Senior Internal Auditor

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

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Fortune Brands is looking for a Senior Auditor to join our Internal Audit team! The Senior Auditor assists with project planning, scoping, and workpaper review activities, and participates in financial, operational, and IT audits as assigned. The Senior Auditor independently formulates and completes audit procedures to assess risks and processes, test controls, and construct a logical business rationale for a wide range of potential solutions to solve problems (people, process, or technology). Reports to: Manager or Senior Manager, Internal Audit

Position location: Deerfield, IL - Hybrid (Flexibility to work from home Mondays and Fridays)

Responsibilities

Supports planning and scoping for assigned audits, develops or tailors audit programs/test steps from departmental templates, incorporating process walkthroughs and risk/control mapping; Executes fieldwork: performs and documents control and substantive testing, analyzes evidence, maintains workpapers that meet professional and departmental standards; Executes defined data analytics scripts/queries, partners with analytics resources to refine tests; Independently conducts or participates in discussions of findings with stakeholders; Identifies issues and root causes, assesses significance/likelihood, drafts clear findings and practical recommendations, participates in report drafting and close meetings; Supports the Manager/Senior Manager in reviewing the work of staff auditors and providing on‑the‑job feedback and quality checks; Supports Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 (SOX) / Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) activities (walkthroughs, control testing, deficiency evaluation) and coordinates with external auditors on requests for assigned areas; Contributes to process‑level risk assessments by surfacing emerging risks and data insights from completed audits; Demonstrates conformance to the IIA Standards in daily work (workpaper quality, objectivity, due professional care) and participates in internal QAIP activities as requested; Responsible for special projects as assigned; Identifies ways to improve work processes and communicates ideas to department leadership; Coordinates day‑to‑day tasks and timelines; Ability to travel up to 25%, primarily within North America, with some international travel as required

Requirements

Communication: Produces clear, concise workpapers and draft reports that tie issues to risk and evidence with minimal rework, proactively communicates status, blockers, and dependencies and escalates per protocol; Inclusion & Teaming: Builds a collaborative, inclusive environment—invites and provides constructive feedback, adapts style to the audience, mentors staff during fieldwork and reviews; Problem Solving & Decision Making : Distinguishes symptoms from root causes, applies data analytics to expand coverage and corroborate findings, knows when to seek input or escalate; Results Orientation : Manages multiple workstreams to hit milestones, drives agreement on actions, owners, and dates, delivers on-time close meetings and reports; Professionalism & Method Discipline : Applies professional internal audit standards and control frameworks in evaluating control design/effectiveness, contributes effectively to SOX/ICFR testing where applicable; Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, IT, data science, or related field; 5+ years of combined internal/external audit, prior Big 4/large-firm experience a plus; CIA, CISA, or CPA certification required, additional relevant certifications a plus (CFE, CRISC, CIPP/x, etc.); Working knowledge of the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards (2024) and COSO Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013), strong understanding of SOX/ICFR concepts for process‑level controls; Hands‑on experience with SOX/ICFR testing and working knowledge of deficiency assessment in a public‑company environment, comfortable coordinating requests with external auditors; Proficiency with audit management software, familiar with data analytics/visualization tools (e.g., SQL/Python/ACL/IDEA, Power BI/Tableau); Ability to travel up to 25%, primarily within North America, with some international travel as required

Nice to have

Prior internal audit experience in a public company setting; Experience with major ERPs (SAP, Oracle) and shared services environments; Experience building reusable analytics; Proficiency using AI / automation tools with appropriate data-handling and confidentiality practices; Fluency in Mandarin Chinese or Spanish language a plus