Senior Internal Auditor

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Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 12 production and packaging facilities with more than 1,800 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products.

Summary

The Senior Internal audit position provides support in conducting SOX, financial, operational, and compliance audits to assess risks and improve internal controls. This position will also engage in collaborating with management to develop and implement internal controls and recommendations for corrective actions. Additional responsibilities include developing audit plans, performing fieldwork, creating detailed workpapers, narratives and process flowcharts, as well as communicating findings and solutions to stakeholders.

Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to the following:

(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)

- Audit Execution: Lead and perform SOX, financial, operational, and compliance audits from start to finish.

- Risk Assessment: Collaborate with IA management in Identifying business risks and evaluating the design and effectiveness of internal controls.

- Compliance & SOX: Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and company policies, including walking through and testing Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls.

- Reporting and Documentation: Prepare accurate, logical, and detailed workpapers, narratives, flowcharts, reports, and findings to clearly communicate audit results and conclusions.

- Recommendations: Develop meaningful, actionable recommendations for management to address identified risks and inefficiencies.

- Follow-Up: Work with management to ensure that agreed-upon corrective actions are implemented and to track their remediation.

- Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

- Graduation from an accredited university or college with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business or Public Administration, Economics or a related field which may include elementary, intermediate and advanced accounting, auditing, cost accounting, business law and other business-related courses.

- 3 years of relevant work experience in business operational internal audit, financial audit, technology systems audits, information security and privacy audits, or top-tier consulting organizations ("Big 4").

- CIA or willingness to pursue certification; or One professional certification (e.g., CPA, CFA, CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CGEIT, CAMS, CFCS).

- Knowledge of theory, principle and practice of auditing, including the methods and procedures used to examine, verify and analyze operational records, statements and reports.

- Knowledge of Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Institute of Internal Auditors)

- Strong communication skills both oral and written

- Travel 25% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

- Data analytics experience (e.g., SQL, SAS, CAATs, IDEA, ACL, Monarch, Tableau, Spotfire).

- Artificial Intelligence experience

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at dol.gov. Sept 2025

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