Job Summary
• This role is responsible for independent research to identify significant risk areas before shaping audit plans, leading complex audits, from inception to completion, providing direction to the audit team. The role reviews and advocates for leading audit practices, coordinates post-audit evaluations, and represents the Internal Audit (IA) community in initiatives. The role stays abreast with industry trends, provides mentorship to lower-level employees, and contributes to risk assessments and IA initiatives.

Responsibilities
• Conducts research independently and identifies significant risk domains prior to the formulation of audit plans.
• Formulates audit plans and evaluates the timing for audit scheduling, while ensuring effective engagement and coordination of audits.
• Assumes the helm of highly complex audits, overseeing the entire process from initiation to conclusion, including the creation and assessment of audit work schemes.
• Leads the full range of complex audits across operating units, corporate departments, and cross-functional processes, while providing adept leadership and direction to the audit team entrusted with assigned audit undertakings.
• Reviews and endorses leading audit practices to mitigate risk, driving optimal and innovative practices, audit methodologies, and applicable tools throughout the course of assurance or advisory endeavors.
• Leads large, most complex post-audit evaluations, ensuring the follow-up of findings until resolution, and formulates and delivers persuasive arguments to catalyze behavioral change.
• Coordinates and carries out risk assessments with relevant entities, global functions, or business unit leadership.
• Represents the Internal Audit community and actively engages in all internal audit initiatives and additional responsibilities as required.
• Stays up to date in industry insights, emerging audit methodologies, policies, and standards, utilized systems and applications, benchmarks, evolving risks and trends, and the organization’s Internal Audit (IA) landscape.
• Provides mentorship and guidance to lower-level employees, thus ensuring the realization of operational and strategic plans.

Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 10+ years of work experience, preferably in audit policies, operating principles, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

• Certified Chartered Accountant (CA)
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA)

Knowledge & Skills
• Accounting
• Audit Engagements
• Audit Planning
• Auditing
• Auditor's Report
• Business Process
• Data Analysis
• Economics
• External Auditing
• Finance
• Financial Services
• Financial Statements
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Internal Auditing
• Internal Controls
• Project Management
• Public Accounting
• Risk Analysis
• Risk Management
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Compliance

Cross-Org Skills
• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope
• Impacts large functions and leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects.

Complexity
• Provides highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.