Staff Internal Auditor

J.Jill is a national lifestyle brand that provides apparel, footwear and accessories designed to help its customers move through a full life with ease. The brand represents an easy, thoughtful, and inspired style that celebrates the totality of all women and designs its products with its core brand ethos in mind: keep it simple and make it matter. J. Jill offers a high touch customer experience through over 200 stores nationwide and a robust ecommerce platform. J.Jill is headquartered outside Boston.

As an Internal Auditor, you will have the opportunity to lead audit engagements for a national publicly traded company across a variety of areas including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), financial, compliance, and technology. Your main responsibilities will be identifying and assessing risks, coordinating internal control testing over key financial statement processes, and concluding on the results of testing. This is a hybrid role based in Tilton, NH.

• Partners with business colleagues to test internal controls across SOX relevant areas and coordinates with external auditors as needed.
• Performs audits to evaluate conformance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and company policy.
• Supports inventory observation procedures nationally across retail and distribution locations.
• Assists in other departmental objectives such as privacy requests and cyber security third party reviews.
• Responds to fulfilling other responsibilities as they arise.
• Travels potentially 1% to 5% annually.

Benefits, Tailored for You:

• Competitive amount of paid time off and flexible hybrid work arrangements.
• 401(k) plan with company match, full benefits plan and options, and associate resource groups.
• Associate store discount and more perks (discounts on travel, consumer products, movie tickets, etc.).
• Facility includes amenities such as a cafeteria and fitness center.

• BA/BS in Accounting or equivalent experience.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office suite skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Effective verbal and written communications, including active listening and presentation skills.
• Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with key business contacts, consultants, and external contacts.
• Knowledge of GAAP and SOX requirements.
• 2 years experience as an internal or external auditor or experience in the retail industry is a plus.
• CPA, CIA, or comparable certifications are a plus.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this position.

At J.Jill, we believe our associates should be seen, valued, and celebrated. We support the advancement of our associates by harnessing their unique contributions to grow and improve, and our success is guided by a culture that values keeping it simple and making it matter. J.Jill is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an inclusive and professional workplace free from discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at J.Jill are based solely upon business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive health decisions, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other legally protected status.  J.Jill provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals, in accordance with applicable laws.  If you need to inquire about an accommodation to assist with completing the application process, please email Talent.Acquisition@jjill.com