Senior Internal Auditor - Operational

Job Posting:

Since 1953, Ferguson has been a source of quality supplies for a variety of industries. Together We Build Better infrastructure, better homes and better businesses. We exist to make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful, and sustainable. We proactively solve problems, adapt and grow to continuously serve our customers, communities and each other. Ferguson, a Fortune 500 company, is proud to provide best-in-class products, service and capabilities across the following industries:
Commercial/Mechanical, Facilities Supply, Fire and Fabrication, HVAC, Industrial, Residential Trade, Residential Building and Remodel, Waterworks and Residential Digital Commerce.

Ferguson has approximately 36,000 associates across 1,700 locations. Ferguson is a community of proud associates who operate with the shared purpose of building something meaningful. You will build a career that you are proud of, at a company you can believe in.

Role Overview :

The Senior Internal Auditor
- Operational reports to the Senior Manager – Internal Audit and serves as the team lead, providing oversight and guidance to the associates completing field audits across our branch & distribution center network, ensuring quality and consistency through workpaper reviews and maintains responsibility for drafting audit reports for the audit plan that covers over 150 different locations annually. You’ll take an active role in location selection and other program planning activities.

You will work in a team environment to gain a deep understanding of business processes and evaluate process effectiveness and efficiency of control procedures and systems within our field network. Field audits encompass financial, operational, and legal/compliance aspects.

Location:

This role is approved to be fully remote and can be based anywhere in the United States near a major airport. This role can also by hybrid out of Ferguson's corporate offices in Newport News, VA, according to Ferguson policy. Must be available to work East Coast hours.

Travel:

This role will travel 25-40% in the US and will include Canada.

Responsibilities:

Integrates the IPPF components into audit engagements to ensure conformance with mandatory requirements and leading practices.

Develops and drives the audit program, communicates engagement objectives and scope to stakeholders, documents process walkthroughs and flowcharts, develops analytical procedures and sample-based testing, and gathers evidence to support conclusions.

Drafts engagement findings and assists with compiling into a draft report and distributing results to management.

Presents findings in close meetings with stakeholders.

Leads audit engagements, facilitating discussions with management on risk mitigation efforts and the feasibility of process improvements.

Complete first-level review of work papers and provide coaching notes to audit team, focusing on development and feedback.

Evaluates fraud risk assessment processes and controls, conducts audit procedures to identify and analyze potential fraud indicators, and identifies discrepancies between established fraud procedures and gathered evidence, discussing possible root causes with management.

Participates in meetings and collaborates with management to coordinate assurance coverage and reduce redundant testing.

Skills and Expectations:

Evaluates compliance programs' effectiveness in providing information to governance bodies, monitoring compliance objectives, providing training, assessing adherence to regulations and policies, and recommending improvements to control processes.

Evaluates governance, risk management, and control processes over financial processes, assesses risks related to misstatements and noncompliance, and identifies…