Internal Audit Senior Manager - Americas

Job Description:

The Internal Audit (“IA”) Senior Manager will report directly to the Americas IA Director and play a pivotal role in elevating the Internal Audit function as a trusted advisor within the organization. In this capacity, you will collaborate with stakeholders and the audit team to deliver meaningful improvements, all while upholding the highest standards of objectivity and integrity.

As the primary point of contact and knowledge partner for Americas Service & Finance (“S&F”) stakeholders, you will help advance the governance and risk agenda through risk-based/data-driven audits/initiatives. In this role, you will get the opportunity to drive operational excellence through effective project management and leadership skills. You will be responsible in leading regional and global engagements related to risk-based operational/financial audits, investigations, and consultative engagements across all Mars segments.

You will also support the Director in helping to train, onboard, and motivate the IA Managers, and be a role model of the Mars’ Five Principles and culture.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance/accounting or a similar field and preferably possession or working towards a CPA, CIA, or CFE certificate.

• 12+ years in External or Internal Audit, “Big 4” or FMCG experience preferred.

• Experience auditing consumer packaged goods or other manufacturing companies is highly desirable.

• Experience in leading or supporting Fraud & Investigations.

• Experience in leading a team by engaging, influencing, and driving results with a small team.

• Experience working with a global audit function.

• Exceptional executive verbal and written communication, including active listening skills and presenting complex findings and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership in a succinct fashion. This includes having exceptional report-writing ability, with the capacity to distil complex issues into clear, concise, and compelling insights for diverse audiences.

• Able to create compelling executive presentations for internal and external stakeholders.

• Able to independently stand alone to defend audit observations.

• Effective planning/project management skills, resource management skills, and ability to maintain composure under pressure while meeting multiple deadlines.

• Strong at building relationships with key stakeholders to be seen as a trusted advisor.

• Demonstrates self-starter mindset and can manage through ambiguity for self and the team.

• Professional Skepticism and a curious mind.

• Highly motivated to lead, coach, mentor and train a team, and experience in influencing without authority.

• Good command of written and spoken English is a must; additional language skills are preferred.

• Ability to travel up to 25%.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Develop and execute the annual internal audit plan aligned with organizational goals and risk assessments.

• Manage and oversee multiple complex regional and/or global audit engagements simultaneously from planning through remediation. This includes ensuring timeliness and delivering high-quality audit results. This includes monitoring emerging risks and business changes to ensure the audit team addresses key emerging business risks through the development of risk-based work programs including the use of relevant data analytics and IT procedures. This includes influencing the team to think beyond and exercise risk-based auditing skills.

• Review work papers for accuracy, adequacy of testing, and alignment with Mars Internal Audit methodology requirements and IIA standards. This includes ensuring all audit observations noted in the Audit Report are adequately supported.

• Conduct in-depth quality reviews of audit deliverables prior to submission to Director, and ensure the team delivers compelling audit reports that are clear, accurate, and impactful for senior leadership. This includes helping to translate complex issues into succinct, action-oriented messaging.

• Drive consistency in audit reports through observation calibration across regional Sr. Managers and Managers.

• Be a champion of the Mars Internal Audit Methodology and use of data analytics and digital…