Manager, Audit & Advisory

Job Description

SUMMARY OF POSITION: Note this is a new role as we build out the IA team

WBD Internal Audit's vision is to accelerate innovation, increase efficiency and effectiveness while providing value added assurance services, advisory services, while anticipating and mitigating risks.

Your New Role...

As the Internal Audit Manager, you will be responsible for managing and acting as the Internal Audit (IA) subject matter expert for assigned areas within Corporate (e.g. DTC, Legal, P&C), International, GBS, and COE segments and will support the Internal Audit Senior Director. This includes coordinating and managing both internal and external resources to complete audits, reviews, and various other activities. The Internal Audit Manager will be a key point of contact and will be responsible for maintaining successful partnerships that are vital to the success of the Internal Audit team. The Internal Audit Manager will also be asked to perform the following:
• Partner with the Internal Audit Senior Director and others to develop the approach, strategy and Audit plan, in addition to ongoing strategy, analytics, collaboration with others to achieve overall objectives. This includes the identification emerging risks and any areas of significant unmitigated risks.
• Accountable for timely delivery and quality execution of audit and advisory projects assigned to drive impactful insights and results and influencing business stakeholders.
• Develop an ongoing ''trusted advisor'' relationships with clients and Internal Audit business unit colleagues.
• Direct the preparation of key insights, analysis, reports and communications and present to executive committees, c-suite, senior leaders, and the WBD Audit Committee on specific subject matters.
• Responsible for building, managing, and developing diverse teams that have the requisite knowledge and skill sets.
• Manages internal and external personnel to carry out audits, reviews and consulting projects.
• Act as a subject matter expert in the assigned business process area.
• Communicate and work with personnel at various levels of the organization.
• Manages deliverables and work product to ensure that it meets our high-quality standards.
• Partner on investigations and other compliance related matters.
• Report on the status of assigned tasks, any issues and/gaps identified and the significance of any issues/gaps.
• Support the other Internal Audit teams including the Operations and Innovation team to increase the efficiency and performance of the team.
• Assist and support in the recruitment, coaching, training, and mentoring of staff.

Job Responsibilities:
• Strategy Development: 10%
• Assists in setting the strategic development and business understanding of IA and risk strategy for assigned areas.
• Internal Business Partnering: 30%
• Builds and maintains collaborative, productive relationships with both internal and external business personnel.
• Audit & Assurance Results: 50%
• Drives sustainable value, generating results through a wide range of projects including assurance, advisory, analytics, trending of data, analytics strategy for audit, assurance, and advisory projects.
• Delivers key insights to key business leaders to help drive and deliver on the company's strategic goals
• Oversees special projects at the request of IA leadership.
• Organization Development: 10%
• Team management/ talent development
• Collaborate in the ongoing development of WBD IA

WHO ASSIGNS WORK TO THIS POSITION? Internal Audit Senior Director

TYPES OF DECISIONS MADE BY THIS POSITION? Various decisions include staffing, process and control issue determination and the determination of the severity of issues. Strategic decisions on the audit plan and various other elevated decisions.

TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT MUST BE APPROVED BY SUPERIOR: Hiring decisions

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Yes

Supervises other employees? ( Y )
• Title: Overseeing Talent Pool # of Employee(s): 2-3 Senior Auditors

Makes employment decisions? ( Y )
• Hire: Y
• Performance: Y
• Compensation: Y
• Discipline: Y

If another position must approve employment decisions, please indicate title: Internal Audit Senior Director

JOB QUALIFICATION STANDARDS:

Work Experience
• 5+ years of experience in auditing, assurance, accounting, consulting or related field.
• Experience in project management practices, tooling and managing projects.
• Experience managing people or teams.
• Experience assessing the design and implementation of internal controls and their continuous improvement.
• Control advisory experience delivering insights using data analytics to influence and affect change.
• Partnering with all levels of personnel including senior leadership.
• Experience partnering with the second line of defense and other key groups.

Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or Certification
• Bachelor's degree in auditing, accounting, IT or related experience.
• Professional audit certifications preferred (CIA, CISA etc.).
• Finance professional qualifications preferred (ACCA, CPA etc.).

Knowledge/Skills
• Fluent English.
• Self-starter who can work independently and spearhead projects.
• Experience working with business partners to evaluate, design and test control environment.
• Ability to leverage complex stakeholder relationships to obtain consensus and drive successful completion of projects with understanding that success is based on influence rather than direct authority.
• Experience effectively managing competing priorities in a complex work environment, focusing on high-value activities. Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities which could change at any time.
• Experience in customer-facing, translating technical concepts and solutions to non-technical and executive audiences.
• Experience working in a dynamic, results-driven environment.
• Experience working with data analysis and visualization tools (PowerBI, Tableau).
• Knowledge of agile audit principles and methodologies preferred.
• High level of self-confidence, strong people and management skills, strong influencing skills preferred.
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills.
• Must be solutions focused with good problem-solving skills.
• Strong customer focus; good listening, negotiation, and problem-resolution skills.
• Experience interacting with all levels of management.
• Must maintain a continuous improvement mindset and focus on automation opportunities to drive efficiencies and reduce costs.
• Must have the ability to work in a highly collaborative, team-oriented environment.
Other Requirements:
• Understanding of the media industry.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-ro0wnp-3-15-218-254-42 in your application.