Internal Auditor

The Pictsweet Company • Bells, TN

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Internal Auditor joins The Pictsweet Company’s corporate accounting team at its headquarters in Bells, Tennessee. The role evaluates financial and operational processes to identify risks, ensure compliance, and strengthen internal controls across the organization. It reports directly to the VP Finance.

The Internal Auditor conducts audits, develops risk assessments and audit plans, and works with management to recommend practical improvements to accounting procedures, operational efficiency, and information flow. The position prepares detailed audit reports, communicates findings to leadership, and supports internal and external audit activities to promote accuracy, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Prior experience in public accounting, financial reporting, or other accounting is required.
• 1–2 years of public accounting or other applicable accounting experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to organize large amounts of data using data-mining programs such as Access and ACL.
• Ability to travel 10–15%.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Oral and written communication, interpersonal awareness and common sense, diagnostic information gathering, initiative and ability to work independently, thoroughness, and critical thinking.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

Responsibilities

• Prepare an annual risk assessment to identify and rank audit priorities based on risk and materiality, and incorporate identified areas into an annual audit register.
• Work with management to prepare a tentative schedule for audits of Company operations and centralized corporate functions at appropriate intervals.
• Perform or assist with other company audits, including external audits, sales tax audits, bank audits, and physical inventory audits.
• Assess areas of risk and propose practical solutions to complex accounting issues; recommend process, information-flow, and efficiency improvements to Operations and Accounting.
• Prepare audit programs and initial audit communications or management meetings, then hold closing meetings to discuss findings and management feedback and responses.
• Prepare a comprehensive final report for each audit, including improvement opportunities, internal control weaknesses, practical solutions, and management responses or corrective actions.
• Audit Company operations and centralized corporate functions.
• Review procedures and supporting documents for adequacy, including whether transactions are sufficiently documented and approved.
• Use Access and ACL audit analytics software to analyze large volumes of data for audit projects.
• Comply with the Institute for Internal Auditors’ Standards and Code of Ethics.
• Perform other projects, roles, and reviews as directed by management.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, and FSA benefits begin on the first day of employment.
• Company-paid group life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Vacation days, sick leave, and ten paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level