Corporate Audit Mgr. -NC-Mooresville

The Corporate Audit Manager is responsible for planning assigned audits, including the development of the scope, allocation of resources, coordination with client management, completion of a comprehensive risk assessment and the development of appropriate audit test steps. The Corporate Audit Manager directs and assists on a daily basis a team of senior and staff auditors in the execution of process and compliance audits in accordance to Lowe’s audit methodology. The Corporate Audit Manager has supervisory responsibility for staff and senior auditors ensuring training and development needs are met and quality standards are maintained.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

-Provide on the job training for staff and senior auditors on audit theory and Lowe’s audit methodology.
-Serve as the day-to-day liaison with client management during audit projects to ensure open lines of communication are maintained and audit objectives are being met.
-Develop project budgets and milestones and manage individual and team schedules and workloads to meet those goals.
-Supervise and prepare process level risk assessments to identify significant risks and their related controls and develop audit test steps designed to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of those internal controls.
-Execute and/or direct the senior/staff auditors in the execution of audit test steps and the documentation of the related workpapers to support conclusions reached.
-Review the work (audit planning documents, process flows, test plans, workpapers, draft reports) of senior and staff auditors to ensure quality is maintained and departmental methodologies are followed.
-Identify and document weakness in control design and effectiveness based on analysis performed and write formal draft audit reports with the level of quality necessary for an executive audience.
-Lead integrated and cross functional teams in the identification of risks in new system design and integration projects.
-Supervise the follow-up on audit reports to determine if required action was taken, document, and communicate the results of the review.
-Supervise the execution of process, compliance, IT, store, and financial audits.
-Supervise the review and oversight testing of management’s Sarbanes-Oxley 404 efforts.
-Assist the audit directors in the development of the annual audit plan.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

•Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent business experience
•6+ years of audit (internal / external) experience or relevant business experience
•Project or team lead experience

Preferred Qualifications:
•Master’s Degree in business related field
•CPA, CIA, or CISA
•Retail business experience
•Audit management experience

With fiscal year 2012 sales of $50.5 billion, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 100 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,750 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

Senior IT Auditor II -NC-Mooresville

Senior Auditor
Job Description The Senior Auditor is responsible for conducting audits that evaluate the established internal controls designed to manage the Company’s most significant risks. This position will assist the audit manager in the planning of individual audits, developing test steps to evaluate controls, and gathering/analyzing information as necessary to evaluate the effectiveness and adequacy of the controls. The Senior Auditor will also be responsible for the interpretation of the test results and the oral and written communication of the audit results to the client. In this role, the Senior Auditor will be the day to day leader of the project and will be responsible for ensuring other Senior and Staff Auditors are adequately supervised to ensure the work is completed on time and in a quality manner. The Senior Auditor will also be responsible for training less experienced auditors in the audit methodology. Travel will be required from 10%-20%.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
• The Senior Auditor will generally serve in the ‘in-charge’ role that will involve directing other Senior or Staff Auditors in the performance of their responsibilities. The Senior Auditor should be proficient in performing the following activities:
• Day to day management of audit projects to ensure they are conducted in accordance with Lowe’s methodology and that milestone dates are met and projects are completed on time.
• Perform preliminary audit plan, which includes documenting processes via process maps and flowcharts.
• Prepare draft process level risk assessments to identify significant risks and their related controls.
• Identify key control points within a process / activity and develop audit test steps designed to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of those internal controls.
• Execute and/or direct the other senior/staff auditors in the execution of audit test steps and the documentation of the related workpapers to support conclusions reached.
• Review the work (audit planning documents, test plans, workpapers, draft reports) of other senior and staff auditors for quality and to ensure departmental standards are followed.
• Identify and document weakness in control design and effectiveness based on analysis performed and write formal draft audit reports with the level of quality necessary for an executive
audience.

With fiscal year 2011 sales of $50.2 billion, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 100 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,745 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.• Write formal audit reports with the level of quality necessary for an executive audience.
• Supervise the follow-up on audit reports to determine if required action was taken, document and communicate the results of the review.
• Supervise the review of management’s Sarbanes-Oxley 404 test results on a quarterly basis and review Internal Audit’s independent testing as necessary.
• Assist Managers in the development of staff auditors in:
- Basic understanding of IT applications, processes, and controls,
- Basic financial and accounting understanding,
- Basic store knowledge,
- Developing technical skills (i.e., ACL, PeopleSoft, DART, Visio, etc.) that will enhance analytical capabilities and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the audit.
• Manage time and workload to meet project milestones.
• Assist managers with the development of staff auditors in audit methodology, departmental standards and orientation into the corporate culture.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
• Perform special projects at the request of management.
• Participate and lead departmental committees and teams as necessary.
• Develop knowledge of business areas being reviewed through independent research and inquiry.
• Identify opportunities to complete work more efficiently by applying new tools and techniques.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent business experience
• 4+ years of audit (internal / external) experience or relevant business experience
• Intermediate understanding of one of the following
o IT applications, processes, and controls
o Financial and accounting processes
o Retail store processes
• Expert ability to retrieve, organize, and analyze data
• Proficient with Internal Audit tools such as TeamMate, Excel, and Word.
• 1+ years of supervisory experience
• Project management experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Master’s Degree in business related field
• CPA, CIA, or CISA
• Retail business experience

With fiscal year 2011 sales of $50.2 billion, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 50 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,745 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

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Corporate Audit Mgr. -NC-Mooresville

Senior IT Auditor II -NC-Mooresville