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CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS Oversee the execution to the annual Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance program / Manage the execution of annual financial statement audit by partnering with external auditors Partner with external auditors to effectively design and assess controls as needed. Oversee and general review of documentation specific to key financial business processes Oversee the completion and general review of direct assistance work (substantive testing and business process walkthroughs), including coordination of deadlines with external auditors and business personnel Assist audit team when working with external auditors and management to resolve identified issues, including seeing through concluded action plan Stay up to date on current guidance and methodologies Implement best practices to streamline approach to reduce costs and improve efficiencies Assist with audit initiatives surrounding system implementations / conversions throughout the region Oversee the planning and execution of domestic audits of Sherwin-Williams Plants, Distribution Centers and Enterprise-wide business processes, including changes to key business processes through Enterprise-wide transformation initiatives (i.e., system implementations/conversions, other process changes) Provide guidance to the team when completing site risk assessment and audit program for executed audits. Continue to drive efficiencies by providing input to audit team preparing audit procedures Identify opportunities to act as a consultant to the audit client, while strengthening the overall control environment, and working to provide value-add / cost-saving findings Assist the team in creating audit programs for ad-hoc operational projects and communicate assessment of risk to the Audit Senior Manager and/or Audit Director as part of audit planning process to ensure approach is thoughtful and risk based. Own takeaways from planning discussions to ensure changes to approach are included within execution of audit procedures Manage the execution of ad-hoc operational projects completed by the team and own follow up of review questions identified throughout the audit fieldwork Assist team on concluding on financial impact of identified observations and confirm any corrections recorded by Management. Manage any follow up necessary to finalize the audit report and related action plans identified by Management. Ensure timely completion of audit report for Senior Manager and Director review. Manage the planning, execution of fieldwork, and coordination of final report for assigned audits. Effectively demonstrate an understanding of business processes, evaluation of observations identified, and communicate accordingly to the Senior Manager and Director for assigned audits Participate in pre-close and closing conference meetings for assigned audits to discuss observations identified, and manage team to ensure audit remediation is obtained Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex accounting and auditing concepts and apply them to SW audits Stay up to date on emerging risks to the organization, such as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), and proactively work with Management to understand existing processes and consult on opportunities to enhance the control environment Partner with the IT Audit team and obtain an understanding around key components of Enterprise-wide transformation initiatives (i.e., System implementations/conversions) including taking ownership of the relationship with business partners for key business process changes and controls in the new environment. With IT Audit support, understand data conversion activities occurring as part of these initiatives. Audit Analysis Support: Support the audit analysis function by identifying new opportunities to leverage data to streamline the audit process and review risks more holistically across the organ