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Global Internal Audit Manager

Employer
Intercontinental Hotels Group
Location
Denham, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 25, 2019

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Job Role
Auditor
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
About us When you join us at IHG®, you become part of our global family.We have a purpose to create Great Hotels Guests Love through delivering our brand promise of True Hospitality for everyone.We know there's no one quite like you, your talents, dreams and interests make you who you are and that's what we want at IHG.You may not have heard of IHG, but the chances are you aware of our brands IHG is one of the largest hotel companies in the world, with a family of brands including InterContinental, Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza.We believe the culture at IHG is unique as it's created by our people and founded on strong values. These values are our Winning Ways and they are a set of beliefs and behaviours that are important to us and our customers - that's one of the reasons why we've been certified as a Top Employer UK 2018 by the Top Employers Institute. Your day to day We have an opportunity for a Global Internal Audit Manager to join us. You will be responsible for applying best practice and leading-edge audit techniques to manage planning and implementation activities over assigned assurance projects as identified in the annual audit plan and in accordance with departmental strategy and priorities. You would also need to identify risks across all Group brands and business functions; Recommend practical, appropriate, and cost-effective methods to reduce identified risk exposures and increase the strength of the overall control environment. This role has a wide reach and remit and will cover amongst other things: Delivering high quality reports and presentations to senior management to raise the level of control awareness throughout the Group. Developing, maintaining, and leveraging ongoing relationships with individuals across the business by effectively communicating the role of GIA within the Group. Planning, executing and following up of assigned global assurance projects, as agreed with the GIA Leadership Team, as part of the annual GIA Plan. Delivering internal assurance reviews and projects to evaluate the adequacy of management of key risks and subsidiary risks. Leading and/or performing fieldwork for specific internal audit reviews and projects and participate directly in audit review delivery. Devising and negotiating practical and commercial recommendations to improve business risk management in assigned areas. Presenting issues and balanced conclusions that demonstrate a depth of business knowledge, to a high-quality standard while meeting required reporting deadlines. Delivering high quality assurance over the global Hotel Control Environment, through various mechanisms (i.e. hotel audits, Control Self-Assessment validations, on-going monitoring), and at all levels of the control structure (e.g. hotels, clusters, areas, regions, corporate). Documenting the results of these reviews clearly and concisely and presenting the results of these reviews to stakeholders. Developing and continually strengthening working relationships with key stakeholders. Reinforcing management ownership of controls through continuous stakeholder engagement. Sourcing substantial, well-thought out risk and control information into the continuous/dynamic risk assessment process during the year and during the annual planning process, drawing on these relationships. Supporting and contributing to assigned GIA functional areas (e.g., Resources, Technical/Methodology, Communications, Collaboration, GRC systems). Participating in project/committee/initiatives/cross-functional working groups as assigned to support assurance objectives. Documenting and presenting the results of this involvement to stakeholders on a periodic basis. Leading and/or conducting fraud investigations as assigned. Ensuring investigations are performed discreetly and obtain/co-ordinate functional expertise from other departments (e.g. HR, Legal and Finance) as appropriate. Ensuring that all correspondence and evidence is retained and protected, and the investigation is led in accordance with legal requirements appropriate to the local jurisdiction. What we need from you The successful candidate will have a BA or BS Degree in the relevant field. Preferably you would have an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience and ideally hold a professional accountancy or business qualification (e.g. CISA, ACCA, CIA, MBA or equivalent from a reputable business school). Ideally, you would also have c.3 years experience in internal/external audit or process improvement (i.e. review of controls and business processes) in the areas of finance, supply chain, data security/privacy, regulatory compliance, HR, organisational transformations, risk & internal controls, projects or operations. Work experience should also include at least one year experience managing audit projects and/or significant complex projects. It is also preferred that you have prior experience of hotel/hospitality; experience of managing a remote/virtual team; exp

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