Senior Internal Auditor
Job Title: Senior Internal Auditor
Reports to Manager - Internal Audit
Location: Boston, MA
The Base Salary for this position is dependent on experience and location, ranging from $86,940-$114,108
Work Type: In Office
Purpose
The Avangrid Senior Internal Auditor – Renewables is a self-motivated, adaptive, quick learner who can manage and prioritize an evolving workload in a fast-paced environment. This person will be an individual contributor who must be able to develop relationships throughout the company to facilitate the audit programs that he/she will execute and accomplish the mission set forth by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Excellent communication skills are a must in this position. The Senior Internal Auditor – Renewables is responsible for performing audits from the annual Internal Audit plan, which includes operational, financial, regulatory, and compliance audits for the Renewables area (including onshore wind, offshore wind, solar, and green hydrogen). This role reports to a Director or Manager of Avangrid Internal Audit – Renewables.
Employee has access to Avangrid’s company records, properties, and personnel; freedom to appraise policies, plans, procedures and records relevant to the subjects under audit; makes recommendations to strengthen controls, improve operating effectiveness, and increase efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Performs audits, using data analytics where applicable, to verify accuracy and ensure compliance with plans, policies, and procedures proscribed by management, develops the audit scope, evaluates risks, develops an effective audit program, and conducts interviews with personnel, performs the audit testing.
- Adequately explains and documents all audit testing, findings, and recommendations. Uses analogies, visuals etc. to effectively communicate complex ideas. Drives conversations and communicates in a clear and concise way.
- Demonstrates the ability to remain agile and understands their role in helping implement change within the organization. Takes responsibility for personal behavior and actions. Maintains a positive attitude towards change. Brainstorms solutions when faced with change.
- Delivers clear and sufficient evidence to support observations, testing, conclusions, and recommendations. Reviews workpapers and provides effective coaching to team members (when applicable) regarding such areas as pertinent information, logical order, and legibility and neatness of workpapers.
- Prepares the audit report summarizing the audit findings, exceptions, and recommendations for oral and written audit reports to management. Summarizes audit findings and preliminary recommendations, with appropriate indication of risk, for review by the Director/Manager of Internal Audit for clarification of facts. Demonstrates awareness that there is always room for improvement by identifying and communicating opportunities for improving based on experiences, and tangible recommendations and solutions.
- Performs testing to evaluate design and operational effectiveness of SOX internal controls.
- Evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and identifies control weaknesses, participates in developing the recommendations for cost-effective solutions in an effort to ensure that Avangrid’s assets are safeguarded, accounting records are accurate and in accordance with GAAP, Company policies, procedures, and legal and regulatory obligations are adhered to.
- Provides assistance to external auditors, when applicable, related to SOX internal control testing reliance.
- Conducts follow-up reviews on audit finding recommendations and management actions. Participates in ongoing reviews that track and appraise the implementation of the audit recommendations.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the principles of the identification, assessment and management of risk and uses this knowledge to assist in risk assessment exercises, including the identification of risk and assessment of the control design relative to risks.
- Identifies and uses appropriate methods to gain an understanding of the area or topic under review, its operations, and its processes, including any regulatory, compliance, or legal impacts. Leverages research to drive effective audit design, build complex test approaches, and build credibility with business areas by demonstrating sufficient knowledge of relevant subject matter.
- Demonstrates the ability to participate in several projects at once, while managing their individual workload and successfully delivering assignments to the expected quality within the agreed timeframes.
- Evaluates and communicates any known or potential weakness in company financial and accounting policies, systems, tools, processes, and controls uncovered during audits.
- Gathers and reports data for measurements of audit benchmarking capabilities and improvement effort priorities.
- Periodically works with a diverse global team on specific multi-national audits.
Skills and Requirements
- Ability to plan, organize, and communicate effectively
- Ability to collect and analyze data
- Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills and sound independent judgment
- Demonstrated effectiveness in collaboration and working with others
- Experience as an auditor in a public accounting or industrial firm is preferred. Knowledge of audit standards, procedures, techniques, and internal controls. Proficient in accounting and management principles
- Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) internal controls testing and documentation requirements
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 3 + years of experience in an auditing, accounting or related field is preferred
- Renewable energy knowledge or relevant experience preferred
- Experience with auditing public company SOX internal controls is preferred
- Experience with data analytics tools is preferred
Certifications:
- CPA, CIA and/or CFE certification is strongly desired but not required
All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a medical Fit for Duty exam,
background check, references, drug screen, verification of legal right to work in the U.S., and in some cases, a credit check. A credit check will be administered when a prospective employee will be working in Finance, Accounting, Treasury or where duties may involve handling of funds, accounts or cash. A Motor Vehicle (MVR) check will be administered when a prospective employee will be regularly using a company vehicle. Avangrid Renewables is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, status as an individual with a disability, or any other status or class protected by federal or state law.
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Competencies
- Be a role model
- Be agile
- Collaborate and Share
- Develop Self & Others
- Empower to grow
- Focus to achieve results
- Technical Skills
Mobility Information
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