Senior Internal Auditor

Company Description

Aboitiz Foods is an integrated regional food and agribusiness company dedicated to creating a high-performance culture anchored on our time-honored values of Integrity, Teamwork, Innovation, and Responsibility. Through the collective strengths of our subsidiaries, Pilmico and Gold Coin, we believe in sustainably feeding Asia's growth from mill to meal.

We are constantly improving and optimizing our processes by integrating the value chain around Asia. We leverage our sector expertise and capabilities to deliver quality every time. With our world-class technology and culture of constant innovation, we devote ourselves to serving you better.

At Aboitiz Foods, we embrace change and inspire innovation, leading the way in food and agribusiness solutions. Join us as we shape the future of food in Asia and build a culture where, together, we nourish the future.

Job Description

The Senior Internal Auditor is responsible for performing individual internal audit projects, as part of the Audit Master Plan. These responsibilities include developing internal audit plans, scopes, and audit work programs, performing internal audit procedures, preparing internal audit reports reflecting the results of the work performed, and providing sound, practical, and innovative audit recommendations designed to add value and improve the organization's operations.

Key Responsibilities

• The scope of work would entail regional involvement for all the entities under the group classified under Cluster C (Philippines) with direct reporting line to the Cluster C Group Internal Audit Manager.
• Conduct end to end process walkthroughs to identify risks, control gaps, and improvement opportunities covering the organization's control environment and operational processes.
• Following the Group Internal Audit Methodology as a guide, design and execute testing plan to assess the design and operating effectiveness and efficiency of controls.
• Conduct remediation testing or follow-up audit to ensure remediation plans for ineffective controls are fully implemented and control deficiencies are properly remediated.
• Ensure that audit working papers, testing results and documentation of findings or observations are accurate, complete, and properly stored and secured.
• Prepare accurate, objective, clear, concise, constructive, complete and timely audit report and upon review and approval by the immediate superior, communicate results thereof to the appropriate parties.
• Establish and maintain a system to monitor the disposition of results communicated to management.
• Establish a follow-up process to monitor and ensure that management actions have been effectively implemented or that management has accepted the risk of not taking action.
• Participate in the internal control projects covering all operations where necessary for the Food Group.
• Take part in special investigations where necessary and report to the Audit Committee with the highest level of confidentiality.
• Manage the Outsource and Co-Source parties in completing the assignments when needed.
• Plan effectively to deal with varying office locations and time zones including travel time as the nature of the job requires frequent travel to maximize output.

Qualifications

Education:

• Preferrable a Bachelor Accounting, Auditing, Finance, Industrial Engineering or other equivalent professional fields.

Experience:

• Candidates with minimum 5 years of experience as internal auditor
• Relevant experience in manufacturing business (e.g., in general management, operations or finance) will be highly preferred

Licenses:

• Preferred Licenses : CPA/CIA/CFE/CISA

Other Requirements:

• Knowledge of accounting and finance, good understanding of accounting and IT skills, standards and procedures, local laws, and regulations
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills enabling to speak at all levels of the business.
• High sense of integrity and confidentiality
• Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure while managing interpersonal dynamics
• Willingness to travel within the Philippines

Additional Information

• Hybrid work set-up