Senior Internal Auditor

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This client can support qualification studies.

Darum lohnt es sich

The Audit & Risk Recruitment has been exclusively mandated to hire for an international manufacturing business who has a real-life impact in key engineering markets. This is a highly independent role in Germany, reporting to the UK Internal Audit team who offer support and development opportunities.

For the right candidate, there is clear opportunities to develop into a Manager and build a team as the business experiences significant growth and plans to list.

It is a diverse role which will see you covering complex operational and financial audits, supply chains, strengthening controls and working closely with the operational teams in complex industrial environments.

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 as well as liaising with external auditors • 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 years’ experience in internal audit, external audit, compliance and internal controls testing (from in-house positions or Big 4) • SOX compliance experience is highly desired • Experience identifying process weaknesses and validating corrective actions • Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working across cross-functional teams • Fluency in German (business level is minimum) 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.

With a strong historic track record of growth and development across the US, EMEA and Asia, they are seeking an Internal Auditor to join them in Germany at the Essen site. 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.