Manager I, Audit

Manager I, Audit

Responsible for monitoring and assessing risks and internal controls across Ricoh North America (RNA) and domestic subsidiaries in support of the company's business objectives. Assessments are performed using an integrated business and internal control framework to provide assurance over the following areas:

• Compliance with SOX (Section 404) requirements, SEC listing rules, and other applicable U.S. legal and regulatory requirements
• The effectiveness and efficiency of domestic operations
• The reliability and integrity of financial reporting in accordance with U.S. GAAP
• The safeguarding of company assets.

Determines compliance with selected corporate policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. Prepares and communicates clear audit results and written recommendations to senior and executive management to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of internal control environments and business processes.

Works closely with all levels of management and employees across RNA, as well as external auditors and other assurance providers. Provides guidance, and oversight to assigned internal audit staff, ensuring consistent application of audit standards, methodology, and quality expectations.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads global internal audits to assess the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes?Oxley Act, utilizing the COSO framework.
• Leads and executes financial, operational, and integrated audits globally using a risk?based methodology, including all phases of the audit lifecycle: planning, process documentation, audit programs, fieldwork, issue evaluation, report writing, and presentation of results to audit and senior management.
• Ensures audits are performed in accordance with global internal audit standards, methodology, and quality expectations.
• Partners with management to mitigate risks; develops practical remediation recommendations for control deficiencies; and reinforces effective controls already in place across the organization.
• Assists in the ongoing assessment and monitoring of enterprise risks and controls across assigned Ricoh business lines, regions, and functions.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with key stakeholders and senior management, serving as a trusted advisor on risk and control matters.
• Advises management on complex or emerging risk and control issues and promotes effective sharing of best practices and lessons learned across the organization.
• Supports and promotes risk and control awareness, including self?assessment initiatives, throughout the corporation.
• Leads audit projects and project teams to deliver high?quality results, including setting clear expectations, reviewing team work, coaching team members, and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Maintains ongoing, open, and constructive communication with management throughout audit engagements to ensure alignment, transparency, and timely resolution of issues.
• Prepares clear, concise, and professional audit reports; ensures management is aligned on issues, risks, and recommendations prior to report finalization and distribution.
• Provides guidance, coaching, and technical oversight to assigned auditors across regions, ensuring consistent application of global audit methodology and a strong understanding of Ricoh's business and operating environment.
• Performs strategic and tactical planning activities and serves as a primary liaison between Internal Audit and business management for assigned engagements.
• Facilitates and negotiates issue resolution, exercising sound professional judgment, adaptability, and escalation where appropriate.
• Continuously seeks to maximize the value Internal Audit provides to management at all levels of the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications (Education, Experience, and Certifications)

• Bachelor's degree required in Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Business Analytics, Finance, or a closely related field.
• Advanced degree and/or professional certification preferred (e.g., MBA, CPA, CIA, CFE, CCSA).
• Fluency in a foreign language required; Spanish and/or Portuguese strongly preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive auditing experience, including financial, operational, and integrated audits.
• Minimum of two (2) years of people management or team leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience working in a team?based, collaborative environment, including cross?functional and global teams.
• Significant experience and in?depth knowledge of U.S. GAAP, and solid understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and J?SOX requirements.
• At least three (3) years prior experience within a Big 4 public accounting firm and/or Fortune 500 internal audit function preferred.
• Leads and advances the use of data analytics across Internal Audit to support enterprise risk assessment, audit planning, continuous auditing, and insight generation at the executive level.
• Oversees and promotes the effective use of data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI) to communicate risk trends, control issues, and audit results clearly and concisely to senior management and executive stakeholders.
• Guides audit teams in leveraging advanced analytics and visualization techniques to enhance audit coverage, efficiency, and value delivery across global engagements.
• Uses data analytics to support risk assessment and audit planning (e.g., identifying trends, anomalies, and outliers) and to strengthen audit scoping and testing approaches.
• Develops and leverages Power BI dashboards / data visualizations to clearly communicate audit insights, control themes, and risk trends to audit leadership and business stakeholders.
• Applies analytics to improve audit efficiency and coverage (e.g., population testing, targeted sampling, and continuous monitoring where applicable).
• Supports and coaches audit team members on analytics and visualization techniques, helping standardize repeatable analyses and improve consistency across engagements.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 40% domestically and internationally, including occasional weekend travel.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Able to handle multiple tasks under pressure
• Proficiency in project management, process improvement, re-engineering and facilitation
• Working knowledge of control processes/systems in the industry is desired
• Ability to make effective group presentations
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Analytical, with good problem-solving skills
• Strong customer focus
• Good communications skills
• Mentor and train less senior staff

Working Conditions, Mental and Physical Demands

• Travel required ~ 40% (both domestically and internationally)
• Typically works in an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation, and a normal range of temperature and noise level.
• Work assignments are diversified. Examples of past precedent are used to resolve work problems. New alternatives may be developed to resolve problems.
• A frequent volume of work and deadlines impose strain on routine basis.
• Minimal physical effort is required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting or carrying objects that typically weigh less than 10 lbs. (e.g., papers, books, files and small parts, etc.).
• Job results are dependent upon proficient application of one or more dexterity skills.

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