Senior Internal Auditor

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

Tennant Company's Internal Audit team provides independent assurance and risk insights through collaboration with business stakeholders across our global organization.  The Senior Internal Auditor reports directly to the Manager, Internal Audit.  In this role, we are looking for an individual who is willing to develop their career at Tennant Company.  The role will be responsible for executing Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing, while also supporting enterprise risk management, and financial, operational, and compliance audits.  This role will require working with personnel across our global organization at varying levels of responsibility. 

Responsibilities 

• Develop and execute Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) business process and IT controls testing in compliance with AICPA generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) and the PCAOB standards, amongst others. 

• Oversee the submission of requests by stakeholders for SOX and internal audits. 

• Partner with our external auditors to align on scoping, reliance strategy, quality improvement opportunities, deficiencies, and annual testing timeline. 

• Liaise with Internal Audit co-source partner regarding design and execution of SOX testing and internal audits. 

• Assist in monitoring management action plans to remediate internal controls deficiencies with relevant stakeholders. 

• Conduct follow-up reviews for internal controls deficiencies to evidence remediation. 

• Execute the fraud and cybersecurity risk assessments, and assist in investigations, when necessary. 

• Contribute to the development of audit process improvements, including the use of dashboards, automated workflows, and data analytics. 

• Assist in the development of training content for internal controls stakeholders to continue the maturation of risk management and internal controls execution by Management. 

• Develop relationships with cross-functional partners across our global regions, levels of business unit leadership, and within the finance, legal, and IT organizations. 

• Continue professional development including benchmarking, training, certifications, and professional engagement, such as, with ISACA or the IIA. 

• Monitor authoritative guidance (e.g. PCAOB, SEC, EFRAG, etc.) for new and emerging developments regarding auditing standards, SEC reporting requirements, and ESG reporting requirements. 

• Promote a culture of awareness and accountability with respect to establishing and maintaining internal controls. 

• Leverage full capabilities of key internal controls platform, AuditBoard. 

• Perform special projects and investigations as assigned. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Management Information Systems, or similar field(s). 

• Professional certification required, such as, CPA, CIA, CISA, or CFE. 

• Minimum 5 years of Finance experience. 

• 3+ years of relevant experience in public accounting; preferably Big 4. 

• Manufacturing industry experience preferred. 

• Demonstrated knowledge of accounting theory, information technology, and/or auditing. 

• Demonstrated time management skills using time effectively to meet deadlines. 

• Demonstrated aptitude for continuous learning in and around business acumen, analytical problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. 

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple workstreams including administrative and documentation-oriented tasks. 

• Experience with AuditBoard SOXHUB solution preferred. 

• Experience with SAP or other ERPs preferred. 

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, military service, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, gender identity or expression, parental status, political or any other non-merit based factors protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.