Company Description
Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.
Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.
Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.
Job Description
This position is reporting to the Senior Manager, Internal Controls in our Milpitas office. The senior will assist in leading and executing projects for the Internal Controls SOX pillar globally, assisting in Internal Controls function improvement projects, and working on improving projects in collaboration with the other internal audit pillars, and business process owners.
Execution of projects in the Internal Controls pillar globally including:
- Assisting in performance of annual SOX scoping, materiality, and risk assessment
- Assisting in development of the overall SOX program plan including the detailed timeline and resource planning
- Implementing the SOX program, including interactions with the internal and external stakeholders, coordination of the planning and testing phases across the global business and IT functions
- Maintaining SOX program documentation on methodology, quality, testing templates, and flowcharts.
- Delivering SOX related trainings to the finance, IT and internal audit functions.
- Maintaining status dashboards for all phases and aspects of the SOX program, reporting to the Sr. Manager and other relevant stakeholders.
- Assisting in reviewing controls documentation, testing approach, and testing execution for SOX related work, as needed.
- Assisting with management and oversight of our co-sourced testing function.
- Serving as a single point of contact for ongoing communication with the external auditor team on the finance & operations area and liaising with the business to execute on the SOX program throughout the year.
- Developing, cultivating, and growing relationships with key stakeholders across various business functional and operational areas.
- Assisting with continued development and refinement of strategy, structure, operations, and model for the Internal Controls SOX PMO function as part of the leadership team.
Qualifications
Required and preferred knowledge and job skills:
- Work experience: 2+ years of progressive work experience required. Strong preference for background with a large public accounting firm and/or some US Public Company Internal Audit experience
- Certification: CIA or CPA (or equivalent) professional certification strongly preferred with expectation of base certification shortly upon hire if not already obtained. Preference for additional certifications including CIA, CPA (or equivalent), CISA, or PMP.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree with focus on Accounting, Information Systems, or Finance required. Preference for a Master’s degree.
- Internal Audit Project Execution Skills: Risk assessment, testing, sampling, review, root cause analysis and evaluating of deficiencies, audit reporting, and some consulting skills required.
- Internal Audit Operations Execution Skills: Outstanding project and time management skills required.
- Internal Audit Technical Skills:
- Strong understanding of SOX theory, materiality, scoping and COSO 2013 framework. Knowledge of SOX best practices and methodology
- Ability to understand and analyze business process end to end, articulate risks and execute independent judgement
- Understanding of IT-related controls and IT-dependencies as an integral part of the business processes
- Recent experience with global public multilocational audits leading multiple SOX cycles required. Technical skills in data analytics is a plus.
- Internal Audit Soft Skills: Ability to conceptualize and apply judgment across a number of finance, operations, compliance, and cross functional areas, constructively assisting with difficult conversations, excellent presentation skills, ability to assist in influencing and managing expectations of stakeholders, coaching and developing team members, relationship building, and business partnering skills required.
- Language: Excellent verbal and written English language skills required. Secondary written and verbal language skills a plus.
- Travel: Ability and willingness to travel throughout globally - up to 10%.
Additional Information
Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.
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