Job Information
About the Position
Introduction
Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. We are a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics in the areas of Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Transfusion, Autoimmunity, and Transplant. Through our Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) business line, we research, develop, and manufacture customized assays and biomaterials. We operate directly in 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors. Our Headquarters and Technology Centers are located in the US and Europe, and our workforce is more than 7,000 strong.
Overview
Job Summary
Ensures successful completion of assigned audit engagements, from start to finish, and sometimes pre-planning and wrap up activities. Depending on assigned engagement, reports to one or more member(s) of the Internal Audit senior management team. Ensure a successful completion of assigned audit for all affiliates, from start to finish, including preplanning and wrap up activities.
Responsibilities
Key Accountabilities
- Conduct assigned audit engagements successfully from beginning to end.
- Identify and communicate issues raised, offering recommended solutions relevant to business and risk.
- Review the deliverables of contractors assigned to engagements providing guidance and overall review of deliverables.
- Ensure audit conclusions are based on a complete understanding of the process, circumstances, and risk.
- Prepare Ad-hoc audit procedures based on Risk Map engagements assigned
- Execute audit programs and testing procedures relevant to risk and test objectives.
- Obtain, write and review the evidences ensuring audit conclusions are well-documented.
- Manage the Internal Audit Program, which includes assisting in the preparation of a detailed audit plan, making recommendations on the systems and procedures being reviewed, reporting on the findings and recommendations and monitoring manager’s action plans and implementation. This will involve travel to all locations.
- Coordinate with consultants if needed
- Communicate assigned tasks to engagement team in a manner that is clear and concise ensuring high quality, accurate, and efficient results.
- Organizes agenda and personal planning along the week of audit fieldwork.
- Continue to build relations across the company offering a business advice service as and when required.
- Conduct any reviews ad-hoc.
- Handle highly confidential information.
- Perform statistical and financial analyses.
Networking/Key relationships
Effective communications and relationship with all affiliates stake holders.
Qualifications
Minimum Knowledge & Experience required for the position:
Degree/ diploma obtained, program of study or equivalent and type of experience required.
Management has the discretion of substituting relevant work experience for a degree and/or making exceptions to the years of experience requirement.
Skills & Capabilities:
ESSENTIAL
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Think and act independently.
Determine strategies to achieve goals.
Prepare comprehensive reports and correspondence.
Ability to recognize when learned theoretical concepts should be applied.
Solid understanding and ability to apply risk and control concepts.
Interact professionally with various levels of hierarchy employees and outside Group
Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, contracts, budgets, and fiscal practices when auditing.
Complete audit projects on-time and within budget.
Comfortable with change and improving activities.
Analyze situations, identify problems, recommend solutions
Use of initiative and confident decision making.
Time management – priority setting.
DESIRABLE
Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
SAP basic knowledge.
Education:
Bachelor's degree - Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, Information Systems or another related field.
MBA or Higher Educational Degree in Finance, Accounting desirable.
Experience:
A minimum of at least 5 years audit experience is required as well as one or more relevant professional certifications (i.e. CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE).
ERM as a third line of defense, auditing Risk Map
Big four accounting firm experience is desirable but not required.
Languages:
Castellano
English
Travel requirements:
We are looking for an Internal Auditor to be moved to USA, in a minimum 2-3-year assignment.
This position is to first have an initial onboarding program in Barcelona Headquarters for about 1 years. During this period, the selected candidate will be appointed as Internal Auditor to receive a solid induction of Werfen and the internal Audit function.
If you are interested in constantly learning and being challenged on a daily basis, we encourage you to submit your resume or CV.
Werfen appreciates and values diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V.
www.werfen.com
