Responsibilities Include:
- Assist the VP Internal Audit in leading Forensic Services within the Audit Department. This role focuses on conducting detailed investigations into whistleblower allegations, fraudulent activities, compliance breaches, and ethical misconduct within the organization
- Focused on procurement fraud, corruption, supply chain risk, sanctions and other economic crimes
- Compliance training including code of conduct, anti-fraud, anti-corruption and all other compliance policies
- Oversight of individual audit engagements including investigations, forensic and compliance audit as well as assisting in financial and operational audits
- Forensic Auditing
, including: - Understand fraud potential risk in business nature, processes and transactions relating to each business unit
- Conduct complex forensic investigations to detect, analyze, and report on financial discrepancies and fraud
- Utilize forensic tools and techniques to gather and analyze financial and non-financial data
- Obtaining and analyzing electronic device data including emails
- Deploying forensic technologies to extract and analyze Vendor Master Files and other ERP data
- Strong collaboration with Legal department required
- Compliance Auditing
, including: - Develop and implement comprehensive compliance audit strategies that align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements
- Review and update the Company's compliance policies and procedures to ensure the compliance objectives are achieved (i.e., integrity and reliability of information, process efficiency and effectiveness, safeguarding of assets, compliance with laws, regulation, policies and procedures)
- Conduct risk assessments and compliance reviews across the Company
- Executing and assisting in audits: Team Management and Development
, including: - Lead, mentor, and manage resources (whether internal and/or co-sourced) and collaborate with management at all levels to understand the business and fraud risk
- Review and audit financial reporting, antifraud, and business processes managed by local finance and management teams
- Perform substantive test on significant financial statement accounts
- Identify processes weaknesses and/or areas of potential fraud risk during investigation and/or audits
- Day-to-day supervision of other auditors and staff in support of specific engagements
- Ensure work paper documentation supports investigation and/or auditing conclusions
- Reporting and analyzing the results
, including: - Prepare and present investigation, audit reports to local and senior management to discuss areas of the investigation, risk identified, processes weaknesses, areas of risk, recommendation to mitigate that risk
- Evaluate related action plans and process improvement opportunities with local management
- Manage the audit findings log to ensure appropriate Internal Audit follow-up with management to ensure management action plans are implemented satisfactory. Escalate discrepancies directly with Group and/or Corporate management to determine the reasonableness and appropriateness of remediation plans.
- Assist in building and maintaining a partner relationship with management to develop and maintain cost-effective, efficient systems of internal control including anti-fraud controls
- Review the compliance with applicable Laws and Regulations
- Coach, develop and support Internal Audit staff and Guest Auditors
- Spiced in there (15-20%) might be special projects like due diligence, acquisition integration, rationalization studies, and process improvement initiatives
- Act as finance controller on a temporary basis in our facilities when necessary
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in investigations, forensics, compliance audit, including public accounting or a combination of public accounting and manufacturing industry experience. Strong working knowledge of US GAAP. CFE required.
- Ability to research and conclude accounting and fraud issues.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Strong analytical skills - ability to analyze and detect fraud, issues or flaws; determine root case of issues; and partner with others to drive solutions.
- Knowledge of fraud schemes, business processes and efficiencies.
- Excellent communication skills
- Strict attention to detail
- Excellent report writing skill
- Frequent traveling (Domestic and International) is required.
- Willingness to be deployed to business units in the future