Internal Auditor

The role:

This role reports to the Manager of Internal Audit based in APAC (India) and will perform, support, and lead various types of operational audits, consulting engagements, sales office audits and reviews as well as support on J-SOX Compliance activities. This position will support other internal audit team members as needed to achieve the departments goals and will be an advocate of controls and company policy.

The candidate should have good knowledge of SOX requirements/ internal/external audits and accounting practices. The candidate should be able to work collaboratively across various departments, regions, and cultures.

We are looking for a team member who is excited to join an organization that is transforming quickly and who wants to make an impact on changes in Internal Audit and the overall organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support various types of audits and consulting engagements, including but not limited to process reviews, data analysis, J-SOX activities, operational reviews, and system implementation reviews
• Prepare quality work papers, or other deliverables timely and professionally to document testing adequately and clearly, support conclusions, communicate findings to Audit lead or in-charge, in accordance with our audit methodology
• Exercise critical thinking and judgment when evaluating the business impact and significance of audit findings, identifying mitigating controls and other factors to assess the residual risks.
• Able to complete the allocated J-SOX tasks on time and, making sure the status of testing is progressing. Report any obstacles to audit lead timely.
• Working on multiple priorities/projects for on-time delivery, proactively providing status of all activities to Internal Audit management and relevant business stakeholders
• Provide support for Audit Projects, i.e., partner audits/ country audits, and compliance activities.
• Assist in special assignments by analyzing data sets, interpretation of analysis results etc.
• Strive to continuously develop knowledge in the sector regarding rules, regulations, best practices, techniques and performance standards
• Participate in meetings with different departments in order to update audit findings and improve on the audit process
• Work in a team in order to achieve the aims and objectives of the company or organization

Interacts with:

All team members in the global IA department

Business leaders and staff

External Audit teams (for J-SOX)

Various contacts in Finance Department, Controllership, and Field Finance

Required Skills:

• Recent 1-3 years of internal audit experience or accounting firm consulting/advisory experience is required
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, CA (CPA equivalent)
• Basic-moderate level understanding of and experience in SOX or J-SOX compliance, including internal control, documentation, and testing
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build strong relationships across cross-functional teams
• Be flexible to accommodate working with a global workforce
• Can adapt quickly to changing work environments, priorities and tight deadlines
• Analytical, good problem solver and out-of-the box thinker
• No passport/visa restrictions to travel

Preferred Qualifications:

• An accounting or audit qualification e.g. CIA, CISA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent preferred
• Additional language skills (other than English) would be an asset
• SOX controls testing experience (Oracle experience would be advantageous)