Senior Internal Auditor
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the role
The Finance team plays a pivotal role in guiding the companys growth trajectory through meticulous financial analysis and foresight. We provide insightful recommendations to senior leadership leveraging data-driven insights to optimize resource allocation and mitigate risks. With a focus on driving efficiency and maximizing shareholder value the Finance function at DS Smith fosters a culture of accountability and transparency underpinning the companys long-term financial sustainability and success.
We have a fabulous opportunity for a Senior Internal Auditor to join our small and friendly Internal Audit team at DS Smith. This is fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to be part of shaping the role and how the team interact with the wider business.
We are recruiting for 2 x Senior Internal Auditor positions one would be supporting on SOX audit compliance and the other role would focus on our other assurance services.
The Senior Auditor will work in a team environment providing detailed reviews of control environments with a particular focus on financial controls and US Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. You will be responsible for planning conducting and documenting the more complex audit assignments.
Confident in nature the successful candidate will communicate effectively with staff at all levels to understand business processes identify potential risk areas and help devise practical solutions. You will also mentor less experienced auditors and assist in running major audits (teams of 2-4).
This role involves travel to sites across the Company where you will be executing and reviewing SOX testing presenting findings and drafting timely well-written reports that recommend practical and value-added solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to build relationships and identify profit improvement and cost-saving opportunities.
The team are always looking to improve our ways of working streamlining the current processes and improving efficiencies. So having a curious mindset being able to challenge our current ways of working and having the confidence to back your ideas is actively encouraged here.
So whether you are currently working as an experienced Auditor looking for a step up or an existing Senior Auditor looking for a new challenge then we might be looking for you!
About you
- Demonstrable experience in a governance role such as internal audit or group governance function
- Strong auditing skills with practical knowledge of financial control frameworks.
- Experience with US Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and financial controls testing (highly desirable)
- An interest in travel and interacting with various levels of management.
- Strong analytical skills with an ability to spot trends in information
- Good technical accounting skills and experience of monthly reporting routines within a large and complex business environment
- Strong understanding of different integrated financial systems across a matrixed organisation. e.g. SAP Hyperion Financial Management.
- CIA or CPA certification would be advantageous
Location: This is a full-time role split between home working and our Head Office in Paddington London in non-audit weeks. This role would involve approx. 25% travel to other sites in the UK and abroad.
About us
We are DS Smith together with International Paper we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based believe a better more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65000 colleagues in North America and Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) who are experts in innovationmanufacturing design sales sustainability supply chain and much more. Together with our customers we make the world safer and more productive one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!
Fair recruitment at DS Smith
To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world we aim to build a diverse motivated and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly differences are valued and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.
Our people come from diverse backgrounds bring different perspectives ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply even those not meeting all criteria.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Auditing
- Data Analytics
- COSO
- IT Auditing
- Accounting
- Visio
- Analysis Skills
- COBIT
- SOX
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Internal Audits
About Company
DS Smith is an international packaging company, offering sustainable, plastic-free packaging, integrated recycling services, and sustainable paper products.
