Company Overview
Wherever you work and whatever role you fill, when you represent the Bridgestone name you know that you are a valued teammate who is part of our larger mission to Serve Society with Superior Quality. We start by offering each teammate more than just a salary. We provide formal training, competitive performance incentives, paid vacation and holidays, healthcare packages for full-time and part-time employees, and a 401k plan to help build your future. We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they are allowed to bring their whole selves to work and know they are supported. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you are made of. Show us the smart stuff, the tough stuff, the bold, beautiful and brave stuff. Because who you are is what we need. Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.
Position Summary
We’re currently looking for an IT Internal Controls Lead to work collaboratively with IT, Finance, and various Audit entities to evaluate risk and related internal controls.
This position will oversee and serve as the primary contact and resource for teammates within various Divisions and Corporate functions who are responsible for IT control related activities and will provide ongoing support and guidance. This role will be responsible for supporting the IT JSOX Controls remotely.
**Open to FULLY REMOTE (any state/time zones) or HYBRID schedule @ Bridgestone HQ in Nashville, TN**
Responsibilities
Support the JSOX IT general control (ITGC) framework and related activities.
Confirm that ITGC’s and JSOX control frameworks are organized, maintained, and measured across the Corporate IT environment.
Provide insight regarding financial risk, Application and IT Controls, and their relationship with IT systems.
Interact with and support Financial/IT Audit engagements.
Interface with IT stakeholders and service providers to validate that adequate short-term mitigations and long-term sustainable remediations for open findings are in place for any control deficiencies.
Experience in access role architecture design or in providing advisory/auditing services over ERP access roles.
Understanding of business process risk and related controls.
Experience in mitigating risks associated with Segregation of Duties issues both systematically through role and access changes as well as manually to address that systemic access was not exploited.
Prepare reports/presentations on the status of the compliance process for stakeholders including, but not limited to process owners, senior management, executive management, and Audit Committee.
Bachelor and / or master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Information Technology or Information Security
CPA is preferred.
4+ years of experience working with or auditing IT General Controls in a SOX or JSOX compliant entity.
Experience working with large-scale ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle
GRC Access Control is preferred but not required.
Big 4 public accounting experience with Fortune 500 clients is preferred.
Relevant industry certifications (e.g. CISA, CRISC, ITIL, etc) is preferred
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Employment Eligibility
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