Internal Auditor

This is a brilliant role for those who enjoy improving controls, strengthening governance, and working closely with operational teams in complex industrial environments.

Reporting into the Internal Audit function, you will support audit and controls activity at the Essen site and, where required, collaborate with colleagues across international locations (the US, Asia, LATAM).

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting internal audit reviews, walkthroughs, testing, validation and follow-up activities across all business lines such as production, maintenance, logistics, manufacturing etc.
• Be responsible for remediation plans and ensure that control gaps are identified and improved in a timely manner
• Manage key stakeholders, including operational, strategic and engineering leaders
• Conduct SOX testing and compliance reviews
• Support key stakeholders in the financial and operational risk identification and improvement
• Support targeted reviews, investigations and ad-hoc assignments across the wider organisation
• Work independently and be part of a global team
• Promote governance, accountability and control awareness whilst maintaining independence and objectivity

You will ideally have

• Experience within manufacturing, engineering, industrial or operational environments is advantageous
• Around 5-7 years’ experience in internal audit, external audit, compliance and internal controls testing (from in-house positions or Big 4)
• SOX compliance experience is beneficial
• Experience identifying process weaknesses and validating corrective actions
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working across cross-functional teams
• Fluency in German and English is essential; you will need to converse in German in the office
• Familiarity with Auditboard is beneficial
• Professional qualifications (CIA, ACCA, CISA, CPA or equivalent) advantageous but not essential

This business offers an extremely competitive work-life balance and will see you in the office 2 to 3 x per week and travelling around 25% of the time across Europe and the US. It will also support career growth and development providing strong exposure to the business.