Senior Internal Auditor - Low Travel + Home Working

Roles & Responsibilities:

The Senior Internal Auditor will execute internal audits under the direction of the Internal Audit Senior Manager and Zone Audit Director. 

The Senior Internal Auditor will perform audits across the Americas, including, United States, Canada, LATAM. There will be opportunities also to perform audits in Europe/Middle East and Africa as well as global audits.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conduct business process reviews so as to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over the business cycles;
• Conduct business process reviews to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
• Conduct reviews to assess the accuracy of the financial transactions in the general ledger;
• Analyze financial and company data to identify trends and anomalies that impact the business process under review and identify key risk indicators of the specific business operations;
• Leverage data dashboards of key business areas when auditing to identify potential audit concerns;
• Prepare reports based upon audit results, audit documentation, and client responses;
• Effectively communicate audit observations via update meetings and closing conferences with management personnel.

Communication:

• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing by adopting appropriate communication style to individuals at all levels of the organization and remaining open to disagreement or new ideas.
• Articulate understanding of business areas under review and demonstrates thorough test work and solid rationale for potential audit issues.
• Update Audit Senior Manager and Zone Audit Director as needed on audit progress and potential issues in a timely manner.

Leadership:

• Develop an open and honest working relationship with those being audited and maintain a professional approach at all times.
• Share best practices, tools and testing methodologies with other team members, and contribute to departmental projects.
• Being the key point of contact with those being audited.
• Displays leadership and project management skills to complete quality work on time with budgeted resources.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Undergraduate degree in Finance/Business Administration, Accounting and/or in Computer Science, MIS, or other relevant field;
• 4 plus years of professional experience in an audit related role within a Big-4 accounting firm and/or large corporation’s internal audit department is preferred.  Additional finance experience would be a plus
• General knowledge of risk/control frameworks (COSO, COBIT) required;
• A professional accounting/audit certification (ACCA, ACA, CPA, CIA, etc.) or IT (CISA, CIA, CISM, etc.) certification preferred.
• FMCG/manufacturing experience preferred;
• US GAAP/IFRS experience preferred;
• SAP knowledge preferred;
• Goal-oriented and outgoing with strong interpersonal and teamwork skills;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Ability to think and work analytically;
• Ability to interpret financial transaction metrics in fundamental processes like procure to pay, order to cash, record to report, hire to retire, and manufacturing/ inventory processes;
• Ability to develop strong and lasting relationships with all levels of management;
• Limited travel (up to 30%) (Hybrid return to office operating model (office & home);
• Must fluently speak English (Spanish and/or Portuguese will be a plus).

The qualified candidate must be able to work with multiple organizations and teams, consistently meet deadlines and work well under time constraints and be able to quickly learn and understands diverse business areas/systems.

This position offers high career visibility with the potential to move into various roles within the Company upon completion of three years with the Internal Audit department.