Company OverviewNashville, Tenn.-based Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest tire and rubber company. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand tires to address the needs of a broad range of customers, including consumers, automotive and commercial vehicle original equipment manufacturers, and those in the agricultural, forestry and mining industries. The companies are also engaged in retreading operations throughout the Western Hemisphere and produce air springs, roofing materials, and industrial fibers and textiles. The Bridgestone Americas family of companies also operates the world's largest chain of automotive tire and service centers.Guided by its global corporate social responsibility (CSR), commitment 'Our Way to Serve,' Bridgestone embraces its responsibility as a global leader by striving to improve the way people move, live, work and play.Job Category FinancePosition Summary We’re currently looking for an IT Internal Controls Lead to work collaboratively with IT, Finance, and various Audit entities to evaluate risk and related internal controls.This position will oversee and serve as the primary contact and resource for teammates within various Divisions and Corporate functions who are responsible for IT control related activities and will provide ongoing support and guidance. This role will be responsible for supporting the IT JSOX Controls remotely.**Open to FULLY REMOTE (any state/time zones) or HYBRID schedule @ Bridgestone HQ in Nashville, TN**ResponsibilitiesSupport the JSOX IT general control (ITGC) framework and related activities.Confirm that ITGC’s and JSOX control frameworks are organized, maintained, and measured across the Corporate IT environment.Provide insight regarding financial risk, Application and IT Controls, and their relationship with IT systems.Interact with and support Financial/IT Audit engagements.Interface with IT stakeholders and service providers to validate that adequate short-term mitigations and long-term sustainable remediations for open findings are in place for any control deficiencies.Experience in access role architecture design or in providing advisory/auditing services over ERP access roles.Understanding of business process risk and related controls.Experience in mitigating risks associated with Segregation of Duties issues both systematically through role and access changes as well as manually to address that systemic access was not exploited.Prepare reports/presentations on the status of the compliance process for stakeholders including, but not limited to process owners, senior management, executive management, and Audit Committee.Minimum QualificationsBachelor and / or master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Information Technology or Information SecurityCPA is preferred.4+ years of experience working with or auditing IT General Controls in a SOX or JSOX compliant entity.Experience working with large-scale ERP systems such as SAP or OracleGRC Access Control is preferred but not required.Big 4 public accounting experience with Fortune 500 clients is preferred.Relevant industry certifications (e.g. CISA, CRISC, ITIL, etc) is preferredBridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.Employment EligibilityIf hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.
