Director, Internal Audit
Warner Music Group
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Director, Internal Audit
Job Description:
Job Title: Director, Internal Audit
A little bit about our team:
The Warner Music Group Internal Audit vision is to provide high quality assurance and advisory services in a dynamic, innovative, and impactful way. Our work includes SOX, operational audits, and proactive risk management for the business. The Internal Audit department partners with the business to focus on the most important risks and issues facing the organization and delivers results that will make the biggest positive impact. We strive to be valuable business advisors that provide meaningful insights and solutions, not just information and recommendations. We continuously look for ways to improve our audit and risk management processes and leverage technology to maximize our impact. Our success is measured by the amount of internal control improvement, risk mitigation and overall positive change that we drive across the organization.
Why this could be your next big break:
Due to an expanded remit our team is growing, and we are looking for agile, innovative leaders to help us on our journey. We are seeking an Internal Audit Director to drive the evolution of our audit services. In this newly created role, you will guide our internal and co-sourced audit teams in providing objective assurance and advisory services that mitigate risk and improve controls, operations, and compliance across our global organization. The Director, Internal Audit will report to the Senior Vice President, Internal Audit and Global Risk Management and will play a key role in conducting risk assessments and supporting the delivery and execution of engagements aligned with the audit plan. This role requires a high-caliber individual with extensive accounting and auditing experience in companies of similar size and complexity. The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills, a strong work ethic, and the ability to influence decision making at a senior level.
Here you'll get to:
• Contribute to the design and implementation of internal audit processes, methodology, and ongoing process improvements
• Lead SOX and operational audits across WMG's global companies
• Drive the timely execution of audit engagements from planning through reporting
• Update the audit schedule and manage resources as necessary based on changes in priority or senior leadership requests
• Establish the scope, objectives, and approach to audits applying a risk-based methodology that achieves timely results and high-quality audit deliverables
• Travel and participate in internal audits projects in various capacities from leading and conducting audits to supporting and guiding audit teams
• Review key internal audit workpapers, including planning documents and audit reports, to ensure clear identification of risks and issues
• Communicate audit findings timely and collaborate with process owners to develop creative, yet practical, recommendations to remediate control deficiencies
• Manage the follow-up and reporting of internal audit findings until deficiencies are remediated
• Liaise with business and finance leadership and communicate status of key projects and initiatives, and audit results
• Identify themes, trends, and emerging risks for escalation and communication to senior leadership
• Manage internal audit staff development, training, and career planning
• Be a change agent to lead and effect desired change throughout the organization
• Oversee and lead special projects and other tasks as assigned by the Vice President, Internal Audit and Senior Vice President, Internal Audit and Risk Management
Rockstar candidates will be able to:
• Demonstrate a proficient understanding of US GAAP, COSO framework, Sarbanes-Oxley, IIA PPF, and leading business practices
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, including listening, verbal, written, and presentation, with the ability to communicate effectively within various levels of the company and senior level management
• Demonstrate strong project management skills
• Deliver exceptional customer service, including the ability to manage differing perspectives and influence positive outcomes
• Display strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve complex issues
• Demonstrate attention to detail, strong organizational skills, tolerance for uncertainty, and ability to be agile and adaptable
• Exhibit the ability to thrive in a creative, dynamic, fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects and resources effectively
• Prove your ability to manage teams in a matrixed reporting environment, shifting between the role of an individual contributor, project manager, and thought leader
• Translate short-term and long-term department goals into team and individual performance goals.
• Show your ability to influence, lead and motivate team members
• Display a high standard of ethics and professionalism
• Travel domestically and internationally up to 30%
It would be music to our ears if you also had:
• A Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, information systems, or related field
• 9 years of experience overall in some combination of internal audit, Big 4 public accounting, risk management, and/or an operational finance role
• A minimum of 5 years of experience managing and developing teams
• Experience with SAP, HFM, Oracle Financials, and GRC software
• CPA, CIA, CISA, or other relevant designation
Why join us?
Warner Music Group is all about our people. We are one global company made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business.
It is the mission of every member of the WMG team around the world to create a nurturing environment for artists, songwriters, and the people behind the music, every stage of their career. We strive to set WMG apart from the rest of the industry by embracing a philosophy of innovation that is part of our company's DNA.
Consider a career at WMG and be a part of one of the biggest forces in music today.
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Thanks for your interest in working for Warner Music Group. We love it here, and think you will too.
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