Sr. Financial Controls Associate

Job Summary

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

How Will You Make An Impact The Senior Financial Controls Associate will assist with designing, managing, and monitoring Jabil's internal control structure to ensure the Company's entity wide compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404 internal control requirements (SOX).

Location

This role will be based on-site at our St. Petersburg, FL Corporate Headquarters with the ability to travel approx. 30-50% annually throughout North America and EMEA (depending on business needs and obligations). This is not a formal hybrid or remote position.

Responsibilities

• Create and document key internal controls relative to new and current processes.
• Assist in the development and continuous analysis of identified key internal control to ensure SOX documentation remains effective.
• Perform process reviews to evaluate internal controls, information systems, and current business practices to ensure they are operating in accordance with SOX compliance/documentation requirements and established corporate policies.
• Assist in ensuring all sites have adopted and are effectively executing Jabil's internal control baseline.
• Identify SOX impact of changes in the control environment due to changes in accounting regulations, internal control policies, system enhancements or implementations, and/or company reorganizations and make determinations for changes to existing controls or adding new controls when necessary.
• Provide fundamental guidance and standards for ensuring that the actions taken by internal control process owners are adequate to support quarterly and year-end management assertions in their assessment of an effective internal control environment.
• Provide assistance in developing key internal controls for new acquisitions, both internationally and domestically.
• Research the risk and impact of control findings and recommend remediation plans to management.
• Provide guidance on standardization of company processes to business units, corporate areas, and recently acquired companies.
• Support the implementation and application of integrated control systems.
• Remain current on relevant internal control and risk assessment guidance.
• Develop SOX training materials for process owners.
• Support ownership and monitoring of non-key controls, including testing control design and operation.
• Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education

• Bachelors degree required (Accounting or Finance preferred)
• CPA preferred

Experience

• At least 5+ years of work-related experience required in accounting and/or internal control related roles
• Some big-4 exposure/experience
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management within a multi-cultural, multi-functional environment.
• Knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and U.S. Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) is required.
• Knowledge of the COSO framework and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, specifically as they relate to internal control structure.
• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), country-specific GAAP or other multi-country accounting experience is preferred, but not required.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills to evaluate information received and identify critical trends in the information being reviewed.
• Proficiency in use of personal computers, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and e-mail skills required.

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