Senior Director, SOX Governance at DEL Monte in Coral Gables, FL

Job description

Benefits We Offer Include: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance 401(k) with company match Employer‑paid life & disability insurance Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Paid Time Off (PTO) 7 Company Paid Holidays 24/7 Telemedicine & Employee Assistance Program Optional voluntary benefits (legal, accident, identity protection) Eligibility on the first of the month following your hire date Purpose of Position: Our Plover production plant in Wisconsin is hiring seasonal employees to conduct Reconditioning duties. The position is responsible for inspecting, documenting, sorting, and reconditioning held products to ensure only safe, high-quality products are released for shipment. This role supports quality assurance, food safety, and production operations by reviewing pallet paperwork, evaluating cans for defects, maintaining accurate records, and following all instructions related to hold product, rejections, x-ray checks, fill height checks, and swells. The position works closely with QA, stock control, production, warehouse, and crew leaders to verify held products, remove defective cans, document exceptions, and ensure all paperwork is completed accurately and timely. This role requires strong attention to detail, the ability to follow procedures, and comfort working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Accountabilities: Define and implement the global strategic direction of the Global Internal Controls and SOX Governance function aiming to the continuous improvement and streamlining FDM Internal Controls Matrix in place to mitigate the main risks of the company; Be an ambassador of company’s global policies and procedures, supporting management to maintain a complete, accurate and updated set of company’s policies established to govern company’s operations and ways of working Participate as advisor on company’s major transformational projects in order to provide advice on internal controls required to mitigate the main associated risks Conduct risk assessments of key accounts and processes and determine the annual Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting scoping to ensure compliance with SOX requirements, including coordinating with internal and external auditors. Serve as a technical resource on all SOX matters, including development, refinement, and documentation of internal controls. Monitor evolving business environment for changes that may impact the company’s internal controls. Lead control owners and SOX leads to ensure that SOX documentation is maintained / updated for all relevant processes. Support the Information Technology team in the annual SOC report review of relevant service organization applications. Conclude on severity of deficiencies for management’s annual assessment of internal controls. Partner with business process owners (including Finance, IT and Business) to consult in the development, implementation and improvement of controls and processes including the design, update and streamlining of key controls in the different process areas and cycles of the company. Develop and monitor key SOX metrics and timelines. Support the Company's commitment to proactively identify issues and to streamline and drive smart meaningful and practical process improvements. Assist in the training of business process owners and related functions with respect to internal controls and SOX compliance. Drive and monitor the adoption of the Optro (previously AuditBoard) SOX tool. Ensure appropriateness of internal control documentation for financial processes, including planning documents, narratives, and process maps. Provide reliable and insightful recommendations for implementing internal controls within a business process in an efficient and effective manner. Proactively advise management on key risk areas and drive remediation plans balancing risk mitigation with pragmatic processes. Follow and meet reporting deadlines set by the VP, Global Controller in alignment with VP, Internal Aud