Vice President, US Head of Internal Audit

Vice President, US Head of Internal Audit

Become Part of Our Team

As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Vice President, US Head of Internal Audit to join our team in Dallas, TX.

The Vice President, US Head of Internal Audit leads the audit team in Balfour Beatty’s US businesses including our Buildings business (c.$5bn revenue), Infrastructure business (c.$1bn revenue) and Investments Business (c.$800m director’s value). The US Head of Internal Audit has day to day responsibility for the delivery, design and implementation of the US internal audit program.

This position reports to the Balfour Beatty plc Group Audit & Risk Director and forms part of their leadership team of the Group Audit & Risk function.

• Direct the US activities of the Internal Audit function;
• Together with the Group Audit & Risk Director, prepare and update a comprehensive risk-based audit plan, every six months, in coordination with the Business Leaders for evaluating and testing the effectiveness of controls in place to manage significant risk exposures, ensure the integrity and reliability of information and financial reporting, safeguard company assets, and comply with laws and regulations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Direct the planning and performance of all audits of the Company’s US based activities, including the issuance of objective audit reports;
• Direct the performance of special assignments, investigations, and other special projects requested by the Company’s leadership;
• Manage, recruit, and develop (train) professional audit staff with the knowledge, skills, and experience to achieve effective operational and financial auditing;
• Together with the Group Audit & Risk Director, and the UK Head of Internal Audit, report findings to Senior Management and the Balfour Beatty plc Audit & Risk Committee;

• Develop and lead a team of US based internal auditors, including supervision of activities, review of draft audit findings and reports and general performance management.
• Ability to identify and review financial risks within the Company.
• Evaluate the degree of coordination required between the business and internal audit.
• Strong critical thinking, communication and technology skills.
• Experience with financial and accounting applications, financial and operational controls, and with US GAAP and IFRS and COSO framework requirements.
• Experience of producing well written, succinct internal audit reports and other ad-hoc reporting to senior management
• Stay abreast of best practices, emerging risks, and technological advancements in the construction and audit fields. Drive process improvements and innovation within the audit function.

• Promotes our Relentless Ally creed. Communicates vision and purpose;
• Promotes a culture of integrity through communication and collaboration with all internal and external stakeholders;
• Promotes customer relations;
• Serves as a role model and promotes professional behaviour;
• Maintains ethical judgement and integrity;
• Participates in and supports operations training programs and commits to the development of project staff and of self;
• Embraces key Balfour Beatty-wide initiatives, like Zero Harm, Sustainability, and Core Values, and does one’s part to demonstrate relentless behaviors and embeds them into our culture.

• Work is completed in an office (Dallas based) and at-home setting; and
• Travel to company offices and construction project sites is required. Domestic travel >50%, with some international travel required.

Required

• Bachelor’s or Masters degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business with 10+ years’ audit experience in public or private industry;
• Active leadership of an audit function: scheduling, planning,…