Senior Internal Auditor

Senior Internal Auditor

LOCATION: KL Eco City, Kuala Lumpur

REPORTS TO: Internal Audit Manager

DIRECT REPORTS: None

WORKPLACE TYPE: Hybrid

Company Background:

Ingredion is a global Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that touch millions of lives, every day. With over 19,000 customers in 120 countries, we create solutions that help nourish, comfort, and delight people all over the world. We are proud to source our strength from nature. That’s why we’re growing sustainably, with an industry-leading product aportfolio that includes plant-based proteins, sugar alternatives and clean and simple ingredients that deliver on changing consumer needs while protecting our planet. Although we are best known for our food ingredients, we are much more than a food business. We co-create bespoke solutions with our customers; from cosmetics and beauty, to paper and textiles, to pharmaceuticals, driven by relentless curiosity. We make it our business to anticipate industry trends, and to bring together the potential of people, nature and technology to make life better.

We don’t just make ingredients. We create possibilities. Be What’s Next with us.

The Senior Internal Auditor is responsible for the execution of various types of audits including operational, financial, and compliance reviews, across all business processes. The Internal Auditor assists in the performance of audit procedures through process and control walkthroughs, testing criteria, and helps to identify and define issues.

Core Responsibilities:

• Evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of accounting and management controls to ensure that valid, properly authorized transactions are completely and adequately processed.
• Determining compliance with Company policies, standards, procedures, and applicable statutes and government regulations.
• Preparing audit workpapers and process flowcharts to document and support conclusions and audit findings in alignment with internal quality standards and requirements in conformance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
• Preparing concisely written audit findings and conclusions and assisting in the identification of process improvement opportunities while communicating the results via written reports and oral presentations to Management.
• Building strong working partnerships with the global Internal Audit team members and local internal SSC stakeholders and to deliver results and support business performance, objectives, and initiatives.
• Providing data analysis support to our Data Analytics team to assist in analyzing and identifying patterns, discrepancies, and anomalies in data to highlight exceptions within populations or key samples to review during audit testing procedures.
• Addressing ad-hoc analytics requests and facilitating data acquisition, as needed, to support internal audit projects, special projects, and investigations.
• Assisting in other ad-hoc reviews as required by Internal Audit Management

Qualified candidates will have:

Mandatory requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science or Engineering.
• 5-7 years of experience in public accounting and/or internal auditing, finance, or business operations with a proven track record of accomplishments
• Strong verbal and communication skills in English
• Ability to travel 30-40% within the Asia Pacific region
• Strong computer skills using Microsoft Office application suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Desired requirements:

• A professional certification or progress towards at least one of the following: (i.e., ACCA, CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).
• Experience with SAP and/or other Enterprise Resource Planning Systems a plus.
• Experience in Visio diagramming / flowcharting and experience with data visualization tools, such as Power BI and Tableau.
• Experience in extracting, handling, mining, and querying data; including large and/or complex data sets.

Required behaviors and skills:

• Self-motivated, detail oriented and analytical mindset with stakeholder management skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to work in a team environment, build consensus and foster positive relationships.
• Exhibit professional objectivity and independence in gathering, evaluating, and communicating information about the activity or process being examined.
• Have experience and disciplined project management in leading and collaborating with colleagues to complete projects on time and within budget.
• Take the initiative, accept change and are open to new ideas and approaches with a strong desire for continuous learning and improvement.

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