Senior Auditor

Senior Auditor required for this progressive business in Warrington

Your new company

A rapidly growing and highly successful business who have offices in Warrington and the U.S are looking for a senior level audit professional to join their team. This company have seen year on year impressive growth over the last 5 years and pride themselves on working with integrity and nurturing a progressive environment for all who work there.


Your new role
As the Senior Internal Auditor, you will be in a highly involved role and in a position to perform operational and finance audits, assisting the Internal Audit Manager/CFO and Audit Committee in devising and executing the annual audit plan, and provide input into the wider strategy and continual development of the audit function, in addition to automation opportunities across the organisation. Furthermore, identification of potential areas for improvement in the controls framework and working closely with the different departments and control owners to streamline control operation or redesign controls where appropriate. Whilst there are no direct reports to this role today, you will be in a position to collaborate with a number of other Finance team members and consultants/contractors in co-sourced and out-sourced arrangements, and you will need to work hard to develop them both personally and professionally. Role and Responsibilities

• Lead end to end internal audit process according to the Internal Audit annual plan, including scoping, fieldwork, documenting the results and completing work papers in accordance with relevant internal and external standards.
• Assist with the SOX program, including but not limited to SOX scoping, planning activities, follow up on remediation action plans and reporting SOX results to management and Audit Committee
• Assist with overall risk management activities, including managing the corporate and department risk registers, carrying out risk updates and assessment of risk within the assigned areas to determine the internal audit scope of each engagement.
• Prepares audit programs to be used in current and future audits.
• Supports the Internal Audit Manager and Audit Committee in the annual planning of internal audit reviews.
• Contributes to financial policies and procedures compliance.
• Identifies internal control weaknesses through testing, provides recommendations and follows up on action plan implementation with process owners.
• Contributes to preparation and delivery of audit reports for Audit committee review.
• Prepares tracking schedules and summary reports related to the internal audit observations. Communicates audit status and observations, with associated recommendations, to all stakeholders.
• Leads small internal or co-sourced audit teams in the execution of internal audit testing.
• Manages 3rd party hours of co-sourced audit teams and reviews against annual budget.
• Manages junior team members assigned to audits on a project basis.
• Manages, develops, trains and evaluates directs reports (when needed)
• Provide direction and insight in maintaining a robust control environment
• Assist with automation projects for key financial processes

What you'll need to succeed

• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in Audit, Risk, Finance, Accounting, FP&A or related areas.
• Prior Big 4/mid tier Audit experience or an in-house audit function (preferably with experience in SAAS and Technology). [International experience will be considered favourably]
• Detailed understanding of key business processes, internal control frameworks and risk management principles
• Exposure to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX 404) is preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including interviewing skills and the ability to interact with senior management across countries and cultures.
• Attention to detail to ensure completeness and accuracy of work performed.
• Ability to prioritise, multitask and commitment to meet reporting deadlines.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work under own initiative, and enthusiasm to drive through change.
• PC proficiency, including MS Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook.
• Prior NetSuite, Oracle and Salesforce experience is an advantage.
• Proficient in process mapping
• Knowledge of data analytics would be an advantage
• High level of confidentiality when dealing with highly sensitive information.

The position requires domestic and international travel (approx. 15%) - currently flexible and adaptable to the covid-19 environment

What you'll get in return
up to 10% variable performance-based bonus
Flexible work from home and office based in Warrington


What you need to do now
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