**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. They 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.
- 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 Internal Auditor (CIA)
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- 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.
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