Business Control & Compliance Analyst (North East or East Region)

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The primary responsibility for this position is to ensure that Airgas Operating Standards (AOSs) related to financial and working capital controls are being followed and daily work is being done correctly at the branches. This position will also play a key role in researching and investigating potential fraudulent transactions and ensuring the success of the Branch Operations Risk Audit (BORA) methodology and managing the completeness and accuracy of the ABOC Branch Results.

In Particular you will:

• Conduct branch/plant audits on Airgas Operating Standards (AOSs) related to financial and working capital at the branches. Identify and assess compliance and control risks.

• Communicate branch audit results and regular updates to Division Finance and Regional Company Management team on overall branch AOS compliance results, make recommendations, and highlight performance trends.

• Document findings, effectively write an audit report & escalate issues to appropriate levels within the organization.

• Monitor and review various key metrics to evaluate process deficiencies, pay particular attention to significantly aged open items.

• Provide coaching and/or training for branch personnel on financial topics and related processes/systems.

• Liaison with Division Finance to correct errors at the branch, assist in diagnosing root cause.

• Perform confidential reviews and investigations for suspicious transactions and fraudulent activity. Liaison between Division Finance and Corporate Internal Audit for all fraud investigations.

• Conduct quarterly expense report and p-card audits on North Division employees. Provide a quarterly update to the Controller & CFO regarding areas/employees audited, common issues, concerns & suggestions related to expense and p-card processes.

• Partner with North Division counterparts to continuously develop and document audit programs to be utilized to audit compliance.

• Ensure compliance with the Company's financial policies/procedures.

• Lead all acquisition integration data conversions for the North Division with a primary focus on SAP conversion and accuracy.

• Communicate project status to all relevant stakeholders in a timely manner, escalating issues to management may be required.

• Special projects and other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in a business related field desired. An equivalent combination of work experience, technical training/education and/or industry specific experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree.

• Prior project management, audit, branch retail, operations or accounting/finance industry experience strongly preferred.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Google Workspace including Gmail, Drive, Sheets, & Docs as well as a demonstrated ability to utilize financial applications within SAP.

• Exhibits customer focused behavior such as building positive relationships and strives to understand customer's needs, both internal and external.

• Ability to deal with difficult situations in a diplomatic and professional manner.

• Excellent analytical and creative problem solving skills with the ability to make independent decisions based on investigation and judgment as well as ability to discern when to escalate issues.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and juggle between divisional, local and Corporate management demands.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to deal effectively with others in both favorable and unfavorable situations regardless of status of position. Accepts cultural diversity and establishes effective working relationships.

• Strong analytical skills; competency for understanding metrics and ability to present and communicate to all levels of the organization and external customers.

• Leadership skills; Identifies requirements; allocates, and effectively uses information, personnel, time, and other resources necessary for goal accomplishment; establishes appropriate courses of action for self and/or others to accomplish specific goals; develops evaluation criteria and tracking systems for monitoring goal progress and accomplishment; and specifies objectives, schedules, and priorities.

• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to adjust communication method based on customer situation.

• A positive approach and willingness to learn coupled with the ability to work in a team environment.

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We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

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Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.

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