Western Digital Manager Internal Audit 

Philippines, Quezon City 

761953929

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

• Work experience:5+ years of progressive work experience required. Strong preference for some US Public Company Internal Audit experience and background with a large public accounting firm.
• Certification:CIA or CPA (or equivalent) professional certification strongly preferred with expectation of base certification shortly upon hire if not already obtained. Preference for additional certifications including CISA, CRMA or PMP.
• Education:Bachelor’s degree with focus on Accounting, Information Systems, or Finance required. Preference for a Master’s degree.
• Internal Audit Project Execution Skills:Risk assessment, testing, sampling, review, root cause identification, audit reporting, and consulting skills required. Preference for additional skills in other internal audit pillars.
• Internal Audit Operations Execution Skills:Outstanding project and time management skills required.
• Internal Audit Technical Skills:Ability to understand and analyze business process, internal control theory, COSO 2013, governance, and knowledge of business best practices in finance & operational audit pillar required. Preference for prior industry knowledge and technical skills in data analytics or IT audit.
• Internal Audit Soft Skills:Ability to apply judgment across a number of finance, operations, compliance, and cross functional areas, constructively assisting with difficult conversations, excellent presentation skills, ability to assist in influencing and managing expectations of stakeholders, coaching and developing team members, relationship building, and business partnering skills required.
• Language:Excellent verbal and written English language skills required. Secondary written and verbal language skills a plus.
• Travel:Ability and willingness to travel throughout the Asia Pacific region and to the US up to 25%.

Day-to-day supervision and execution of projects in the finance & operations audit pillar globally including:

• Assisting in performance of annual risk assessment of the business, development of an overall audit plan, and quarterly refreshes of the risk assessment and the audit plan
• Implementing the internal audit plan, including ownership of multiple financial, operational, compliance, site, Channel Partner, and cross functional audits across the global business
• Assisting in executing and reviewing project risk assessments, planning, and scoping decisions on individual audit and consulting projects
• Executing and reviewing controls documentation, testing approach, and fieldwork execution for individual audit and consulting projects
• Assisting in executing and reviewing draft and final audit and consulting reports
• Assisting in reviewing controls documentation, testing approach, and testing execution for SOX related work, as needed
• Developing, cultivating, and growing relationships with key stakeholders across various business functional and operational areas
• Assisting with coordinating and managing relationships with the external auditor
• Developing, coaching, and mentoring staff and seniors in Internal Audit
• Developing, delivering, and supporting career development and training for staff and seniors in Internal Audit
• Assisting in the maturation of the data analytics function, including working to audit robotic process automations, application controls, and other IT dependent controls in close coordination with the data analytics and IT pillar teams
• Assisting with continued development and refinement of strategy, structure, operations, and model for the APAC Finance & Operations Audit pillar as part of the leadership team