Manager, Internal Audit

About Four Seasons:

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a global, luxury hotel management company. We manage over 120 hotels and resorts and 50 private residences in 47 countries around the world and growing. Central to Four Seasons employee experience and social impact programming is the company’s commitment to supporting cancer research, and the advancement of diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging at Four Seasons corporate offices and properties worldwide.

At Four Seasons, we are powered by people and our culture enables everything we do.

Manager, Internal Audit (6 Month Contract)

The successful candidate will be responsible for the execution of property internal audits and to assist with fraud investigations. The role will also assist with various internal control projects and fraud data analytics.

What You'll Be Doing:

Property Audit

Administrative oversight for audits including scheduling, communications with auditees and stakeholders, tracking results and following up on key issues

Training and supervision of guest auditors’ work

Gather stakeholder input for pre-read materials

Prepare and plan audit requirements

Send out information requests in a timely manner

Secure assistance for audit resources

Generate reporting from financial systems to support audit fieldwork or fraud reviews

Gain an understanding of policies and procedures in order to assist with development of test plans and test procedures

Prepare working papers ahead of field visits

Select samples for testing and communicate with the auditee on needs and requirements

Execution of test procedures and reporting

Gain audit evidence to support internal control effectiveness and fraud allegations by inquiry, vouching to source documents, physical observation, recalculation, verifying to independent sources and analysis

Complete reports in format designated by the Internal Audit function including headline statement, criteria, condition, cause, impact and recommendation

Assist with procedures for substantiating fraud

Continuous improvement of control environment

Assist Senior Director, Internal Audit in implementing enhancements to the internal audit programs (corporate and properties) based upon risk assessments, changes in business models, processes and systems, and operational issues

Fraud Investigations

Provide support to the Directors, Senior Directors and SVP, Internal Audit during fraud investigations

Assist with the development of fraud analytics to monitor and detect fraud

Using various tools including Avero, ACL, Microsoft Power BI and reporting from various systems, develop fraud scripts that should be run periodically to detect fraud

Conduct fraud investigation techniques to gain evidence of fraudulent or unethical activities

Recommend internal control and procedural improvements to prevent fraud

Track and report on fraud cases and data mining activities

What You Bring:

5 years or more relevant working experience within finance and audit with a track record of taking on progressively broader and more senior responsibilities

External or internal audit experience with Big 4 accounting firm or experience in the hospitality industry would be an asset

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance

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