Overview

At ADS, no idea is off limits, and we celebrate creativity and bold moves. For more than 50 years ADS has been manufacturing a variety of innovative and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials. Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, we are a multi-billion dollar stormwater management company, manufacturing pipe and ancillary products. What does that mean? When it storms, we capture rain with our drain basins, convey it with pipe, store it using chambers and finally treat it with our water quality products, before safely returning water back to the environment. We handle, what we call, the entire lifecycle of a raindrop. Our products help prevent flooding, which increases quality of life for people living in large cities, suburbs, and rural towns. We also believe in creating a circular economy and are the second largest plastic recycling company in North America. We use plastic shampoo and detergent bottles to create pipe, diverting over 500 million pounds of plastic from landfills every year. ADS operates a global network of over 60 manufacturing plants and 30 distribution centers. 

We have amazing stories to tell, and we need your help getting our story out there. To learn more about ADS, please visit our website at www.adspipe.com.

Leadership Competencies

The successful candidate must bring high level of ethical, intellectual, professional, and personal values that complement the team.

• Strategic Mindset – anticipates future trends and implications accurately
• Decision Quality – relies on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment when making decisions
• Customer Focus – identifies opportunities that benefit the business
• Business Insight – keeps up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, function, and in the marketplace
• Plans and Aligns – breaks down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions
• Optimizes Work Processes – seeks ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering
• Ensures Accountability – establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results
• Collaborates – works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives
• Develops Talent – develops others through coaching, feedback, exposure, and stretch assignments
• Builds Effective Teams – forms teams with appropriate and diverse mix of styles, perspectives, and experience
• Drives Vision and Purpose – talks about future possibilities in a positive way
• Courage – faces difficult issues and supports others who do the same

Responsibilities

Summary:

The Director of Internal Audit is responsible for bringing a disciplined, risk-based approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of internal controls, and governance. This role is critical to ADS and leads the reviews of our results directly with the Audit Committee, as well as our executive and senior management. The Director of Internal Audit will lead a high performing team and is responsible for continuing to develop them while also leading by example in creating an equitable and inclusive environment, where people can bring their full selves to work and unlock their greatest potential and contributions to the team. 

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and submit a risk-based, annual audit plan to management and the Audit Committee for review and approval
• lead the internal audit team to conduct all management testing of SOX internal controls and coordinating with external auditors to maximize their reliance on internal audit’s testing
• facilitate annual enterprise risk assessment and quarterly risk management process
• Clear, proactive, and timely communication with all levels of management on status of audits, consultation on process/policy changes, and other work of internal audit
• For internal control findings and operational audit findings, ensure corrective action plans are developed and implemented and provide timeline progress reporting to management and the Audit Committee
• Promote high levels of ethical awareness and conduct within the company including responses to inquiries or interpretations of existing process or policy
• Consult with the business to ensure risks associated with changes to process, policy, or newly implemented IT applications are mitigated with appropriate control structures

Job Skills:

• Excellent listening, verbal, written and presentation communication skills, able to deliver complex messages, build strong working relationship across the business, and influence others
• Excellent organizational skills and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail required
• Outstanding leadership skills, including experience in identifying and developing high-performing talent
• Problem solving skills in a complex environment that demonstrates logical and sophisticated analytical thought processes, interpretive thinking, complex judgement
• Comprehensive technical understanding and knowledge of internal audit
• Strong project management skills and/or track record of leading multiple teams and audit projects simultaneously
• Proven track record of relationship development and management with executive stakeholders
• Ability to synthesize and communicate complex audit and technology topics to all levels of the organization
• Ability to flex personal style according to the context of a situation to drive engagement with all stakeholders

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA (Certified Public Accountant) or CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) designation

Preferred Experience:

• 10 years of progressive experience in internal audit or related field. Combination of public accounting and industry roles preferred
• 7 years business management experience, including people management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, be organized and very detail oriented
• Experience administering a strong Sarbanes-Oxley 404 testing program
• Experience dealing with control and risk issues in a publicly traded company, including presenting to an Audit Committee
• Ability to partner with internal and external customers; team player able to work well in a group and take direction as well as an individual contributor able to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
• Manufacturing experience highly preferred
• Strong technical knowledge of internal control concepts, business processes, IIA standards, risk assessment practices, COSO risk management framework, SOX requirements, and US GAAP
• Fluency with MS Office including advanced Excel

Physical/Other Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

EEO Statement

ADS supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience, and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. ADS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.