Senior Director of IT General Controls and Process

JOB DESCRIPTION:

UniFirst Corporation’s Sr. Director of IT General Controls and Process will be responsible for ensuring a strong internal control environment through the development and review of policies and procedures, ensuring their implementation and monitoring compliance. The position will report to the CITO and work to foster standardization and consistency across UniFirst’s IT Organization, Internal Audit and the Business processes and Internal control’s function.

• RESPONSIBILITIES:

Work collaboratively with IT organizational process owners to design and update relevant processes and control documentation.

• Act as a strategic partner to the business by recommending IT control activities that mitigate risk and reduce the potential for fraud and financial reporting errors
• Own the IT design, implementation, documentation, risk assessment and monitoring of the Company’s IT General control framework, including policies and key risks in order to ensure that the enterprise has adequate controls to prevent unintentional and intentional errors in financial reporting, processes and business operations
• Collaborate with senior management, including our Corporate Controller, as well as Internal Audit in the aligning of the internal control framework.
• Formulate policies and procedures to improve IT general controls, compliance and efficiency
• Assist with the annual scoping and materiality analysis to determine in scope applications, platforms, processes and overall materiality thresholds
• Deliver adequate and timely reporting on the IT general control framework and control deficiencies to ensure appropriate communication, documentation, escalation to business partners, senior leadership and audit committee
• Work with IT partners to create timely action plans and monitor progress to address and resolve control deficiencies
• Work collaboratively with IT business and process owners to implement and monitor remediation efforts that result from internal control assessments, ensuring the effective implementation of corrective action
• Actively seek standardization and automation, apply and implement best practices for managing IT General controls and deploy innovative technology where possible to enhance and continuously improve the design and operating effectiveness of the controls, documentation, assessment and review procedures
• Actively engage with internal and external auditors to ensure consideration and resolution of all relevant risks and audit findings
• Track the timely completion of quarterly control activities and their certification.
• Develop and conduct adequate training and prepare related information material on the IT general control objectives, approach and methodology to business partners on a regular basis to build knowledge and understanding of risks and control
• Partner with the Corporate Controller as well as internal and external audit and become an advisor on design of IT
• General controls for system implementations and other strategic projects throughout the business.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA, CPA and/or CISA or related certification preferred

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant professional experience in a large public company

• SOX Compliance experience required, as well as a comprehensive understanding of internal controls and the COSO Framework

• Experience in leading and working in a matrixed organization

• Ability to proactively engage internal and external stakeholders to identify risk and opportunities and develop value-added solutions

• Collaborative approach and excellent communication skills are critical

• Excellent analytical, presentation, and problem-solving skills