The Senior Auditor conducts financial and operational reviews, obtains and evaluates facts, plans and executes audits in accordance with accepted standards, prepares reports, and directs activities of less experienced auditors. In addition, the Senior Auditor has lead auditor responsibilities on assigned engagements.

What’s in it For You:

• Demonstrating deep understanding of audit concepts and risk assessment methodologies, including ability to identify and evaluate risks across a diverse and global business model
• Leading internal audit projects – identify risks, perform audit planning and scoping, execute and document business processes, including conducting walkthroughs, report and present findings including making recommendations on how to improve processes and better mitigate risk
• Leading, managing and developing the less experienced auditors, including supporting them with on-the-job training and coaching
• Communicating professionally and effectively, both verbally and written, with management, team members, and auditees (e.g. country, division, and department leaders, which often includes executive leadership)
• Supporting the training and development of team members through effective coaching and mentoring
• Engaging with your manager to understand and address feedback on work products and incorporating guidance into future performance
• Collecting and interpreting data, identifying patterns and trends in data sets and analyzing and reporting results to management and other key stakeholders
• Having a strong focus on developing a reputation as a trusted resource by continuously updating your understanding of current business and industry trends
• Supporting continuous improvement of the audit practice through learning and development opportunities including obtaining CPE hours, supporting department initiatives and other stretch projects.

What You Will Do:

• Coordinating pre-audit planning
• Performing engagement risk assessment
• Effective/timely communication with the auditee and business partners
• Effective/timely engagement with Audit Manager, keeping them informed  of audit issues and project status
• Providing leadership during fieldwork
• Understanding all audit issues
• Ensuring adequate findings documentation
• Ensuring timely completion of all audit  process deliverables, including  work-papers, audit reports, and staff feedback
• Reviewing all audit team work-papers before submission to Audit Manager
• Writing effective field audit findings and final audit reports
• Supervising, coaching, and evaluating staff auditors
• Identifying ways to effectively utilize computer-assisted auditing tools including ACL and data analytics
• Performing high-risk, high-exposure special assignments as requested
• Leadership role for the quarterly Disclosure Review Process
• Continuous learning of relevant business trends and issues and willingness to participate in IIA or other professional business networking opportunities
• Participate in at least 20 hours of Continuing Professional Education(CPE) each calendar year (or 40 hours if CPA or CIA)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited university
• 4 years of auditing experience in either public accounting and/or internal auditing
• 25% domestic and international  travel annually as required (generally for 2 weeks at a time), to diverse locations
• Immigration sponsorship and relocation are not available for this position

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA, MBA and/or CIA
• Spanish or Asian language skills
• Effective problem solving and decision making
• Strong oral and written communication
• Planning and organizational efficiency
• Highly self-directed and self-motivated
• Ideal team player skills, including humility and good judgement in working with others
• Ability to multi-task and remain flexible

Benefits 

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