Vice President Audit Services, Global
Hanes Brands

Job Info

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Overview

HanesBrands Inc., (HBI) is a global company with more than 59,000 associates in 33 countries, all working together to create the world's best apparel to include iconic brands such as Champion, Hanes, Bali, Bonds, and many more. We offer enormous opportunities for creative thinkers, for people with a passion for consumers, and for people who think like business owners. We're building a truly inclusive culture, where people of different backgrounds, races, cultures and experiences come together to make us stronger. We are a sustainable company committed to making a positive difference in our communities and around the world.

As the head of the Audit Services department, Vice President Audit Services leads HBI's efforts to in various areas related to internal controls and compliance, including Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance, traditional internal auditing efforts, IT audit processes, ethics investigations and special projects. Responsible for the management of the Audit Services department and providing oversight of all activities performed by this group. Develops and maintains strong working relationships with management. Supervises, trains, counsels and recruits department members to maximize their professional development. The role includes providing accounting and financial audit guidance, to help ensure accurate accounting and financial reporting and compliance with US GAAP is maintained by HBI.

Responsibilities

• Has overall responsibility for the activities and performance of the Hanesbrands Audit Services function. The group has resources in the US, Europe, Central America, Asia, and Australia. The department is currently comprised of 27 Full Time Equivalents, of which 23 are HBI employees.
• Directly responsible for the supervision of an Audit Director, two Audit Senior Managers, and two Audit Managers. The Senior Managers and Managers reporting directly to the VP position are responsible for the Audit Services activities are based internationally and responsible for audit activity in the regions they are located. The Audit Director is responsible for the audit resources based in the United States
• Responsible for the SOX testing and compliance across the business. Works closely with C-Suite executives related to company-wide corporate governance issues - the "tone at the top" requirements.
• Responsible for the project management of all Sarbanes-Oxley related matters by understanding and interpreting regulatory requirements related to SOX. Manage the SOX project team to ensure on-time delivery of high quality work
• Review and test accounting policies, procedures and internal controls to assure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley guidelines.
• Interface with Company's independent auditors to ensure a coordinated and seamless effort in regards to the groups working together. Coordinate to ensure that Audit Services' SOX testing and internal audit work is leveraged to reduce the external audit teams effort.
• Manages a risk based audit approach that helps ensure all the of the department's activities align with company-wide concerns. The audit plan strives to address concern that impact issues of a financial, strategic & operational nature at HBI.
• Ensure compliance by the department with IIA internal auditing standards.
• Ensure an integrated internal audit approach is implemented for all large projects to maximize finance, operational, IT and SOX needs.
• Continue developing in-house capabilities to perform data analytics of financial systems. Build programs that will extract data for key operating areas, and help to identify anomalies within data sets that will assist in helping to identify to issues based upon identifying outliers.
• Move toward more continuous auditing, where by full populations of data are reviewed and analyzed in an automated way on an ongoing basis. Move away from sample testing when possible.
• Provides technical support and advisory assistance to corporate functions including tax, treasury, human resources, external reporting and corporate accounting to ensure the proper internal controls have been identified, documented and maintained.
• Provide assistance to the CFO and Chief Accounting Officer regarding internal control issues and support on special projects by request..
• Partners with the Legal department regarding issues raised through the Global Ethics and Compliance (GEC) program at HBI. Available to investigate GEC issues, particularly those with a potential financial impact on company operations.
• Responsible for the development and career paths of departments professionals. Assist in providing training opportunities and networking with company executives to open career paths for Audit Services members both inside and outside the audit function.

Qualifications

I. Minimum qualifications required to fulfill the responsibilities in an acceptable manner:

• Education/Degrees: BS degree required; MBA degree a plus
• Certificates/Licenses: CPA required. Other professional certification (CIA, CFE, etc.) desirable.
• Special Skills: Requires an individual with a demonstrated ability to work independently and analyze, investigate and resolve accounting related issues with many internal and external contacts. The ideal candidate has experience developing and documenting accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Years/types of experience: 15+ years of accounting experience including at least 8 years of recent internal audit management or public accounting experience with emphasis on audit of SEC registrants; 5-7 years supervisory experience. Prominent project management role within the Sarbanes Oxley compliance function (assuming internal audit is responsible for SOX) of a US public company required. Must be a strong communicator and have excellent influencing and interpersonal skills. Must have strong technical knowledge of US GAAP and current audit regulations. Strong organizational skills are a must, coupled with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Required travel: 10-20%

II. Preferred experience, skills, and education that are not required for job but beneficial to role:

• International financial reporting and experience dealing with international divisions of U.S. based companies preferred. Experience with SAP implementations desired. Apparel industry experiences a plus. Foreign language skills (particularly Spanish or Chinese) a plus.

III. Competencies or behavioral characteristics required to accomplish primary accountabilities of job:

An effective Vice President Audit Services should exhibit the following characteristics:

• Leadership
  • Ability to coach direct reports to foster their professional development
  • Propensity to act as consultant to management to identify win-win solutions
  • Effective delegation of audit tasks to develop staff
  • Effective team building
  • Effective supervision of audit teams
  • Effective management of internal audit process
  • Provide timely constructive feedback to audit team to encourage continuous improvement
  • Facilitate discussions with management
  • Serve as information source for management and audit team
  • Manage upward and downward
  • Provide support to fellow managers on a variety of issues

• Interpersonal
  • The candidate must be able to function as a change agent. In this role, must identify improvements in the group's operations, and build consensus with team members in executing these changes.
  • The ability to work and communicate effectively with all levels of management and staff
  • Initiative and creativity while working with minimal supervision
  • Persuasive written and verbal communications, i.e., effective, goal-oriented, efficient, proactive
  • Effective negotiation and facilitation skills
  • Effective conflict resolution skills
  • Effective coaching and mentoring skills
  • Effective relationship building skills
  • Show understanding and empathy to team members
  • Continue to champion a diverse workforce providing Audit Services
  • Emphasize Audit Services as a source of candidate for positions throughout Finance.

• Technical
  • Possess deep based knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley compliance requirements
  • History in managing SOX compliance team efforts
  • Understanding of SOX documentation and management testing procedures and requirements.
  • Design risk-based audits
  • Thorough understanding of GAAP, GAAS, Finance and Executive Policies and the
  • Understanding of Global Ethics management, and ability to investigate potential fraud incidents.
  • Highly refined analytical skills to quickly review and analyze business operations to identify financial and operating problems and opportunities.
  • Thorough knowledge regarding the effective use of technology to execute effective risk-based audits.
  • Understanding of business strategy, organizational design, and other business functions.

• Career
  • Ambitious, goal-oriented (establish goals and monitor progress)
  • Willingness to accept responsibility for additional projects
  • Proactive self-marketing of accomplishments and networking to establish relationships
  • Willingness and ability to travel (10-20%) (Flexibility)

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status

EOE/AA: Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled

Only applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact us directly:

Telephone: 877.999.5553

Email:HBI_TA@hanes.com

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