Senior Associate, Internal Audit

About KPMG US

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Job Overview

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate to join our Audit and Assurance practice.

Responsibilities

• Work on multi-disciplinary teams and build out your skills and core competencies, with rich experiences and unique perspective as you serve clients of all sizes from the healthcare, industrial manufacturing and consumer goods industries.
• Help continue to grow a command over all aspects of a data driven internal audit process and throughout the entire project lifecycle to deliver high-impact performance results.
• Partner with senior-level client personnel and KPMG Audit professionals, including specialists, to help design audit programs, working papers, and internal audit reports.
• Assist in creating different strategies for client risk assessments and annual audit plans, and support the execution of those strategies.
• Develop relationships with and learn from engagement managers and subject matter professionals/specialists, expanding your network and areas of proficiency.
• Identify and clearly communicate performance improvement opportunities and leading practices to client personnel and senior management and work with partners to assist in practice management including resource allocation, career development of staff, and other administration decisions.
• Establish your financial services and internal audit proficiency through sharing and participation in the continual development and publication of thought leadership and service offerings.
• Develop and maintain a positive, productive, collaborative professional relationship with the client and engagement or project teams to provide well-coordinated and consistent high-performance results.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of experience in internal or external audits from the beginning of an engagement or project through completion.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in an appropriate field; CIA, CPA or CPM is preferred.
• Demonstrable awareness of trends and salient challenges facing the healthcare, industrial manufacturing and consumer goods and related trends, as well as the ability to communicate the strategic value of Internal Audit in meeting those challenges.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Applied working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and compliance with internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley/SOX; understanding of COSO 2013 is desired; proficiency with technology including MS Office applications; experience with analytics tools such as Power BI, Alteryx, Qlikview or Tableau is preferred.
• Ability to travel 25 to 50% (may be up to 80-100% at times).

Additional Qualifications

• Minimum three years of experience in finance or operations, including performing internal or external audits from the beginning of an engagement or project through completion.
• Understanding of the healthcare, industrial manufacturing and consumer goods industries.
• Progressive experience managing teams and fostering robust team dynamics and relationships.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to both facilitate team discussions and clearly present technical concepts and findings to external stakeholders.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity.

Key skills/competency

• Internal Audit
• External Audit
• Risk Assessment
• SOX Compliance
• U.S. GAAP
• Data Analytics
• Client Relations
• Team Management
• Financial Services
• Audit Programs