Sr Manager, IT Compliance

Atlanta, GA, United States

Job Description

About Us

Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.

What You'll Do:

Oversee and support the Finance led SOX compliance functions. Build and manage IT General Controls (ITGC) to maintain compliance. Supervision of the security awareness and training program for the global organization.

Management of the Information Compliance function, ranging from planning, implementation, and budgeting. Manage compliance team.

Evaluate technology systems, platforms, and operational processes against leading practices, frameworks, and risk considerations for the compliance team.

Process workflow documentation, including identification of key risks and corresponding business and technology controls.

Planning and conducting third-party vendor assessments.

Works with management to identify and prioritize Compliance needs and to develop project plans, target dates and budgets for approved projects.

Guides and manages staff; provides project management direction and scheduling to meet established project goals.

Conducts special projects as requested by senior management, monitors projects for adherence to Compliance and quality standards and management objectives; keeps management informed as to status of project progress and results.

Leads the preparation and authorizes the implementation of necessary Compliance policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.

Provides timely reporting to management regarding the effectiveness, makes recommendations for the adoption of new procedures. Maintains metrics and tracks performance against established targets.

Initiates, facilitates, and promotes activities to create information security awareness within the organization.

Oversight of phishing and awareness training, results, and compliance for both.

Lead metrics consolidation and reporting for the IT functions ensuring security objectives are being met.

Support Finance leading SOX compliance by building IT General Controls (ITGC).

Partner with IT, Finance and Internal to ensure proper controls are built in the IT organization to support SOX and other compliance requirements.

Other duties as requested

What Experience and Education You Need:

7 + years total experience in the information technology field and enterprise-wide Compliance role.

Sarbanes Oxley familiarity.

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), preferred.

Familiarity with or understanding of information security risk management frameworks such as ISO 27001, COBIT, NIST, NIST 800-53, etc.

Project and program management skills.

A bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Information Systems, or Management Information Systems is preferred.

Experience working in a geographically distributed business; international IT experience preferred.

Knowledge of information technology computer systems and software and the ability to manage information technology operations.

Proficient computer skills including experience in MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

What Could Set You Apart:

Ability to communicate professionally, both written and verbal, with individuals at all levels of the organization and with external contacts.

Knowledge of contracting, negotiating, and change management.

Excellent time management, communications, decision-making, organization, human relations, presentation, negotiation, and mediation skills.

Proven ability to successfully establish relationships.

Minimal travel.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions

Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending

Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work

Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks

May require travel by automobile and airplane for business

May require visits to warehouse operations in temperatures at or below freezing

May require carrying loads related to travel and the occasional lifting, carrying, positioning, and/or moving of objects weighing up to 20 pounds

Requires the use of various electronic tools

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What We Offer

Our associates know the answer to the question What's in it for me? We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.

EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.

About Us

Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.

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