Senior Global Investment Auditor
Description
GroupM
Senior Global Investment Auditor
Senior Global Investment Auditor
OVERVIEW:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Auditor to be a key member of the Global Investment Audit team, who can apply broad operational knowledge and sound business judgment to execute operational audits across our diverse markets. It is a high visibility role with exposure to GroupM’s senior leadership team and will allow you to make a difference in our business.
You should have broad experience in Operations, Financial, Commercial, and Compliance auditing. In this position, you will dig deep into the details of your audits to develop meaningful findings. You must be able to understand complex business processes and identify the full range of risks related to processes, regulatory compliance, organization, and policy, and translate those risks into business issues. You should be comfortable interacting with a range of roles. You need a sound technical and commercial understanding and the ability to learn new concepts quickly.
You will provide consultative support to business partners to identify opportunities for control improvements. You must help prioritize findings and recommendations in tune with our corporate strategy. You should be able to facilitate multiple stakeholders to agree on appropriate solutions and verify that risks are mitigated appropriately. We value personality, insight, intellectual flexibility, teamwork and sound business judgment.
You will be a person who anticipates problems and pro-actively seeks out solutions, whether working independently or as part of a team. You will have the ability to develop and sustain relationships with both internal and external customers, have a “hands on” attitude to work; and the flexibility to work as hard as the job demands.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:
- Plan and deliver internal audits to assess control environments in local operating companies as well as group and global functions.
- Risk assessment for auditable areas and processes that will contribute to develop audit programs and assist in determining scope and, on that basis, perform in-depth checks of procedures, ensuring they respect internal guidelines and best practices.
- Assess results, draft meaningful, reliable and independent audit findings and issue practical, value-added recommendations for presentation to management.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, at the local, regional, and global level.
- Conduct interviews, review documents, develop and administer surveys, compose summary memos, and prepare work papers.
- Follow up on all outstanding audit findings to ensure they are appropriately resolved.
- Communicate or assist in communicating the results of audit and consulting projects via written reports and presentations to management.
- Support management in the implementation of global internal control standards.
PERSONAL SKILLS:
- Strong risk management experience, including; performing risk assessments and audits, designing controls, and prioritizing risk.
- Self-starter, possess flexibility to work in a fast-changing environment and ambiguous situations and get things done
- Strong analytical skills.
- Proven history of analyzing data, having attention to detail, and assessing situations to identify meaningful observations.
- Proven history of having built relationships and worked effectively across cross-functional teams and business functions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- You will prepare reports and make presentations to senior level management.
- You will interact with various levels of employees to collect and communicate information.
- Ability to work independently, but also be a team player.
- Critical thinker.
- Ability to manage multiple projects; and to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- 5 to 8 years’ experience (Compliance, Auditing or Risks) preferred.
- Bachelor degree in Accounting/Finance/Business or related field.
- Advanced degree or relevant certifications (CPA equivalent, CISA etc).
- Experience with process improvement, COSO framework and knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley would be beneficial.
- Big Four accounting firm experience is a plus.
- Strong risk management experience, including; performing risk assessments and audits, designing controls, and prioritizing risk;
- Strong analytical skills and exceptional organizational skills, multi-tasking capabilities and detail oriented;
- Microsoft Office (Excel proficient) and exposure to data analytics tools.
- Fluent English required.
Language - Fluency in both English and Korean is required
Travel - Available to travel - up to 30%.
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