Internal Audit

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

Reporting to the regional Internal Audit Manager, the Senior Internal Auditor will be involved in assessing the risk and adequacy of mitigation measures across all parts of the business thereby providing you with exposure to both financial and operational aspects of the organization.

Key responsibilities

• Support the regional Internal Audit team in the eficient and effective planning, execution and reporting of audits
• Assist in the delivery and timely issue of audit reports and findings with an emphasis on value-added recommendations to ensure risk is managed appropriately
• Where required, conduct / support advisory engagements in relation to internal controls, key processes and other risk related matters
• Work closely with the rest of the Group Internal audit team, which is a dynamic and highly collaborative team
• Participate in cross-regional engagements, with opportunities to travel to di*erent regions and work closely with other regional audit teams
• Apply your understanding of controls and risk to perform internal audits in a variety of sites and functions across the Group
• Facilitate and contribute to the Group’s risk and internal control assessment processes
• Take an active role in ensuring that non-compliances identified in audits are timely and effectively remediated by auditees

Qualifications and skills

• A minimum of a bachelors degree in accounting or other business related subjects from a reputable or accredited college or University 
• Qualified Accountant CPA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIA, with practice or multinational experience, previous experience in a public company or FMCG environment an advantage 
• A minimum of three years of auditing experience (Internal or external) with experience at the senior role level 
• Strong Microsoft O*ice skills, SAP experience is desirable but not essential 
• Previous experience using data analytics tools (such as Power-Bi), is desirable but not essential 
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills with the ability to influence others 
• Ambitious and capable of developing further within the function and ultimately the organisation 
• Proactive, detailed-oriented and capable of consistently delivering quality work and meeting deadlines
• Highly analytical and objective with the ability to challenge the status quo 
• A dynamic individual who adapts well to change and can thrive in a rapidly growing organisation that continues to evolve at pace 
• Willingness to travel circa 30% of the time to perform audit activities. Travel will mainly be within your home region, but may also include one to two cross regional engagements in the year