Supervisor/Manager of Internal Audit

Legend Biotech is seeking Supervisor/Manager of Internal Audit as part of the Internal Audit team based in Somerset, NJ. 

Role Overview

Legend Biotech (the Company) seeks a high performing and high energy Supervisor/Manager to join the Global Internal Audit (IA) department. This individual will be responsible for following the COSO Framework and executing an end to end Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) audit for a broad range of processes, including conducting process walkthroughs to assess control design effectiveness, testing control to assess control operating effectiveness, documenting all audit workpaper under the Audit Documentation Standards and internal instructions, working closely with control owners on any remediation, and timely providing status to all level of requirements.

Additionally, this individual is required to conduct risk based operational audits, including but not limits to, Financial, Operational, Compliance, Legal, Technology, and certain special projects audits, following the Institute of Internal Auditor (IIA) Standards.

The key objective of this role is to provide an independent and objective assessment of, as well as add value to improve the Company's control and operation environment to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of process, procedures and controls. The Supervisor of Internal Audit will apply IA’s Policy and Procedure to skillfully manage audit lifecycle from planning, to scoping, fieldwork, reporting and following through audit remediations. This role will report to the Global Head of Internal Audit and collaborate with other IA team members globally, business process owners, key stakeholders, and external auditors, on a daily basis.

The key characters of this individual is expected to have creating and critical thinking skills, be risk conscious, control driven, proactive, relationship building, strong written and verbal communication skills. Proficient English is must for this role. This individual is also expected to have strong multi-tasking, time management, prioritization, flexible to work with Global team members, strong team player, being receptive, being courageous and being open minded to contribute to build Interna Audit brand, and act with sense of urgency and ownership.

Key Responsibilities  

• Take ownership to perform and document end to end SOX test from walkthroughs, to test of controls and remediation, to evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s SOX 404 program. Closely working with IA team members, control owners and External Auditors.
• Perform audit risk assessment and develop risk based and value adding audit program via planning and scoping.
• Proficiently conduct audit lifecycle from audit planning to audit reporting to meet audit objectives and to ensure compliant, effective and efficient processes and controls are in place:
  • Interview key process owners to assess business processes and the maturity of their control environments.
  • Leverage data analysis in risk assessment and execution of audits.
  • Execute and manage testing procedures that address high risk areas in scope in accordance with Legend Internal Audit and IIA Standards.
  • Identify control gaps, improvement opportunities, and value-added recommendations to strengthen and improve the control environment.
  • Evaluate the risk and potential business impact of identified deficiencies.
  • Document audit workpapers with reperformance standards to include test attributes, associated risks, test conclusions, and opportunities for process improvement.
  • Align audit findings with process owners and operationalize remediation plans.
• Track identified audit deficiencies/observations and ensure the completion of audit remediations.
• Collaborate with and help educate process owners on the importance of maintaining strong controls.
• Build strong relationship with business functions and act as trusted business partner to provide expert insights in the areas of operational audits and SOX audits where the incumbent will review, evaluate and recommend actions to improve control and risk management.
• Support department management, including, but not limits to, training and coaching junior staff. Responsible to prepare evaluations for junior staffs on their projects and will plan an integral part in setting goas and performance objectives.
• Be proactive to share best practice among team; be collaborative to support team members; be receptive to feedback and open minded to learn continuously

Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college / university required
• Masters, MBA, or CPA, CIA, CISA, CISM strongly preferred
• Minimum 4 years of experience in SOX audit.
• Experience with operational audits is plus
• Experience in reputable Public Accounting is preferred.
• Experience in the industries of pharmaceutical, life science, biotech is strongly preferred.
• Experience in SAP is preferred.
• Excel/Word/PowerPoint capability required
• Experience in any of the following: risk assessment, data analytics tools, excel and powerpoint (Galvanize/Diligent and ACL) are preferred.
• Ability to work independently, objectively and collaboratively, as required, in a fast-paced and matrixed team environment consisting of internal and external team members.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimum supervision, to meet deadline requirement without compromising quality of deliverables
• Ability to learn new areas quickly and roll up sleeves to take ownership of issues/projects
• Ability to articulate issues and remediations clearly and concisely, supported by factual details, both written and verbal, to different levels of management
• Process-oriented and control-driven with strong analytical skills for analyzing controls, identifying risks and assessing their efficiency and effectiveness.
• Knowledge of U.S. GAAP & IFRS and IIA standards is required
• Ability to travel including international locations
• Ability to build trusted relationship with business stakeholders
• Fluent in English (Written and Verbal)

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