IT Internal Audit Manager

Job Summary

The IT Internal Audit Manager will be responsible for leading Verano’s IT internal audit function, defining and implementing an annual IT audit plan and structured board reporting, and helping to make Verano an error free and compliant organization. This is a highly visible, cross-functional role that will be an integral part of developing IT internal audit controls over multi-departmental operations, financial reporting, and systems technologies, including periodic top-down scoping, risk assessment, and building out audit matrices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Full ownership of the overall management of IT SOX scoping including the evaluation of IT general controls (ITGCs) to determine control effectiveness, gap identification, and remediation plans (e.g. IT flowcharts and risk control matrices).

• Participate in the execution of the annual enterprise risk assessment, annual fraud risk assessment, internal controls assessment, and other regulatory, operational, and compliance initiatives that support a strong internal control environment.

• Design and document IT application controls (ITACs) as new systems are implemented across Verano.

• Lead and execute IT audits by leveraging audit and IT frameworks (e.g. COSO, COBIT, ITIL).

• Thoroughly document audit findings including thoughtful and reasonable recommendations to improve business processes and enhance the overall control environment.

• Effectively present audit findings to management in written form and verbally. 

• Lead and support governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) projects to assess risks and controls associated with key strategic initiatives and business functions including the monitoring of segregation of duties and quarterly user access reviews.

• Work on special projects to identify strategic solutions to issues facing a fast-growing company including pre-implementation and post-implementation reviews to ensure adequate IT controls are in-place (e.g. SAP change management).

• Train the business on IT control-related areas including IPE requirements, effective user access reviews, and cybersecurity.

• Provide thought leadership to internal stakeholders on IT internal control best practices.

• Assist the IT department with drafting IT policies and procedures.

• Lead and oversee coordination efforts with Internal Audit partners and external auditors.

• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or Computer Science.
• 7+ years of tangible, relevant work experience in an IT internal audit environment.
• SAP experience (e.g. technical skills in security administration, configuration controls, report baselining, and interface reviews).
• Technical knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and COSO.
• Design and execution of IT controls (e.g. ITGCs, ITACs, and SDLC).
• Knowledge of emerging trends in IT and impact to risks and controls.
• Microsoft Office suite experience (e.g. Microsoft Word and Excel).
• Interpersonal communication skills capable of interacting with staff, peers, and senior leadership including the CEO and CFO.
• Excellent problem-solving, time management, written, and verbal communication skills .
• Project management and supervisory experience.
• Highly organized, detail oriented, and demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Comfortable with a fast-paced, environment and flexible to daily changes.
• Ability to travel (10 – 20%)

This is a hybrid role requiring ~3 days a week onsite, based out of Verano HQ (224 W. Hill St, Chicago IL 60610). Verano requires applicants to have permanent United States work authorization (U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident).

Preferred Qualifications

• CISA or CPA designation.
• Cannabis industry experience.
• Public accounting and/or Fortune 500 public company experience.
• Financial/accounting software experience (e.g. SAP and FastPath).
• Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software experience (e.g. AuditBoard) .
• Data analytics experience (e.g. ACL, Tableau, PowerBI).

About Verano

Verano Holdings Corp. (Cboe CA: VRNO) (OTCQX: VRNOF), one of the U.S. cannabis industry’s leading companies based on historical revenue, geographic scope and brand performance, is a vertically integrated, multi-state operator embracing a mission of saying Yes to plant progress and the bold exploration of cannabis. Verano provides a superior cannabis shopping experience in medical and adult use markets under the Zen Leaf™ and MÜV™ dispensary banners, including Cabbage Club™, an innovative annual membership program offering exclusive benefits for cannabis consumers. Verano produces a comprehensive suite of high-quality, regulated cannabis products sold under its diverse portfolio of trusted consumer brands including Verano™, (the) Essence™, MÜV™, Savvy™, BITS™, Encore™, and Avexia™. Verano’s active operations span 14 U.S. states, comprised of 15 production facilities with over 1.1 million square feet of cultivation capacity. Learn more at www.verano.com.