Senior Manager of IT Regulatory Compliance

Company / Location Information

A.O. Smith is a global leader applying innovative technologies and energy-efficient solutions to products manufactured and marketed worldwide. The company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and boilers, as well as a manufacturer of water treatment products for residential and light commercial applications. A. O. Smith is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with approximately 12,000 employees at operations in the United States, Canada, China, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

Please Note: At this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. 

Primary Function

The Sr. Manager will be a member of the Business Technology Solutions (IT) leadership team, reporting directly to the CISO.  The team is designed to proactively plan and execute focused strategies to establish and maintain operational and financial controls globally.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the BTS team in achieving internal process improvement, effectiveness, enhanced competency and awareness for SOX controls and related regulatory requirements


• Lead organizational change, including establishing roles and responsibilities and building alignment with BTS and functional leaders


• Ensure new systems and significant changes to the IT environment are proactively addressed for considerations impacting IT General Controls (ITGC), that the right controls are incorporated 


• Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive SOX compliance program using a risk-based approach 


• Perform ongoing monitoring and tracking to ensure that controls are designed and functioning effectively


• Enhance existing controls to ensure effective risk mitigation, adherence to control frameworks and drive process improvements


• Communicate issues, deficiencies and progress of remediation efforts effectively to BTS Leadership, Executive Leadership, including the audit committee


• Consult with BTS, internal audit and business partners on techniques and system control methodologies


• Produce audit reports for ongoing monitoring activities and share recommendations 


• Act as the primary liaison with internal and external auditors, coordinating audits, related requests and drive the development and implementation of corrective actions with BTS


• Perform deficiency evaluation, including identification of mitigating controls, defining remediation action plans and monitoring corrective actions


• Develop and deliver comprehensive and recurring SOX compliance training 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management information systems, Accounting or related field with a minimum of 8 years of experience (with a minimum of 4 years of SAP security / controls)


• Proven experience with managing IT audit processes and deliverables

Additional Qualifications:

• 8+ years’ experience working in large national public accounting firms, specifically auditing of ITGC and IT Automated Controls SOX 404 and ITGC audit experience from both internal/external audit perspective


• Prior experience developing presentations for communication to the audit committee


• Experience with ensuring compliance for SAP hosted/cloud environment


• Experience with assessment and management of SSAE18 SOC1/SOC2 compliance process


• Experience contributing to and establishing the organizational change management characteristics necessary to establish and maintain control operational effectiveness


• Have a track record for building effective mechanisms to hold control owners accountable and developing/designing compliance training programs for business and IT management teams


• Experience with SAP GRC module, understanding configuration and best practice


• CISA preferred

We Offer

Competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits plans which include medical and dental insurance, company-sponsored life insurance, retirement security savings plan, short- and long-term disability programs and tuition assistance.

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ADA Statement & EEO Statement

In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.