Hrm300 Week 2

Job Description and Recruiting Strategies

Michael Brown II

HRM/300

03/30/2015

Instructor: MARIBEL HINES

I decided to interview my Team Lead Josh Markham. His job title is Senior Auditor.

1. What are the duties and job responsibilities associated with the position held by the individual you interviewed?

Josh told me that his responsibility is to ensure that all of the company’s assigned audits are successfully completed from start to finish. He reports to members of the company’s Internal Audit Management Team. Josh manages and directs the activities of the junior associate auditors that are assigned to his team. He identifies and communicates issues raised, offering recommended solutions relevant to business and risk. Josh must make sure that the conclusions to the company audits are properly documented. He says that he does work directly with the company’s Finance Director and at times other Directors to complete certain tasks.

2. What are the types of knowledge, skills, and abilities that are needed to successfully accomplish the job responsibilities?

To be a Senior Auditor, Josh says that you must have the ability to apply audit standards through practical application. The company wanted him to have strong organization and communication skills. Auditing is all about problem solving so he says that having a high aptitude for problem solving is a strong skill to have. He stressed that one must be reliable. The ability to lead a team to successful results is a must for this position.

3. Does the position require any physical tasks? If so, describe the physical tasks and state their frequency. Is there any additional information about the job that would be beneficial to include in the job description?

Josh says that the only physical task of this position is showing up on time ready to work.

Having experience in accounting is very beneficial to this position. It is possible to climb through the ranks and learn as you go, but coming in you...