Finance Controls Manager

About Momentive Technologies

Momentive Technologies applies advanced materials science to design and manufacture ultra-high-performance quartz materials, quartz crucibles, and ceramic products that are vital to a variety of high-growth end markets, including the silicon and compound semiconductor industries, electronics, and aerospace components. These solutions enable the production of logic and memory chips, power control devices and multiple systems for electric vehicles, integrated circuits, power control devices, data servers, and aerospace applications.

Recognized for the purity, performance, consistency and stability of its products, Momentive Technologies has been delivering innovative solutions for over 130 years and continues to impact emerging trends like electrification, digitalization, renewable energy and artificial intelligence. The Company, headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio, has operations across the globe and serves customers in more than 30 countries. For more information, visit www.momentivetech.com.

Finance Controls Manager

Internal Audit provides independent and objective assurance services designed to ensure appropriate financial, operational and compliance controls exist and function effectively at Momentive Technologies. We are seeking a Finance Controls Manager to join our growing SOX / Internal Audit team and lead day to day execution of Finance SOX Controls testing. Reporting to the SOX Compliance Internal Audit Director, the Finance Controls Manager contributes to company’s success by bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to auditing the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the SOX Financial controls compliance, including scoping, walkthroughs, testing, documentation and reporting.

• Facilitate internal control walkthroughs and oversee test of design and operating effectiveness:

  • Understand business processes to identify risks and associated controls

  • Identify IT dependencies within business processes

  • Evaluate the design and implementation of key financial controls

  • Develop appropriately tailored testing procedures

  • Identify and evaluate control deficiencies

  • Lead project management and effective communication

• Identify opportunities to embed automated controls in business processes and optimize internal control environments

  • Develop understanding of company’s initiatives, business and IT processes, ERP configurations, policies and procedures and proactively benchmark those against leading practices seen at other established public companies. 

  • Collaborate with IT controls professionals to understand how IT controls and IT dependencies factor into overall SOX program and ensure the audit testing program and control deficiency evaluation process reflect appropriate consideration of risk.

• Evaluate control deficiencies, perform root cause analysis and co-develop management remediation actions. 

  • Foster trust and collaboration with key stakeholders to ensure that audit insights are value-added, accepted and acted upon.

  • Follow up on the progress of the management action plans and review them post-implementation.

• Assist in development and execution of data analytics to enhance continuous monitoring capabilities.

• Lead a variety of internal audits (financial and operational) offering process improvement solutions aimed at assisting management in attaining their objectives while controlling for risk.

• Draft comprehensive executive summaries and final reports for delivery to the stakeholders

• Support SOX Compliance Internal Audit Director in the annual risk assessment and scoping

• Promote a culture of ethical conduct, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Be willing to travel to international company locations as necessary (in the potential range of 20% - 30%).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting