Senior Manager Global Internal Audit and Internal Controls

Role overview

ICOFR program and controls

• Coordinate annual ICOFR scoping, planning, risk assessment, and governance.
• Oversee control design and operating effectiveness assessments; coordinate with IT Audit on ITGCs, automated controls, interfaces, and key reports.
• Coordinate external auditor testing and reliance activities; review testing documentation and facilitate remediation with control owners.
• Evaluate, classify, aggregate, and validate remediation of control deficiencies; support CEO/CFO certifications and disclosure controls.

Reporting, improvement, and audit leadership

• Communicate ICOFR results, remediation status, and control issues to management and the steering committee; support Audit Committee reporting.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, and operations to strengthen controls and risk management.
• Identify process improvements; monitor regulatory developments and assess ICOFR impacts of corporate transactions and digital transformation.
• Participate in audit transformation, including automation, AI-enabled testing, analytics, and continuous monitoring.
• Support risk-based audits and advisory engagements; review workpapers and reports, facilitate management discussions, and assess action-plan implementation.

Leadership and engagement

• Contribute to Internal Audit strategy, methodology, and transformation.
• Coach and develop team members and build trusted stakeholder relationships.
• Promote risk and control awareness through stakeholder engagement and training.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field; CPA, CA, CIA, or equivalent designation required.
• 10+ years of progressive internal audit, ICOFR/SOX compliance, or external audit experience, including 3+ years leading teams, projects, and complex compliance programs.
• Experience leading SOX/ICOFR programs in a large publicly listed organization or Big 4 public-company assurance practice, and supporting multinational public-company reporting.
• Experience coordinating auditor reliance, control deficiency assessment and remediation, and using GRC and audit management technologies such as Optro, Workiva, or similar.

Additional qualifications

• Demonstrated people leadership, coaching, talent development, performance management, and succession planning.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders across countries, functions, and business units.
• Excellent communication, report writing, executive presentation, negotiation, and relationship-management skills; strong judgment and analytical problem-solving capabilities.
• Advanced spoken and written French and English are required.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 15%.
• Experience with data analytics, automation, and visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau is preferred.

Benefits

• Benefits include group insurance options, pension and share purchase plans, paid time off, employee discounts, training and development, recognition programs, mentorship, and scholarships.