Internal Control Manager - Houston, TX

At Tenaris, you will join a global network of professionals working together toward a common goal: shape the future of energy through advanced tubular products and services.

If you want to become part of a diverse team that values results, analytical approach to problem solving and teamwork, Tenaris is the place for you.

LOCATION: Houston, TX

DEPARTMENT: Internal Control

Entity/Department: Maverick Tube Corporation

Location: Houston, TX. May work from home on a hybrid schedule certain days of the week within Houston and surrounding areas.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITES:

• Design & implement internal business controls environment, including documenting processes, identifying risk areas and control gaps.
• Assist process owners in identifying & resolving internal control issues.
• Document & report results of internal controls testing to senior management, communicating control gaps & weaknesses to process owners & other business leaders.
• Work closely with IT management to evaluate & monitor compliance of key financial systems from a business process/controls framework perspective and establish & maintain proper change management practices.
• Collaborate with external audit team, operational management & business owners to coordinate audits & drive resolution of identified issues.
• Raise awareness/maintain knowledge of our Policies, Procedures & Authorization Manuals.
• Coordinate/execute SOX testing (control reviews) on key controls.
• Collaborate with IT to ensure automatic controls are designed to comply with SOX 404 & company-wide requirements.
• Support strong risk & control environment by playing an advisory role.
• Facilitate implementation of corporate risk management policies & standards with business partners to ensure compliance on an ongoing basis.
• Manage all compliance & business audits (external and internal).
• Coordinate external audits including agreement of timelines, coordination/collation of deliverables requested across relevant sites & escalation if necessary.
• Assist in design of effective & robust remediation plans to respond to audits, compliance reviews, operational risk incidents & challenge plans to ensure control gaps are effectively & timely closed.
• Keep abreast of risk assessment best practices and proactively identify & communicate how those practices may be applied.
• Perform other support activities (i.e. ad hoc analyses &/or reporting) as required by Senior Manager or Compliance Director.
• Execute quarterly revenue recognition reviews to ensure sales are properly recognized.
• Monitor compliance for Books & Records Assurance Procedure.
• Work as part of Compliance team to ensure operational risks are well defined, managed proactively & issues are dealt with timely.
• Conduct planned & ad-hoc risk & internal control assessments of all key processes.
• Manage & lead internal projects.
• Facilitate internal controls framework development, ensuring coordination of stakeholders’ participation, feedback, & buy in along with ongoing maintenance & validation of framework compliance.
• Conduct spot revisions to validate & refine internal controls framework.
• Design & deliver internal controls trainings & awareness campaigns for all appropriate roles & responsibilities.
• Assist management in assessing & verifying effectiveness of key controls in key processes.
• Keep updated the methodology to comply with internal control over financial reporting regulations

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Business, Engineering or Information Technology
• Five (5) years’ experience in a large complex multinational organization performing each of the following: development & deployment of a central Corporate Internal Controls Group including design & staffing considerations for ongoing program development, monitoring & reporting, and Center of Excellence; auditing & accounting practices including GAAP & IFRS Accounting Standards; fraud & special investigations; control review & audit techniques; SOX compliance; designing & maintaining escalation process to ensure proper support for stakeholders; current-state gap assessment against internal controls framework; supporting design of internal controls deployment strategies including development of risk-based framework adoption plan; ADFI, corporate, industrial processes & information systems.

Special Requirement: Up to 10% domestic and international travel required to Tenaris sites.

Please email resume to: USArecruiting@tenaris.com. Must put job code 128296 on resume.

Tenaris is an equal opportunity employer, valuing diversity in employment.