Manager of Business Controls

Medline Industries, LP•Northfield, IL

6d•$101,000 - $152,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role will serve as the Supply Chain Solutions business point person for Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) controls and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) coordination, readiness, execution and remediation support. This role resides within the business as part of the first line and is responsible for driving business specific SOX design and remediation projects. Including supporting the business in determining or improving control designs, establishing and meeting timelines to implement, coordinating deliverables, maintaining visibility into key milestones, and helping remove roadblocks that may impact SOX readiness. This role will partner closely with business process owners, IT, Corporate Internal Controls, Internal Audit, and external auditors to support walkthroughs, testing requests, remediation tracking, evidence readiness, issue escalation, and leadership reporting. This role does not replace control ownership or independent audit responsibilities; rather, it helps drive accountability, communication, and execution discipline across the SOX and ICFR lifecycle for the division.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field.
At least 4 years of experience in internal controls, SOX compliance, audit support, compliance, finance operations or related business transformation activities in a US publicly traded company.
Experience in project management, program coordination including coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, managing project timelines, tracking action items, and supporting audit or compliance-related deliverables.
Experience managing complex projects, internal controls initiatives, audit readiness efforts, remediation activities, or cross-functional compliance programs in a large organization.
Possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to multi-task and prioritize.
Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications.
Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes domestically and internationally.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Accountancy or Master’s degree in Business Administration.
CPA, CIA, CISA. PMP, Six Sigma
At least 2 years of experience managing people.
At least 5 years of experience in internal controls, SOX compliance, audit support, compliance, finance operations or related business transformation activities in a US publicly traded company.

Responsibilities

Manage Supply Chain Solutions SOX workstreams, project plans, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across business processes in partnership with business process owners, IT, Corporate Internal Controls, Internal Audit, and external auditors.
Partner with business process owners to understand operational processes, control design attributes, control remediation needs and overall support of SOX readiness. Coordinate with Corporate Internal Controls on control design considerations, evidence expectations, and remediation needs.
Develop and support ongoing business self-governance by helping process and control owners understand SOX expectations, monitor control readiness, maintain quality evidence, proactively address gaps, and drive accountability for timely remediation and ongoing control ownership.
Serve as a central coordination point between business process owners, control owners, IT, Corporate Internal Controls, Internal Audit, and external auditors to support SOX readiness, walkthroughs, audit requests, testing support, remediation activities, and issue resolution.
Track and report the status of audit findings, control deficiencies, remediation plans , evidence readiness, and open action items to promote transparency, timely escalation, and accountability.
Identify and escalate control related -risks, process gaps and project execution concerns; provide practical recommendations in coordination with Corporate Internal Controls and relevant stakeholders.
Drive project governance routines, including status reporting, meeting facilitation, action item follow-up, stakeholder communications, and documentation of key decision, with ongoing communication to senior leadership, delivering clear and concise updates.
Coordinate project resources, competing priorities, and workload expectations across workstreams; escalate capacity or staffing constraints as needed.
Collaborate with business and process improvement teams on automation and technology needs to help strengthen control design considersations within evolving digital workflows, relevant IT systems implementations or upgrades, and business process changes.
Coordinate cross-functional contributors and influence execution without direct ownership of independent audit testing or control effectiveness conclusions. If applicable, provide day-to-day direction to project resources supporting SOX readiness activities.
Help ensure SOX timelines, audit support deadlines, remediation milestones, and project deliverables are met; escalate roadblocks when progress cannot be made timely.
Assign projects utilizing resource planning tools and ensure the team’s workload is within their capacity. Escalate staffing challenges as required.
May oversee day-to-day operations of a group of employees.
Hiring, staffing, performance reviews, recommending pay increases, training and development of team members, ensure consistent application of organizational standards and policies.