Group Internal Auditor
Meet Our Recruiter
About the Role
Audit International is excited to partner with a leader in the chocolate industry, dedicated to
transforming the cocoa and chocolate landscape. As the world’s premier manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, they shape the future of the industry with a commitment
to sustainability and community reinvestment. With over 12,000 passionate employees across
40+ countries, they believe in doing well by doing good.
About the Role
Internal Audit’s mission is to enhance and protect their value by providing risk-based, independent and objective assurance, advice and insights. They strive to create value
and impact with what they do.
We are assisting them with looking for a Group Internal Auditor who will be working with the
Group Internal Audit team members as well as cross-functional stakeholders to identify, size
and evaluate risk drivers across the Group. You will evaluate the
effectiveness and efficiency of governance, risk management, and internal controls. As a result,
you will advise the business on areas of risk, agree with the auditee on actions to enhance or
change processes, controls and systems to minimize risk, improve performance and
productivity and ensure that our client complies with all relevant regulations, laws and standards. You
will have the opportunity to influence change in the business but also within Group Internal
Audit, all whilst building up the skills of tomorrow.
You will be exposed to Cocoa and Chocolate, to manufacturing and supply chain, to sourcing
and sales but also to many other areas such as technology, IT/IM, Cyber Security and/or Data
Privacy. There is hardly any other function where you will learn all aspects of their
activities.
Key Responsibilities Include
• Conduct complex and routine audits (assurance and advisory) in all areas of their
activities (operational, global and/or regional processes, IM/IT, financial audits)
• Support the audit planning process
• When audit lead, plan and lead the audit engagement team so that audit objectives are
met and the audit is concluded on time
• Collect, examine, analyze, and verify information about processes, systems and
controls by interviewing employees and partners, reviewing system data, manuals,
policies, reports, as well as by analyzing actual SAP and other system configurations
and functionalities
• Develop recommendations for changes to processes and systems that will adequately
manage risks, improve performance and productivity and ensure that they can achieve its
objectives
• Prepare audit reports that are concise and accurately document the audit and its
findings
• Follow-up on/monitor the action implementation status of previously performed audits
• Become a subject matter expert within the Group Internal Audit team for allocated
processes
• Drive forward continuous improvement and projects within Group Internal Audit,
including process improvements and the use of technology
• Participate in and further develop assurance committee meetings with various
functions of the company (Integrated Assurance)
• Build up and/or enhance internal network
Your Experience
• University Degree or equivalent qualification
• 5+ years professional experience (preferably in internal or external audit)
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• Business experience in a multinational company (preferably in the food industry and/or
manufacturing)
• High personal sensitivity (“6th sense”), demonstrating aptitude to adapt to and
understand other cultures, good listening skills, to be able to change low cooperative
behaviour into a mutually confident working relationship
• Solid understanding of Internal Control System (ICS), Compliance or Enterprise Risk
Management (ERM)
• Proficiency in English (oral and written), any additional language is advantageous
(French/ Spanish)
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified
Information System Auditor (CISA) is a plus
• Project management experience is a plus
• Solid finance knowledge is an asset
Additional information
• Remote working is flexible, with two days per week in office and the rest from home.
• Joining a diverse audit team of 11 people.
• Travel is approximately 40%, within the EMEA region.