Job Description
Under general supervision of a more experienced auditor, assists with Financial, Operational, and compliance audits or investigations. Reviews and tests the design and effectiveness of internal controls for a specific portion of the audit. Identifies the need for recommendations and improvements in internal control. Very team oriented, two staff, senior, manager then a director (for each audit project) -- this is how the team is structured. Also have a co-source arrangement with EY (so get a mix of WBA employees & EY employees, all following same methodologies & standards). This team performs audits for any part of the organization of WBA. So, they are a global function team (UK, Mexico and Chili). There will definitely be in person walk through audits, a lot are virtual now because of the pandemic. Will review, test & design.
Job Responsibilities
* Assists with a variety of audits in accordance with audit programs through the application of established policies and procedures.
* Attends kickoff and closing meetings. May assist in preparing the agenda for these meetings.
* Utilizes audit techniques to document and determine the effectiveness of internal controls (i.e. interviews, observation, flow charting, compliance and substantive testing). Able to independently identify risks in a given process.
* May participate in investigations being performed by the Internal Audit function.
* Based on changes or new information arising in the audit process, adjusts to changes made to audit programs to address these changes.
* Identifies audit concerns, and effectively communications, as identified, to audit team.
* Prepares draft audit findings including recommendations resulting from audit for formal report to immediate supervisor. Assists in preparing reports for reviews.
* Adheres to detailed project timelines.
Required Skills & Experience
-2 -- 5 years of internal audit experience / internal audit internship experience (internal NOT external)
-Operational Internal Auditing is a must (no IT Auditing)
-Strong Data analytics background -- Describe a practical example of when you have used analytics (powerBI, tableaux, ACL, idea)
-Retail business or pharmacy / healthcare or supply chain
-Bachelor's Degree OR High School Diploma/GED and at least 3 years of experience in financial/operational auditing
-Experience working with internal control concepts (risk and control). Must know basic controls
-Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
-Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
-Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
-Willing to travel up to 15% of the time for business purposes.
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
*Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, business management, computer science, quantitative analysis, or other business fields.
*Master's degree or MBA.
*Big 4 experience
*Internship experience in an analytical role.
*Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Information System's Auditor (CISA).
*Experience in the Retail, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or Distribution industry.
*Experience working with statistical sampling procedures.
*Basic level skill in Microsoft Access (for example: opening a table in datasheet view, entering data, filtering data, creating a form, modifying a form layout, applying themes, running, sorting and saving queries, creating and formatting a report, changing report test, adding an image, printing labels, navigating through records, and/or exporting to Excel).
*Experience evaluating information to determine compliance with standards, laws, or regulations.
*Experience working with Sarbanes Oxley requirements.
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.