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Spirit AeroSystems Senior Auditor in Wichita, Kansas
Overview
Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.
Looking for strong operations or accounting professional with critical thinking and process improvement skills, who can provide organizations with documented testing as walkthrough of process and internal controls and regulatory compliance. This role examines and improves operating practices, and financial and risk management processes of the organization.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Conducts financial, operational, compliance, and information system audits across multiple functions.
Examines records to ensure proper recording of transactions and compliance with applicable laws, agreements, and policies.
Evaluate processes to ensure proper compliance with applicable laws, agreements, policies, and procedures.
Understands and examines internal controls to assess effectiveness and design of controls.
Continuously analyzes business risk profiles and provides assurance that appropriate risk mitigation is taken.
Provides management with independent and objective reports, evaluations, appraisals, counsel, and recommendations.
Prepares reports of findings and makes recommendations to management.
Tracks management corrective actions and other remediation requirements to completion.
Supports divisions and subsidiaries in an advisory role by evaluating and recommending improvements to business practices, processes, and control procedures.
Works with financial and operational data; processes, policies, and procedures; and information systems and applications.
Commonly interfaces with external oversight agencies; suppliers; legal, security, finance, define, produce, and support organizations; executive management; and the board of directors.
Directs, oversees and reviews work of other audit team members.
Utilizes an understanding of Information Technology and Security experience with topics like Security Architecture, Network Security, Identity and Access Management, Software Development and Data Protection in support of audit and advisory projects.
Experience and understanding of various governance frameworks and standards such as COSO, COBIT, ISO, NIST, CMMC, GDPR.
Qualifications
Skills Required
5+ years experience in audit (internal/external), financial analyst, or corporate accounting role; or 7+ years in other business role (Supply Chain, Engineering, or corporate function).
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Management, Information Systems or related field.
Skills Preferred
Effective communicator, both oral and written.
Ability to work both independently and in a team environment with professionals at all levels.
Ability to build rapport with business partners across the organization.
Strong project management skills including ability to work through others with timelines and multiple priorities.
Ability and desire to work in a fast paced, deadline oriented and multi-project environment.
Ability to drive process improvements within routine tasks and processes.
One or more professional certifications (e.g., CPA, CMA, CIA, CISA, CFE, etc.) or the ability and desire to obtain.
Experience working within a large, complex and matrixed organization.
Familiarity working with a large ERP system (e.g., SAP, Oracle, etc.)
Experience performing and presenting data analysis and data visualization (e.g., using SQL, advanced Excel including developing macros, ACL, Tableau, Power BI, etc.).
Ability to obtain a US security clearance.
Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
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