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Corporate Senior Auditor

Recruiter
Philip Morris International
Location
Kraków, Poland
Salary
Excellent + benefits
Closing date
19 Sep 2019
Reference
21055

Job Details

Corporate Senior Auditor

We’ve built the world’s most successful cigarette company, with the world’s most popular and iconic brands. Now we’ve made a dramatic decision. We will be far more than a leading cigarette company. We’re building PMI’s future on smoke-free products that are a much better choice than cigarette smoking.

Be part of the biggest transformation in the history of our company.

Join them as they undergo this transformation as they're Corporate Senior Auditor.

The Team

The transformation is not just internal - our transformation looks to building connected relationships with customers, an agile working environment, and an open relationship with our suppliers and external partnerships, community, networks and talent.

At PMI you are immersed into the diverse markets and business cycles we operate within, which span a range of cultural environments. This role promises an unique opportunity to join a dynamic team full of high-calibre talent all working to deliver the highest quality audits.

Covering both conventional and RRP, our Corporate Audit spans across all markets and business functions. This role exposes you to a range of cultural aspects as the role spans the entire company and its business processes. 

This Corporate Audit department operates indenpentantly at PMI, operating to provide senior management and the board with wide-spanning oversight and governance of all aspects of PMI.

The Role

Forming PMI's global audit function, Senior Corporate Auditors operate in 8 different locations all working towards providing audits across all of PMI's business. These auditors also perform fit gap analysis and risk assessments across a range of PMI's key business activities whilst maintaining risk-based audit programs.

This team is fundamental to PMI's ongoing survival and prosperity. Beyond financial risks, these auditors look to our reputation, development, environmental impact and employee satisfaction. Company systems and processes are another vital aspect of our Senior Auditors, working to ensure PMI remains on track and providing improvements to those systems and processes as required.

These auditors work alongside the Senior Audit Managers to support the managing of day to day activities, reporting, participating in the enterprise risk assessments and aid in the development of the auditing team.  They also participate in departmental projects and initiatives to contribute to the overall improvement and development of audit practices.

About You

Ideally, you will have multiple years of auditing experience - both within external firms (Preferably Big Four) and internally at multinational organisations (preferably in either a pharmaceuticals or FMCG environment).

With a flexible approach and team oriented mindset, the candidate should have a proactive, creative auditing approach whilst being someone who thinks outside the box. 

Flexibility and willingness to travel at short notice to a variety of differing locations is required. This travel will account for 60% of the time.

Strong project management skills are a plus. The ideal candidate will encourage collaboration and communication within their assigned teams. 

You keep aware of and ensure the highest standards of quality for all audit deliverables during engagements.

Embracing technology and available tools in order to enhance the effectiveness of our auditing services and deliverables.

You are comfortable in communicating audit results and discussing the implications of audit findings and action plans with the different audit stakeholders at different management levels within the organization.

Responsibilities

  • You will execute assigned audit procedures in line with Corporate Audit standards within agreed budget and timelines; you will take part in audits involving the introduction and testing of long-term concepts for internal control systems (ICS), including SOX 404 requirements;
  • You will be responsible for identifying and assessing financial, reputational, and operational risks in all areas of our business;
  • You will use your analytical, technical and project management skills to assess and test the effectiveness of the company’s control environment;
  • You will assess audit results, evaluate findings and interact and communicate the results of your work to management at local and PMI levels;
  • You will coordinate the development and execution of your team’s audit activities in line with the related audit scope and timeline, and act as the single point of contact during audit fieldwork;
  • You will ensure the overall quality of audit deliverables.

Skills & Experience:

  • Proven experience in both external (preferably Big Four) and internal audit within multinational organizations (preferably in the FMCG or pharmaceuticals environment);
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree (university/technical College) in a business or finance related degree;
  • Professional certifications (CIA, CPA, ACCA or similar) are preferred;
  • Knowledge of SAP R/3 software;
  • Experience of data analytics across the entire audit life cycle enabling a sharper focus on risk areas and business issues, as well as generating efficiencies;
  • Fluent English in writing and speaking (Business Language), other language skills are advantageous;
  • Structured approach and mindset to lead a successful audit - demonstrable proactivity to understand scope, manage various stakeholders,  plan and schedule tasks, and adhere to strict deadlines;
  • Ability to research, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions based on risks/facts;
  • Demonstrated experience in defining KPI’s and detailed work plans for audits with a focus on high quality deliverables;
  • Ability to communicate results in an intelligible and structured manner;
  • Experience in managing projects and teams, ability to create an environment of trust, soliciting diverse views from team members and coaching and developing staff through timely meaningful feedback;
  • Capacity to work in a fast-paced environment with increased initiative to manage multiple competing tasks;
  • A team player who can work both independently and within a team;
  • Ensures an independent and objective approach which aligns with IIA standards;
  • Maintain independence and objectivity in line with the IIA standards;
  • Proven experience in process improvement, process mining and audit experience along with machine learning techniques is an advantage ;

 

Philip Morris International: Delivering a Smoke-Free Future

Philip Morris International (PMI) is leading a transformation in the tobacco industry to create a smoke-free future and ultimately replace cigarettes with smoke-free products to the benefit of adults who would otherwise continue to smoke, society, the company and its shareholders. PMI is a leading international tobacco company engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, smoke-free products and associated electronic devices and accessories, and other nicotine-containing products in markets outside the U.S. PMI is building a future on a new category of smoke-free products that, while not risk-free, are a much better choice than continuing to smoke. Through multidisciplinary capabilities in product development, state-of-the-art facilities and scientific substantiation, PMI aims to ensure that its smoke-free products meet adult consumer preferences and rigorous regulatory requirements. PMI’s smoke-free IQOS product portfolio includes heat-not-burn and nicotine-containing vapor products. As of June 30, 2019, PMI estimates that approximately 8.0 million adult smokers around the world have already stopped smoking and switched to PMI’s heat-not-burn product, available for sale in 48 markets in key cities or nationwide under the IQOS brand. For more information, please visit www.pmi.com and www.pmiscience.com.

PMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Company

Philip Morris International (PMI) is the world’s leading international tobacco company, with six of the world's top 15 international brands and products sold in more than 180 markets. In addition to the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, including the number one global cigarette brand, and other tobacco products, PMI is engaged in the development and commercialization of Reduced-Risk Products (“RRPs”).

PMI has been certified as a “Top Employer in Europe” for three consecutive years, in recognition of the high standards of excellence in our working environment and the exceptional development opportunities we offer. If you come into our offices or meet our people, you will quickly realize that at PMI everyone has the opportunity to make a difference and build phenomenal careers. With more than 1000 cross-functional moves a year, the opportunities for adventure are endless.

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