Senior Manager, Internal Audit

Make a +Difference at Kraton!

At Kraton, we make a Positive Difference, and we are looking for individuals who are also looking to make a difference in their jobs, for our customers and to the world.  We are looking to hire a key member of our Finance team at our Houston Headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas.

 

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to the following: 

• Reports jointly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, oversee all internal auditing activities and directs the internal audit staff including outsourced service providers. 
• Conducts a risk assessment and owns the overall audit approach. Continually assesses the organization’s risk management, governance and effectiveness of the internal control processes and operating effectiveness in order to address & mitigate overall risk.  
• Provides assurance that the Company’s Enterprise Risk Management process, framework and governance are operating effectively.
• Ensures compliance and control effectiveness with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 including scoping, control definition, self-assessment and testing including the alignment of Korean Sarbanes-Oxley requirements by DLC (Parent Company). 
• Ensures compliance with internal operational guidelines, including compliance with the delegation of approval matrix and compliance with FCPA. 
• Coordinate testing results with Company’s external auditors as well as the collaboration with the DLC (Parent Company) external auditors.
• Identify process improvements that will improve efficiencies and cost effectiveness through cycle based operational and functional audits.
• Maintains and executes the risk-based internal audit plan, including audit programs and timetables. Manages internal audit follow-up structure and action plans to ensure compliance with necessary remediation action plans or process improvement recommendations.
• Increases the rigor and comprehensiveness of the audit program, plan and timetable, in association with the Audit Committee and the CFO, towards the development of a truly “world-class” audit process and capability.
• Maintains the Internal Audit Charter and the Auditor Fee Approval Policy and ensures requirements included therein are achieved on an annual basis.
• Executes audit procedures, including identifying and defining issues, developing criteria, reviewing and analyzing evidence, and documenting processes and procedures. 
• Conducts interviews, reviews documents, develop and administer surveys, compose summary memos, and ensures proper work paper documentation. 
• Communicates the results of audit reports via written reports and oral presentations to management and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
• Owns the annual assessment and control effectiveness through the substantive testing and coordination of control deficiency remediation of IT General Controls in a SAP environment.
• Assist the external auditors (attestation and foreign statutory engagements) to improve the audit efficiency and cost efficiency.
• Support the Accounting and Controlling function to develop the framework for the new IFRS reporting standards as it relates to sustainability requirements and liaises with the Compliance staff to assist in developing a compliance program sufficient for the compliance risk profile of the Company.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of public / internal auditing required, Big-4 experience preferred. 
• Expert in the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Supervisory experience.
• International experience.
• Knowledge of and skill in applying internal auditing and management principles. 
• Understanding of risk management and interdependencies of functional control framework.
• Knowledge of the Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and the Code of Ethics. 
• Knowledge of management information systems terminology, concepts and practices.
• Experience in collecting and analyzing complex data, evaluating information and systems while drawing logical conclusions and effectively leading issue resolution.
• Able to travel for extended periods, both domestic & international.
• SAP experience preferred
• Proven presentation skills, mastery of both written and verbal communication, and attention to detail and high level of accountability
• Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Work independently as well as within teams.
• Influence others to achieve the aims of the internal audit function.
• Effectively present and defend key judgment calls.
• Exercise creativity in designing effective controls that also take into account business needs.

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