We at Colgate Palmolive are looking for a Senior Auditor to support the evolution of our Corporate Audit function; enhance the risk-based internal audit methodology for operational, compliance and financial internal audit reviews; and apply leading technology solutions to internal audit processes.

A qualified risk management and internal audit professional, who will work across our global organization to identify risks, help lead their impact on the organization, and influence decisions in the business.

You will innovate, implement and iterate on internal audit methodology, practices and tools to enable the effective execution and delivery of high quality, timely audits by the Corporate Audit team.

To be effective, you’ll stay close to the business to ensure that Corporate Audit is engaged where it counts by having a deep understanding of Colgate-Palmolive’s business and ways of working. You’ll thrive in this position if you are extraordinary relationship builder, effective in agile, fast-moving organizations and enjoy working in a strong and highly-collaborative international team environment. Additionally, you’ll use a broad network of industry peers to provide insights and implement technology-led audit practices, provide guidance to the Corporate Audit team, and counsel business teams about control improvements and risk management principles.

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Auditor you must demonstrate strong communication, planning, administrative, technical, and process leadership skills, as well as the ability to build and maintain excellent relationships and coordination with global audit team members.

Obtain and perform appropriate analysis of data for the audit entity to assess risk(s), develop an audit program to address identified risk(s), prepare the audit planning memorandum, conduct appropriate audit tests, and ensure that testing is completed as scheduled and documented in compliance with both departmental and IIA standards.

Understand and be familiar with technology and leading practices specific to audit analytics to help drive strategic benefits in the areas of audit quality, efficiency and value. It is meaningful to show initiative to understand business trends and needs and be eager to learn new technologies related to data analytics.

Prepare the exit meeting agenda and presentation, owning the exit meeting, developing the discussion draft of the audit report and submitting the draft to senior audit management for review, comments, and approval.

Follow up on audit findings to ensure timely and proper remediation.

Build and maintain constructive relationships with local business unit personnel, and keep senior audit management advised in a timely manner of the progress and issues identified during the audit as well as constantly supervise the progress of the audit.

Review staff auditors' work to ensure that it was performed in compliance with the audit program, departmental and IIA audit quality standards, provide feedback regarding individual performance, and provide direction and timely support to the audit team in all phases of the audit fieldwork, including on the job training when required.

Look for opportunities to improve by identifying and facilitating resolution of all issues that may inhibit the audit team's performance and resolving any outstanding questions/issues related to the audit.

Conduct special reviews and projects as advised by senior management.

Understand business trends and stay up-to-date on standards, as well as keep abreast of company and external policies and procedures.

Be eager to learn new technologies on data analytics to think strategically and use technology to deliver analytical insights and have a willingness to experiment and try new techniques.

Collaborate closely with corporate personnel for clarification on application of policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

University Degree in Finance or equivalent.

One relevant certification (e.g., CA, CPA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, CA, CAMS, CISA, etc.).

Minimum of 5 years of meaningful experience in operational, financial or compliance auditing in a multi-national, manufacturing company. Understanding of broad accounting/auditing concepts (e.g., GAAP, SOX, IIA Standards, etc.) and business processes.

Excellent command of MS Office Tool (Excel) and scripting/macros.

Solid understanding of SAP & Google Workspace.

Knowledge of Visualization tools (Tableau, Google Data Studio) and techniques.

An analytical and broad business perspective on issues, ability to delve into detail.

Results oriented.

Autonomous, promoting team-work, problem solving.

Excellent communication (fluent in English - written & spoken) and interpersonal skills.

An inquisitive mind, with an appetite for discovery.

Ethical conduct, integrity and objectivity in all circumstances.

Strict adherence to the Company’s Code of Conduct and values.

Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time, the majority being international travel.

Preferred Additional Qualifications:

Relevant analytics experience.

Basic understanding of data mining and programming languages such as R, R Shiny, Python, SQL, etc.

Basic knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and usage, etc.).

Familiarity with agile methodologies.

Familiarity with process mining and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).