Director- Internal Audit (Finance)
At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We're driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life' and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you'll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals' lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role:
Corporate Audit Services (CAS) is an independent and objective audit and consulting function within Elanco. Its mission is to assist the company in achieving its objectives by implementing a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the organization's risk management, control and governance processes.
The Director plays a senior role within 2-5 person audit teams on domestic and global audits designed to test compliance with good internal control practices, external regulations, and corporate policies and procedures, in alignment with Institute of Internal Audit standards. Responsibilities include identifying and assessing risks, scoping engagements, testing policy compliance, automating test procedures, influencing action plans, partnering with affiliate management and audit team members to complete and improve audit processes, sharing of best practices and key learning across the organization. The Advisor will contribute to the development of custom audit procedures and will have an ownership role over substantial audit process(es) and/or project(s) (e.g. risk assessment, Sarbanes-Oxley, technology implementation).
Audits may be integrated or targeted in nature, and may cover financial controls, privacy, information technology controls, anti-bribery/anti-corruption controls, promotional practices, information security, and governance. The emphasis of this position is on financial controls, anti-bribery/anti-corruption controls, and governance. The auditor may assist legal in conducting investigations and assessments.
In addition to affiliate, vendor, and process audits, the auditor will participate in Sarbanes-Oxley audits.
Your Responsibilities:
- Audit Execution: Partner with Elanco personnel for the purpose of identifying key risks and auditing related controls.
- Audit Leadership: Provide mentorship and guidance to other audit team members.
- Process Ownership: Own accountability for improvement of internal audit processes, using input from key stakeholders, internal policies and procedures, and external guidance. Bring external perspective to influence audit processes using past experiences and research of external risks and regulations.
- Process Stewardship: Implement and automate resilient internal audit processes using technology (e.g. analytics and automation). Identify trends to surface systemic risks and insights to key business partners.
- Communication: Acts as a key contact with senior leadership within the business. Understand critical or unmet needs by actively engaging in dialogue with auditees, affiliate management, audit team members, and business partners about risks and how Corporate Audit Services evaluates risk.
- Maximize People: Contribute to an atmosphere of teamwork and continual learning.
What you need to succeed (minimum requirements):
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field/equivalent work experience.
- Required Experience: Certified Public Accountant. 6+ years of audit experience.
- Strong analytical skills, excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Interest and ability to cross-train on other audit streams including promotional activities, information security, and privacy
- Strong organizational and planning skills.
- Ability to interact with all levels of management.
- Strong interpersonal skills, cultural awareness and sensitivity, and ability to work with diverse teams.
- Qualified candidate must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Elanco does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H-1B or TN status) for this position.
What will give you the competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
- Working towards or have obtained a relevant certification (e.g. CIA, CFE, CIPP).
- Experience with programming or high-level scripting.
- Interest to learn technologies for use in data analytics and automation.
- Ability and willingness to work both independently and within a team environment.
Additional Information:
- Location: Elanco Global Headquarters, Greenfield, IN.
- Travel: Domestic and international travel of 20 - 30% (including weekend travel).
Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
Elanco Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
- Multiple relocation packages
- Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
- 8-week parental leave
- 9 Employee Resource Groups
- Annual bonus offering
- Flexible work arrangements
- Up to 6% 401K matching
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
