Head of Fin Int and IA

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and lead the Company's internal audit function, including an annual risk-based audit plan covering financial, operational, and compliance risks.
• Develop and maintain a library of documented business processes and standard operating procedures (SOPs) across finance, operations, and shared services.
• Evaluate and strengthen the Company's internal control environment; lead SOX-readiness and remediation efforts in anticipation of potential future public-company or lender requirements.
• Partner with site and functional leaders to identify process gaps, inefficiencies, and control weaknesses; drive corrective action plans to closure.
• Lead post-close process integration for acquired businesses, standardizing controls and reporting to the Company's operating model.
• Perform periodic and ad hoc audits (financial, operational, compliance, and fraud-risk) and present findings and recommendations to the CFO and Audit Committee.
• Establish key performance and control metrics (KPIs/KCIs) to monitor process health and control effectiveness on an ongoing basis.
• Support external auditors, lenders, and insurers with process and controls documentation as needed.
• Build out and manage an internal audit team as the function scales.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA, CIA, and/or CFE strongly preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in internal audit, controls, or business process roles, ideally including public accounting (Big 4 or national firm) and industry experience.
• Experience in a private-equity-owned, multi-site manufacturing or industrial environment strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience designing SOX/internal control frameworks and leading process-improvement initiatives (Lean/Six Sigma exposure a plus).
• Demonstrated ability to build a function from the ground up and to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong project management, process-mapping, and data-analysis skills; ERP experience (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, or similar) preferred.
• Willingness to travel to Company sites as needed (estimated 25–40%).

What Success Looks Like in Year One

• A documented, risk-ranked internal audit plan approved by the CFO/Audit Committee and substantially executed.
• Core financial and operational processes mapped and documented across all major sites.
• A remediation tracker in place for identified control gaps, with measurable progress against it.
• A repeatable playbook for integrating newly acquired businesses' processes and controls.

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

Location: Remote, with periodic travel to Company facilities

Compensation: $180,0000 - $210,000 | Management Incentive Program