Head of Audit - Barcelona, España - AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

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Barcelona, España

hace 2 semanas

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Isabel García

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Head of Audit - AstraZeneca Enabling Functions and Alexion

Location:
Boston, New Haven, US; Dublin, IE; Mississauga, CA or Barcelona, ES

Competitive salary and benefits
At AstraZeneca every one of our employees makes a difference to patient lives every day.

Each and every one of us believes that science has the ability to change lives and that to deliver this takes many people with many abilities.

When we deliver a life-changing medicine, that success comes from the combined efforts of all of our people.

Group Internal Audit (GIA) is an independent and objective assurance activity guided by a philosophy of contributing to improve the operations of AstraZeneca, administered by the Finance Enabling Unit.

GIA's activity is established by the Audit Committee (Audit Co) on behalf of the AstraZeneca Board of Directors. GIA's responsibilities are defined by the Audit Co as part of their oversight role.

We provide independent assurance that AZ is accomplishing its objectives effectively and in the right way.

We assist AZ in achieving its objectives by bringing a systematic and focused approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the organisation's risk management, control and governance processes.

Our remit is to provide assurance over compliance, operational and strategic risks and ensure they are being led effectively.

AZ operates in a three lines of defence risk governance model, where GIA operates as the third line, providing assurance to the Audit Co over the business (first line) activities and business oversight functions (second line) activities.

We aim to be a top-performing IA function, known for our integrity, objectivity, confidentiality and competence - all underpinned by a successful team culture.

Your key focus & challenge in this role is to:

Conduct and Lead Audit Directors in partner management of assigned business unit (s) and functional areas.
Resolve annual audit plan for assigned business unit areas
Approve Remit and signoff on audit report and recommend audit rating to the GIA VP
Coaching of audit engagement leaders and provision of performance feedback
Line management of a number of staff in different locations within and outside the country of residence
The position will report to the VP GIA

To achieve this you will need to:

Build and maintain strong partner relationships with AZ Enabling Functions and Alexion Senior Executive Team (SET) members and their teams through an understanding of:
Business challenges and risks in the Alexion business, AZ finance, corporate affairs, legal, HR, portfolio planning/management, other enabling functions and enabling functions led transformation programmes, as well as AZ's overall strategy.
Business perspective on AZ's strategy, priorities and operating model, internal and external business processes and external risks and external practices (in the Pharma industry and elsewhere).
Audit strategies and methodologies for providing effective assurance against specific risks.
Accepted practice in governance, risk, project and change management and emerging risks on the horizon.
Build and maintain view of internal and external risks across AZ Enabling Functions and Alexion to inform the GIA annual audit plan. Regularly challenge the plan to take into account the changing risk profile. Proactive working with other assurance groups to ensure an integrated approach to provision of assurance across the business.
Use external and internal networks to understand current practice and innovations in pharmaceutical auditing to identify improvement opportunities for AZ.
Use audit outcomes and understanding of risk to partner with the business and impactfully communicate insights on themes and emerging risks.
Design and implement the audit strategy for AZ Enabling Functions and Alexion, working with 2nd line assurance colleagues to ensure good alignment with their activities.
Be accountable for the delivery of a sophisticated portfolio of audits across AZ Enabling Functions and Alexion. Lead teams of highly qualified and experienced auditors to identify strategies (including alternative audit approaches) to deliver the assurance objectives efficiently and in a timely manner. Drive high quality audit work in line with methodology through reviewing audit engagements, working papers and reports.
Demonstrate flexible and open communication and influencing style and the ability to adapt this style to a variety of situations across the business. Deal effectively with resistance from business units and form effective ways of resolving issues or differing views.
Provide leadership and coaching support to Audit Directors and Managers. Provide open, honest and valuable feedback on the performance of audit team members in support of longer term development.
Accountable for performance management of nominated Audit Directors and Auditors.
Actively participate in relevant governance committees