Senior Internal Corporate Auditor – Finance

Senior Internal Corporate Auditor – Finance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• 6-8+ years of related work experience in corporate internal auditing, which includes big 4 and/or large public accounting firm experience.
• CPA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent highly desired.
• Proficiency in applying internal audit standards, procedures, and techniques to ensure proper planning, execution and documentation of the audit work and findings developed.
• Proficiency in accounting principles and techniques (auditors working financial based audits) or proficient in IT applications and in-house software (for auditing of the IT environment), or other specialty areas (security, fraud investigation, etc.).
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite of products.

Responsibilities

• Manage and perform individual Internal Audit projects as part of the overall audit plan.
• Determine scope, develop audit programs, and coordinate activities and communication with audit clients and management.
• Assign testing responsibilities to other project members, and monitor the audit communicating progress, obstacles, and issues to management on an as-needed basis.
• Establish project plans with clear scope, key milestones, resources, and interdependencies, with clearly defined roles & responsibilities.
• Execute project plans and act resourcefully to ensure that work is completed within specified time and quality parameters.
• Continuously monitor the progress of the fieldwork for each job assigned against the estimated plan.
• Discuss findings with audit clients and obtain timely and proper feedback of the findings prior to finalization of fieldwork.
• Resolve issues knowing when it is necessary to escalate and/or involve management.
• Create and maintain detailed work papers that can be relied upon by external auditors and require few revisions.
• Prepare audit reports reflecting the results of the work performed.
• Perform follow up on the status of previously identified issues.
• Assist Internal Audit Management with periodic reporting to the Audit Committee.
• Assist in the development of the annual audit plan, championing internal control and corporate governance concepts throughout the business.
• May review the work performed by other Internal Audit personnel and/or resources from co-sourcing firms.
• Monitor and maintain general knowledge of related regulatory and/or compliance issues.
• Train and educate other auditors in knowledge of audits using the COSO and/or CobIT framework.
• Elevate real and emerging business control issues/problems to the Internal Audit Management and/or the Vice President of Internal Audit.
• Use a range of tools and techniques to analyze internal / external data.
• Seek tools and technologies both inside and outside the organization in order to enhance the ease and timeliness of data collection, analysis, testing and reporting.
• Possess a strong understanding for the roles and processes of other functional departments as well as their progressive initiatives.
• Identify and properly communicate any conflicts that may result from working with other departments.
• Ability to travel internationally.
• Adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations associated with this position and as directed by supervisor.
• Comply and follow all procedures within the company’s various administrative policies including, but not limited to security and non-disclosure policies.
• Ensure all sensitive and confidential information is handled appropriately.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AuditBoard and SAP preferred.