KLA Global Internal Audit Manager 

United Kingdom, Wales, Newport 

794182067

Job Description

***SPTS, division of KLA, is proud to be an inclusive and diverse employer. To enhance our diverse workforce and business growth we offer a flexible working culture, please let us know how we can support your needs - full time, part time, job share, flexible hours***

Responsibilities:

• Supervising the SOX compliance work of audit professionals with varying years of experience.
• Guide direct team on an appropriate career path and provide crucial mentorship for skills development.
• Provide technical auditing guidance to subordinates.
• Manage several projects at one time, actively supervise progress, and able to redirect work to achieve the project deadlines and goals.
• Research, interpret, and apply guidance from US Accounting Standards, COSO, SEC standards for public companies, and PCAOB auditing standards.
• Identify and effectively articulate likely sources of a potential misstatement.
• Conduct an end-to-end process walkthrough for sophisticated accounting processes, such as: Revenue to AR, Financial Close Process, Treasury, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Inventory Costing & Management.
• Effectively document procedures performed and conclusions reached in accordance with PCAOB auditing standards. Able to provide guidance to others on documentation requirements.
• Design testing procedures and evaluate the tests driven by others, providing coaching notes where needed.
• Understand and appropriately apply statistical and non-statistical sampling methodologies.
• Communicate concerns over the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls to various levels of management and effectively evaluate the results of management’s remediation effort.
• Communicate results via written reports and oral presentations to management.
• Recommend improvements to audit procedures to enhance efficiencies.
• Review internal controls throughout the company by evaluating the adequacy of system controls and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate and liaise with external auditors.
• Travel domestically and internationally, as needed.

Preferred Skills:

• Candidate must be a motivated self-starter with the ability to solve sophisticated problems with creative solutions.
• Faculty for intellectual curiosity and a willingness to learn and improve.
• Advanced software skills in MS Excel, MS Visio, MS Power query, and MS Power BI.
• Working knowledge of SAP R/3, SAP S4, or Oracle ERP software.

Minimum Qualifications

• BA/BSc degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant experience in Public Accounting, Audit, SOX, or other relevant field.
• Big 4 experience and CPA (or equivalent) is preferred.

Annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, cash health plan, cycle to work scheme, global bonus plan, share scheme, rewards scheme, life assurance.

Minimum Qualifications