Senior Auditor - SOX

The Audit Services team is hiring a Senior Auditor - SOX who will help lead SOX compliance efforts, working closely with control owners to ensure completion of process documentation and control testing requirements. This role is within the SOX Project Management Office (PMO) that helps Ecolab maintain a strong and efficient control environment. The SOX PMO coordinates annual SOX 404 compliance activities, including process mapping, identification of risks and key controls, and control testing primarily performed by control owners.

As a Senior Auditor, you will add great value to the company by advising control owners on how to identify risks, strengthen controls and streamline processes. You will also work with best-in-class audit software (AuditBoard) to administer the SOX 404 program. As a member of Audit Services, you will be provided learning opportunities, technical competency training and career development coaching.

Our SOX team focuses on value-added advisory work, partnering with process and control owners to help them design and maintain strong, effective controls. This position offers broad exposure to Ecolab's operations in a short period of time and serves as a strong springboard to future leadership roles in finance. This role is rotational designed to accelerate your career: after your rotational years in SOX audit, you'll have the opportunity to transition into other areas of finance such as commercial finance, supply chain finance, accounting, FP&A and etc.

What You Will Do:

• Assisting with coordination of SOX 404 compliance activities, including scoping, training management testers, analyzing management testing results, performing independent testing in certain areas
• Leading SOX PMO projects - Review end-to-end processes by conducting walkthroughs, identifying risks and designing controls to mitigate risk; create reporting with observations and recommendations on how to improve processes and better mitigate risk
• Communicating effectively and professionally, both in writing and verbally, with management, team members, and auditees (e.g., country, division, and department leaders, which often includes executive leadership)
• Facilitating discussions between process owners and external auditors to 1) understand and agree on findings, 2) effectively design controls to mitigate gaps, 3) update the global risk and control matrix and testing attributes 4) ensure process documentation is updated by control owners
• Building a reputation as a trusted advisor by continuously updating your understanding of our business, the industry, and your profession
• Demonstrating a deep understanding of audit concepts and risk assessment methodologies, including the ability to identify and evaluate risks across a diverse and global business model
• Engaging with your manager to understand and address feedback on work products and presentations, and incorporating guidance into future performance
• Demonstrating a curiosity for learning, an innovative mindset, seeking to improve processes, deliverables, and outcomes
• Supporting continuous improvement of the audit practice by participating in learning and development courses (CPE), supporting department initiatives, and taking on other stretch assignments

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• 4 years of experience in Public Accounting, Internal Audit, Accounting or Finance OR 2 years of experience in Public Accounting with Masters degree and licensed accountant (CPA, Chartered Accountant, or equivalent)
• Immigration sponsorship not available for this role

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA or CIA certifications
• Big 4 audit experience
• Ability to travel (domestic and internationally) 10-20%, generally for 1-2 weeks at a time
• Proficiency with MS Office, including MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Teams, MS Outlook and MS Power BI
• Willingness and ability to learn and work both independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively within a team
• Demonstrated project management, teaming, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Foreign language skills, Spanish particularly useful

Ecolab Audit Services strives to be recognized globally as:

• A world-class objective assurance provider, assessing risk and performing its audit work leveraging technology, data analytics and its deep understanding of the business
• A trusted advisor, leveraging its expertise of internal controls and operational best practices to advise on solutions that mitigate risk and create value; and
• A top talent destination, one aligned and integrated team, attracting and developing prominent talent for the organization with its valuable experiences and contributions to the business

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