Director, Internal Audit

This is a Full Time Job

Director, Internal Audit
Job Description:

Job Title: Director, Internal Audit

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.
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