EMEA Internal Audit Senior Auditor
Company Description
| Company Description |
Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 17,000 people globally.
Job Description
| Job Description |
Along with the below listed responsibilities, the employee should conduct any other business related to the function as required by her or his supervisor.
• Participate to the construction of an adequate audit plan, with the region and the functions
• Work with the EMEA IA manager to identify key resources to assist in performing audits, including guest auditors.
• Perform walkthroughs of key processes to validate process documentation and assess risks around internal controls, with limited supervision.
• Participate to internal audits throughout the region led by the EMEA IA manager
• Gain auditees’ agreement on root cause of issues and appropriate corrective actions while maintaining positive relationships.
• Under limited supervision, act in an advisory and consulting role, including monitoring management's progress on remediation activities.
• Ability to compile and interpret key data points that will facilitate a risk-based approach to implementing and maintaining a strong internal control environment.
• Contribute to department improvement initiatives.
• In some occasions, lead limited reviews and unusual events investigation on his/her own, i.e., plan the project accordingly, interview and perform work with limited supervision and draft report and conclusions on a timely basis.
• Participate in Continuous Control Management, i.e., being able to identify weak controls that can be mitigated by IT automated controls and to implement them
• Ensure a close alignment of Internal Audit and Compliance through (a) incorporating compliance key controls in audit work programs, (b) performing compliance risk assessments as part of each audit and (c) investigating alleged compliance breaches.
Experience
| Experience |
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, regulatory aspects, applicable laws, and best practices to prepare adequate supporting documentation of audit procedures.
• Experience in planning and conducting audit procedures, risk assessments.
• Knowledge of agribusiness and the use of financial derivatives (a plus).
• Ability to analyze, model and interpret data (a plus, knowledge of programing languages such as VBA, SQL, etc)
• Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP a plus).
• Advanced knowledge of office programs, especially complex excel formulas.
• Knowledge of audit techniques and frameworks (e.g. COSO, COBIT, ITIL).
• Knowledge of IT audit and security (a plus if regular user of data extraction programs like ACL, IDEA).
Soft Skills:
• Flexibility, ability to change priorities quickly, and have the capacity to handle multiple tasks and different topics simultaneously.
• Ability to travel to other sites as needed, up to 40%
• Integrity and ethics should be an important aspect of his/her personality.
• Apply good judgment and decision-making skills in helping management prioritize and determine the most important risks that they need to focus on.
• Must be comfortable working in ambiguous and/or stressful situations.
• Be able to work independently with limited supervision as well as coach other auditors on ad-hoc basis and work in a team when needed.
Required Education
| Required Education |
Additional Information
| Additional Information |
What We Offer
We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We offer
Competitive salary and benefits
Flexible working
Access to Training and Development
Diversity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.
LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.
Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us
Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 17,000 people globally.
Along with the below listed responsibilities, the employee should conduct any other business related to the function as required by her or his supervisor.
• Participate to the construction of an adequate audit plan, with the region and the functions
• Work with the EMEA IA manager to identify key resources to assist in performing audits, including guest auditors.
• Perform walkthroughs of key processes to validate process documentation and assess risks around internal controls, with limited supervision.
• Participate to internal audits throughout the region led by the EMEA IA manager
• Gain auditees’ agreement on root cause of issues and appropriate corrective actions while maintaining positive relationships.
• Under limited supervision, act in an advisory and consulting role, including monitoring management's progress on remediation activities.
• Ability to compile and interpret key data points that will facilitate a risk-based approach to implementing and maintaining a strong internal control environment.
• Contribute to department improvement initiatives.
• In some occasions, lead limited reviews and unusual events investigation on his/her own, i.e., plan the project accordingly, interview and perform work with limited supervision and draft report and conclusions on a timely basis.
• Participate in Continuous Control Management, i.e., being able to identify weak controls that can be mitigated by IT automated controls and to implement them
• Ensure a close alignment of Internal Audit and Compliance through (a) incorporating compliance key controls in audit work programs, (b) performing compliance risk assessments as part of each audit and (c) investigating alleged compliance breaches.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, regulatory aspects, applicable laws, and best practices to prepare adequate supporting documentation of audit procedures.
• Experience in planning and conducting audit procedures, risk assessments.
• Knowledge of agribusiness and the use of financial derivatives (a plus).
• Ability to analyze, model and interpret data (a plus, knowledge of programing languages such as VBA, SQL, etc)
• Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP a plus).
• Advanced knowledge of office programs, especially complex excel formulas.
• Knowledge of audit techniques and frameworks (e.g. COSO, COBIT, ITIL).
• Knowledge of IT audit and security (a plus if regular user of data extraction programs like ACL, IDEA).
Soft Skills:
• Flexibility, ability to change priorities quickly, and have the capacity to handle multiple tasks and different topics simultaneously.
• Ability to travel to other sites as needed, up to 40%
• Integrity and ethics should be an important aspect of his/her personality.
• Apply good judgment and decision-making skills in helping management prioritize and determine the most important risks that they need to focus on.
• Must be comfortable working in ambiguous and/or stressful situations.
• Be able to work independently with limited supervision as well as coach other auditors on ad-hoc basis and work in a team when needed.
What We Offer
We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We offer
Competitive salary and benefits
Flexible working
Access to Training and Development
Diversity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.
LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.
Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us