Director, Internal Audit

The Director, Internal Audit & Compliance provides strategic leadership and vision for Avient's global Corporate Audit function. This role drives a culture of strong controls, disciplined risk management, and objective assurance to enhance operational performance across the enterprise. The Director leads the Company's enterprise risk management (ERM) assessment and oversees the development and execution of an agile, technologyenabled audit strategy.

Reporting functionally to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and administratively to the CFO, this role is accountable for assessing enterprise risk, shaping efficient audit plans, evaluating the effectiveness of governance and internal controls, and communicating actionable insights that strengthen Avient's control environment. A key priority is the ongoing exploration and use of innovative technologies to enhance audit quality, efficiency, and risk coverage.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership to identify and assess financial, operational, and IT risks, translating those insights into dynamic, riskbased audit strategies.
• Leverage emerging technologies and data analytics to modernize and streamline audit methodologies and enhance assurance quality.
• Ensure the Audit function conducts rigorous, independent assessments of internal control design and effectiveness, as well as the accuracy and completeness of financial information.
• Communicate audit results and recommendations clearly and constructively and collaborate with management to establish and monitor timely corrective action plans.
• Provide risk intelligence and strategic insights to executive leadership and the Audit Committee, including comprehensive updates on audit progress, key trends, and opportunities to strengthen controls.

• Collaborate with external auditors to align coverage and maximize opportunities to improve efficiency.

• Develop and deliver periodic reports to management and the Audit Committee on audit results, resource planning, and technology enablement strategies.
• Oversee integration of newly acquired businesses into a compliant SarbanesOxley (SOX) environment.
• Monitor and interpret changes in regulatory requirements and evolving audit standards to proactively adjust audit plans.
• Lead the Company's enterprise risk management (ERM) process and ensure alignment with broader organizational strategy.
• Foster a high performing audit organization by developing talent, strengthening technical and leadership capabilities, effectively coaching, and promoting a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and innovation.
• Align the structure, roles, and operating model of the Internal Audit function with the organization's strategic priorities, ensuring the team is positioned for agility, digital enablement, and evolving business needs.
• Travel as needed to support audit engagements or advisory initiatives.
• Perform other strategic advisory responsibilities as assigned.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Acts as a strategic partner with the Executive Management team for the Business Unit. Works cross functionally within the business team to drive performance achievement.
• Leads the periodic financial analysis for the business unit to include reviewing and assessing the quality of the business financial results and analysis of capital investment projects.
• Leads the strategic, long range finance planning to include the coordination of the financial portion of the Strategic Plan and measures progress toward strategic goals.
• Manages and develops the finance team to ensure that tools and analyses are consistent, accurate, timely, efficient and effective.
• Clearly communicates results, issues, trends and all other relevant financial issues to Executive Management.
• Leverages financial resources to maximize organizational impact.
• Develops pricing strategies for each product line and market segment.
• Creates pricing mechanism that allow Sales to respond quickly to customers while ensuring the maximum profitability to the business.

Scope

This position may require travel (10%). The position is directly responsible for the financial elements of a business unit.

Other

Typically reports to the Vice President, Planning and Investor Relations or equivalent. This position supervises a team of Finance Managers and Finance Analysts.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in accounting, internal audit, or related fields, including leadership of audit teams.
• Professional certification required: CPA, CIA, or CISA.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with the Board of Directors, senior executives, and stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong business partnerships and navigate a crossfunctional, matrixed environment.
• High level of discretion, executive presence, and the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Strong critical thinking, rootcause analysis, and followthrough.
• Deep knowledge in one or more of the following: U.S. GAAP, IFRS, SEC reporting, Internal Auditor Global Standards.
• Proactive, intellectually curious, and able to operate with urgency in a fastpaced environment.

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com.