Senior Auditor, Internal Audit

Job Summary/Overview

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter who will utilize this opportunity to demonstrate their abilities while learning the about the Company, its business, and internal policies and procedures. Individual will perform internal reviews to evaluate and report on control processes for all Columbus McKinnon divisions and corporate departments, to include assessment of internal control processes and documentation as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ability to interact with personnel at all levels clearly and comfortably.
• Ability to work independently, and to identify, set and achieve goals related to successful project and audit completion.
• Strong analytical skills as well as strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of US GAAP, accounting policies and business operations. 
• Proficient in applying accounting principles, auditing standards, procedures, and techniques.
• Ability to assess risk and materiality, to evaluate controls, and develop and communicate audit issues.
• Continuous contact with corporate departments, division management and independent external auditors.
• Frequent contact with corporate top management and division management to discuss project and audit issues.
• Contact with independent external auditor and involvement in direct assistance, working directly for the external auditors on select assignments.
• Contact with Executive Level Management and potential for contact with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts as would be commensurate with the required education level. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual will need a working knowledge of word processing software, spreadsheet software, database extraction and analysis tools, and Internet software. Experience with SAP and AuditBoard is preferred.
• Self-motivated with the ability to meet tight deadlines and supervise a team of staff auditors while maintaining a high level of accuracy with limited supervisory oversight.
• Understand and apply financial controls concepts and auditing theories, procedures, and techniques.
• Strong writing and oral communication skills are essential as the candidate must be able to communicate clearly, quickly, and persuasively audit findings and project status to personnel at all levels of the organization.
• Maintains a collaborative, team relationship with direct reports, peers and colleagues in order to effectively contribute to the group’s achievement of goals and to help foster a positive work environment.

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

• Demonstrates a friendly, responsive, service-minded attitude to all internal and external customers.
• Demonstrates a willingness to accept change and new approaches, including additional responsibilities.
• Sets work plans and considers priorities for completing assignments in order to meet deadlines
• Maintains compliance with all state and federal regulations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university with a concentration in Accounting or Finance preferred. Other degrees would be considered, combined with an MBA or relevant Accounting or Finance experience.  

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in corporate setting or 1.5+ years of experience in a Big 4 accounting firm  
• Current CPA or CIA certification preferred.  Big 4 or public accounting experience is strongly preferred. 
• 15+% domestic and international travel on an annual basis, occasionally on weekends in Columbus McKinnon’s global footprint