Compliance Analyst - Waukegan, United States - Beacon Hill

Description

Description:

• The purpose of this position is to help support and execute audit readiness planning and strategy, with a focus on SOX and other external non-GxP audits involving enterprise systems.
• The role is instrumental to ensuring compliance with Business Technology Solutions (BTS) policies, procedures, and processes.
• This position will also support and work directly with system and control owners to ensure their internal controls are designed and operating effectively, and control execution evidence is sufficiently retained and timely produced during audits.
• In addition, this role will assist in ensuring audit engagements are kept within scope, potential audit findings are properly vetted, and agreed-upon recommendations are implemented in a timely and effective manner.

Responsibilities

• Ensure system and control owners are compliant with applicable corporate and BTS policies and procedures.
• Coordinate with auditors to ensure audit engagements are executed within scope, potential audit findings are properly vetted, and agreed-upon recommendations are timely implemented and closed.
• Manage audit evidence requests, coordinate and facilitate walkthrough meetings between auditors and auditees, and prepare and regularly share audit progress reports with Compliance leadership. Identify and capture potential audit issues in audit progress reports.
• Ensuring timely fulfilment of audit evidence requests, following-up with auditees and escalating as appropriate.
• Provide guidance to help stakeholders navigate requirements, effectively managing risk and minimizing organizational impact.
• Partner with stakeholders, sharing best practices and championing continuous improvements. Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on risk, control, and compliance matters.
• Identify, propose, initiate, and lead improvement initiatives related to BTS processes, policies, and procedures.
• Develop, implement, and report audit readiness support metrics. Use insights from metrics to drive process improvements.
• Perform work using standard methodologies and a risk-based approach; bring external perspectives.
• Interface with key stakeholders (business units, the SOX PMO, system and control owners, external auditors, Internal Audit, Information Security)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with three years of IT compliance or audit experience; master's degree with two years of IT compliance or audit experience
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, and communication skills
• Intuitive, proactive, and demonstrated problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a diverse, global team environment and across different levels of management
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus
• Experience with business applications, such as SAP and manufacturing Operations Technology (OT) systems is a plus