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Bergey's Inc. is a family-owned business that has been servicing our customers' needs since 1924. Currently our company has over 50 locations and more than 1,800 team members. Today our family of automobile, truck and tire companies stretch throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, & New Jersey. Visit us at www.bergeys.comto learn more about our company.
We strive to provide an environment for our associates and customers that is welcoming, transparent, and forward thinking. Our employees are our greatest asset. We promote and develop individual strengths, as well as grow our employees personally and professionally. Together we can make a difference.
Benefits:
We offer a generous benefit package including:

• Vacation and PTO time
• Paid Holidays
• 401k with profit sharing
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance.
• Employee Assistant Program
• FSA and HSA Plans
• Life Insurance
• Opportunities for Advancement
• Paid Training
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Discount

Location: Bergey's Corporate - Souderton, PA
Summary: The Director of Internal Controls is responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving the company's internal control environment to ensure financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and operational effectiveness. This role partners closely with Finance, IT, Legal, HR, and operating leaders to identify risk, strengthen controls, support audits, and promote a culture of accountability across an organization of approximately 2,000 employees.
The position balances strong technical expertise with practical business judgment, ensuring controls are effective, scalable, and aligned with operational realities.
Key Responsibilities
Internal Control Framework & Governance:
- Own and maintain the company's internal control framework, including entity-level, process-level, and IT-dependent controls
- Design, document, and periodically update control policies, procedures, and narratives across finance, operations, and supporting functions
- Ensure control design is right-sized, pragmatic, and adaptable to business growth
Risk Assessment & Control Design:
- Lead enterprise-wide risk assessments covering financial, operational, IT, and compliance risks
- Identify control gaps and develop remediation plans in partnership with process owners
- Evaluate risks related to new systems, business initiatives, acquisitions, integrations, and organizational change
Audit & Compliance Support:
- Serve as a supportive contact for external auditors and other third-party reviewers on internal-control-related matters
- Coordinate walkthroughs, documentation requests, control testing, and management responses
- Track findings, deficiencies, and remediation progress to resolution
- Support internal governance, lender requirements, regulatory examinations, or contractual audit requests as applicable
- Support M&A integration by assessing inherited risks, stabilizing Day 1 controls, and harmonizing policies, process narratives, and system controls post-close.
Control Monitoring & Continuous Improvement:
- Oversee ongoing control monitoring activities, including management self-assessments and targeted testing
- Develop reporting and dashboards for the CFO and senior leadership
- Lead efforts to simplify, standardize, and automate controls to reduce manual effort and control fatigue
- Leverage data analytics to identify trends, anomalies, and control exceptions; build continuous monitoring dashboards with meaningful leading indicators.
IT & Automated Controls:
- Partner with IT to assess system-based and automated controls that impact financial reporting and key operational data
- Evaluate access management, change management, data integrity, and system interfaces
- Promote control-by-design in ERP and enterprise platform enhancements
Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership:
- Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on risk management and governance matters
- Train and educate control owners on control responsibilities, documentation standards, and audit readiness
- Demonstrated change management skills, able to influence leaders, drive adoption, and implement controls in ways that respect operational realities and culture.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
Key Competencies:
- Sound professional judgment and risk awareness
- Ability to balance control rigor with business efficiency
- Clear, executive-level communication skills
- Strong analytical and organizational capabilities
- Collaborative, influential, and solutions-oriented
Measures of Success:
- Well-documented, consistently applied internal control framework
- Reduced audit findings and smoother review cycles
- Strong control owner accountability and engagement
- Effective remediation of identified risks
- High confidence from CFO and senior leadership in the control environment
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline
- 10+ years of progressive experience in internal controls, audit, accounting, or risk management
- Strong knowledge of internal control principles and risk-based control design
- Experience supporting external audits or third-party reviews
- Ability to operate effectively in a multi-location, operationally complex organization
-Successful completion of background checks and drug testing
Preferred:
- CPA, CIA, CISA, or comparable professional certification
- ERP and enterprise systems experience (e.g., PBS, Excede, or similar automotive, commercial trucking software)
- Experience in a private, PE-backed, or family-owned company environment
- Demonstrated experience partnering with IT and operations on control automation
Bergey's is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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