Sr Lead Internal Auditor- Environmental Compliance / Landfill / Health & Safety

About the role

The Senior Lead Internal Auditor leads audits by planning, performing and reporting on auditing activities, which includes reviewing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls. The role supports operational audits with a particular emphasis on environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) compliance and landfill operations.

Responsibilities

• Leverages considerable knowledge and understanding of Internal Control methodologies and terminology; process and controls; and standard industry practices.
• Plans and performs reviews of corporate and field processes; prepares audit programs and work papers detailing audit procedures, ensuring adequate audit evidence is obtained in accordance with departmental and professional standards.
• Acts in a leading role when planning and scoping corporate and field audits based upon an understanding of relevant processes.
• Reviews the work of any internal auditor on the same project/audits to ensure that the department standards were fulfilled.
• Utilizes judgment and prior experience to effectively communicate the relative importance of an audit issue and provides appropriate context to allow management to follow-up.
• Assists staff auditors in the identification, assessment, and reporting on exceptions to compliance with Company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines, and weaknesses in internal control.
• Discusses audit results with senior level management in both written and verbal formats and recommends corrective action.
• Examines Company processes and systems by evaluating control risks/gaps and providing management and process owners with recommendations for improvements to policies, procedures and practices.
• Performs and oversees defined audit procedures to test internal controls and compliance with Company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
• Participates in the definition and continued refinement of audit procedures.
• Leads the planning phase of an audit relating the proposed scope of Internal Audit testing based upon an understanding of business processes and the risk profile of the area under review.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with business unit and corporate management and audit team members.
• Leads the audit training and development of internal audit staff.
• Travel by air, car or other modes of transportation may be required up to 50% of the time.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4-6 years of audit/accounting experience at Big 4/ or Fortune 500.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Project Management Professional (PMP) or other relevant certifications - preferred.
• Public Accounting experience preferred.
• Knowledge of ACL, IDEA, or other data analytic software preferred.