Internal Auditor, Assistant Manager Level

About the role

The incumbent will be responsible for leading or participating in internal audit assignments (operational & J-SOX), where you will assess the adequacy of internal controls, efficiency and effectiveness of processes and risk management and compliance (especially for J-SOX assignments). You will be expected to perform all audit assignments in accordance with IPPF standards as defined in the Regional Audit Manual, providing detailed, relevant and insightful recommendations to improve internal controls and mitigate risks across operational and financial processes. You will also advise management on how to implement these recommendations and track the results regularly. You may also be involved in special audit assignments and ad-hoc activities of a varying nature on request.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Operational audits:

• Lead and perform operational audit assignments including planning, communication with auditees, and developing audit programs, executing work assignments, preparing the audit report and explaining it to Local Management.
• Conduct follow-up assessments and audits, if required, to ensure that prior recommendations have been adequately implemented.
• Provide advice to Local Management and business operations on request, such as how to implement audit recommendations and providing templates or policies from other companies.
• Support the annual planning process by performing risk assessment of all operations.
• Support the continuous improvement process and proactively suggest how the quality and efficiency of audits can be improved.

J-SOX audits:

• Lead and perform J-SOX audits for Thailand GCs and other J-SOX consignment audits (as assigned and agreed with BSJ) to confirm the adequacy and strengthen of J-SOX activities including planning, communication with auditees, executing work assignments, preparing the audit report and presenting it to Local Management.
• Conduct follow-up assessments and audits to ensure that prior recommendations have been adequately implemented.
• Provide J-SOX training and advice to the business whenever needed.

Special Project/Assignments:

• On request, lead and perform special investigations (including suspected frauds) & ensure the quality and completeness of the investigation. Present the outcome of special investigations to local and regional management and follow-up regularly to ensure that countermeasures have been properly implemented.
• Participate in other ad hoc studies, projects and other special assignments if requested. Stakeholder Management and Reporting:
• Build and maintain effective country and regional relationships, liaise with defined key stakeholders to understand the business and keep informed about changes in risks facing the business.
• Engage with line management at the GC and support them on specific requests and/ or consulting projects and provide advisory services to the business on an 'as needed' basis and as assigned by the Senior Manager, IA&C
• Anticipate and proactively address business (strategic, operational, financial) and regulatory issues/concerns
• Effective negotiation skills, a proactive approach in communicating issues and strength in sustaining independent views.

Other:

• Provide training and guidance to more junior auditors or onboarding to new staff on all aspects of operational and J-SOX auditing.
• Participate and/ or lead IA initiatives at regional conferences, and special projects, where required
• Support the General Manager, IA on IA activities and initiatives. Manage other ad hoc tasks, as required.

Transversal Responsibility:

• All business decisions and actions must serve and be in line with the Group's Essence, principles & values, TRACE, and our way to serve the community.
• Partnering with Business & Functional Leaders to champion, communicate, inculcate, drive, promote and live Bridgestone's Essence and TRACE principles & values.
• Fostering and promoting diversity i.e., gender, generational, cultural, nationality-diversity and inclusion

Candidate requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher and professional auditing qualification (e.g. CIA) or Finance/Accountancy qualification (e.g. CPA), other qualifications will be considered where relevant.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Internal Audit, External Audit experience will be considered provided it is combined with Internal Audit. Strong background in both Manufacturing and Commercial audits preferred.
• Solid knowledge of internal control frameworks, knowledge of SOX or J-SOX will be an advantage.
• Collaborative team player across all functional teams and relevant stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to professionally engage with business leaders (similar to GC MDs) and develop strong, supportive, and transparent relationships. Aspire to become a trusted advisor.
• Dynamic personality with positive attitude and self-motivation.
• Excellent planning skills, meticulous and well organized, and able to multi-task
• High level of integrity
• Strong focus on relevance, quality & accuracy (including good helicopter view)
• Analytical mindset with good problem solving and root cause analysis skills
• Good written & verbal communication skills (confident, clear, precise, especially for presentations)
• Fluency in English is essential (TOEIC score of 870 and above preferred), additional languages of the region would be a plus point
• Proactive (proposes improvement ideas and potential solutions to issues) and demonstrated ability to drive transformational change in processes and culture
• Ability to handle special requests and ad-hoc assignments (may be complex & require quick thinking with no prior reference)