Manager, Internal Audit and Controls

Requisition Number: 62873

 

Corning is vital to progress – in the industries we help shape and in the world we share.

 

We invent life-changing technologies using materials science. Our scientific and manufacturing expertise, boundless curiosity, and commitment to purposeful invention place us at the center of the way the world interacts, works, learns, and lives.

 

Our sustained investment in research, development, and invention means we’re always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers. 

 

Corning’s businesses are ever evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, and automotive markets.

 

We are changing the world with: 

• Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
• Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
• Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
• Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences 
• Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation 

 

Responsibilities:

• Documents and compile’s management’s internal control assessment.
• Manages the completion of internal control and U.S. GAAP audits and associated risk and aggregation assessments.
• Performs documentation and evaluation of entity level controls as part of annual self-assessment.
• Manage the Summary of Audit Differences (SAD) with PwC on a quarterly basis.
• Develops written reports and presentations to communicate results and produce recommendations after reviewing results of internal and external audit work.
• Supervises staff in areas of control; provide direction based on general policies and management guidance; lead the centralized functional activity. 
• Establishes operational objectives and assignments, and delegates assignments to assigned staff.
• Ensures projects are completed on schedule and within budget; conduct briefings and participates in technical meetings for internal and external representatives concerning specific operations.
• Develop, modify, communicate and work with Corporate Training function to provide training on internal control policies.
• Develops solutions to a wide range of internal control and accounting process problems, leveraging full knowledge of GAAP, Corning policies, and COSO Framework.
• Requires the ability to influence the thinking of, or gain agreement with, others in sensitive situations.
• Participate in integrated scoping of external audit efforts and management of Corning’s preparedness for external audit procedures and deliverables to auditors.

 

Projects involved with:

• Lead management’s internal control assessment in accordance with Sarbanes Oxley Act, including training, coach network development, documentation of results, and management of issues and resolution. 
• Direct interaction and coordination of activities of outsourced internal auditors in performance of management’s annual assessment of internal controls and execution of testing.
• Manage integration of internal and external audit scopes and extent of efforts.
• Manage preparedness for and deliverables to external auditors.
• Create, interpret and communicate internal control policies and procedures; provide training and guidance to businesses and corporate customers.
• Key areas of responsibility include:
  • Resource allocation of staff and internal/external auditors,
  • Exercising judgment in application and interpretation of internal control policies and procedures,
  • Development and enhancement of existing control and accounting policy,
  • Decision making in hiring of new employees and staff development,
  • Work with Director of Internal Audit to manage the external audit objectives and timelines,
  • Exercising leadership in training initiatives.

 

Experience:

• 10+ years of audit or audit related work experience.
• Experience executing a range of internal audit procedures and risk assessments, producing reports and insights based on results.
• Experience designing and validating proposed improvements to existing audit processes, standards and tools.
• Experience helping produce part or all of audit result briefings to team to both internal and external audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to execute internal controls testing and synthesize results into actionable improvements and reports.
• Experience creating and delivering presentations for internal learning,