Internal Auditor

The Pictsweet Company • Bells, TN

18d • Onsite

About The Position

The Internal Auditor joins The Pictsweet Company’s corporate accounting team at its headquarters in Bells, Tennessee. Reporting directly to the VP Finance, this role evaluates financial and operational processes to identify risks, ensure compliance, and strengthen internal controls across the organization. The auditor conducts audits, develops risk assessments and audit plans, and partners with management to recommend practical improvements to accounting procedures, operational efficiency, and information flow. The position also 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.
• Strong interpersonal awareness and common sense.
• Diagnostic information-gathering ability.
• Initiative and ability to work independently.
• Thoroughness and critical-thinking ability.

Nice To Haves

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

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 audit schedule covering Company operations and centralized corporate functions at appropriate intervals.
• Perform and assist with 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 ways for Operations and Accounting to improve processes, information flow, and efficiency.
• Prepare audit programs and conduct initial management communications before audits; 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 adequately documented and approved.
• Use audit analytics software, including Access and ACL, to analyze large amounts of data for audit projects.
• Comply with the Institute for Internal Auditors’ Standards and Code of Ethics.
• Complete other projects, roles, and reviews as directed by management.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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