Manager, Internal Audit – 14 month contract Job in Concord L4k 4R5, Ontario Canada

With 13 manufacturing facilities strategically located throughout North America and over $1 billion in sales, KIK Custom Products (KCP) is one of North America’s largest custom manufacturers of both National Brand and Retailer Brand consumer products. KCP’s product lines include Household Cleaners, OTC Medicated, Pharmaceutical and Health & Beauty Care. KIK’s Classic Division produces Retailer Brand products for top retailers including Albertsons, Kroger, Loblaws, Safeway, Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and foodservice leader Sysco. KIK’s Custom Division produces leading National Brand products for Fortune 500 companies including Gillette, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal, Procter Gamble, Unilever, Dial, Colgate-Palmolive, and SC Johnson. This position is based at KIK Corporate HQ’s in Concord, ON in the Greater Toronto Area. Position Summary: The Manager, Internal Audit directs the company’s internal audit function, develops, implements and administers overall audit policies, systems and procedures, provides management with a review of accounting, financial, operational and information systems processes by measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of accounting and management controls. The Manager, Internal Audit reports to the CFO. Responsibilities:

• Rollforward and update the 2012 internal audit plan using appropriate risk based methodology for all operations, with a focus on controls and operational efficiency
• Draft appropriate risk-based audit programs to meet audit plan objectives, with details on fieldwork to be performed;
• Organize, manage and oversee financial and operational audits of the plants and/or divisions; some direct audit work will be required.
• Report on audit findings with plant/divisional management and seek appropriate feedback from the business; advise the business on documentation and implementation of controls.
• Provide status updates and present audit findings to the Audit Committee on a quarterly basis.
• Organize and perform balance sheet reviews of plants, with detailed quarterly reviews for high risk plants.
• Provide direct support and assistance to audit engagements conducted by external audit firms.
• Organize, oversee and review audit work performed by audit teams, and develop CA trainee students seconded to the Internal Audit group.
• Develop and direct the 2012 plan to be ready for compliance with NI 52-109 and related internal controls testing, as well as risk assessment and process documentation activities.

Qualifications:

• Degree in business, accounting or finance and certification as a CA or CPA.
• 7 years experience in internal auditing, external auditing, financial reporting, and/or operations management functions, preferably in the manufacturing industry.