating in audits, consulting projects, and the development of audit programs for new areas. As your knowledge grows, you'll have opportunities to take on increased responsibility and apply your expertise to projects that improve processes and strengthen the organization.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree plus 2 years of accounting, finance, audit, economics, statistics or mathematics experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor’s degree plus 1 year of Gallo accounting, finance, audit, economics, statistics or mathematics experience; OR Bachelor’s degree plus 1 year of public audit or accounting experience.
• Demonstrates understanding and application of auditing and accounting concepts.
• Intermediate MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.
• Required to travel between 10 to 25 percent of time annually.
• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
• Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.

How You'll Stand Out

• Bachelor’s degree plus a combination of 4 years of internal audit, public accounting or other applicable business experience ensuring the integrity of financial statements during internal and external audits; improving and testing of internal controls, analyzing financial statements, and recommending operational efficiency and effective improvements that are applicable to a manufacturing business environment reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Experience learning and understanding data and process workflows, identifying key controls, designing tests of key controls; developing/testing SOX related work; and reading, analyzing and interpreting relevant information from general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, legal documents or government regulations.
• Demonstrates effective planning, organizational and communication skills; strong analytical, problem solving, judgment, critical thinking and decision-making skills; report writing and presentation skills; and experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, drawing valid conclusions, working effectively individually or in a team environment, leading by example, and successfully completing multiple assignments on a timely basis.
• Experience with audit/project procedures, documentation standards and risk assessments; mathematical and statistical analysis; strategic process-improvement projects; major ERP applications such as JD Edwards or SAP; basic MS Access and ACL; intermediate MS Visio; developing queries to extract, validate and analyze data; and/or professional certification or progress toward CPA, CIA, CMA or CFE certification.

We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports your well-being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401k plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more! Additional information will be provided before your first interview.

The Fine Print

• The Company does not sponsor for employment-based visas for this position now or in the future.
• We offer a broad salary range to allow for long-term growth. Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by multiple factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. In addition to the salary, this position may be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participate in tasting room tip pools, as applicable.
• This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting with an option for occasional telecommuting. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance.
• It is the Company's policy for job postings to be open to internal candidates for a minimum of 5 days and to external candidates, if applicable, for a minimum of 3 days.

Gallo's policy is to afford equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and not to discriminate on the basis of race, traits associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles (such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law (including cancer and predisposing genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, familial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation (actual or perceived), transgender status, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decision making, age, military or veteran status, domestic violence or sexual assault victim status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Nor will Gallo discriminate based on a perception that an individual has any of the foregoing characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.

Gallo will comply with state and local laws prohibiting discrimination for lawful out-of-work behavior, such as off-duty use of cannabis away from the workplace (subject to federal and state law exceptions), the existence of non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites in hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids as determined by a drug screening test (subject to federal and state law exceptions).

We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gallo is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at 209.341.7000.

Gallo is enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify program and will use the program to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees as required.