Job Description

Tasks performed regularly that form the essential characteristics of the position.
1) Main Responsibilities
Communication
- Lead planning meetings, close-out meetings, and discussions with senior management of both the company and the third parties.
- Present, explain, and defend audit observations/findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Maintain timely communication with the Head of Global Third-Party Audit within Global Internal Audit and the Chief Audit Executive regarding progress and critical issues.
- Ensure high-quality written audit reports for senior and executive management.
Technical Skills in TPI Auditing
- Conduct and supervise TPI audits on a global scale.
- Identify reputational, financial, operational, and compliance risks.
- Perform detailed reviews of TPI contracts, sales, gross margin, commission and rebates, expenses, including proof-of-service, and financial statements of TPIs. In addition, a detailed review of FME's compliance onboarding documentation.
- Lead interviews with TPI personnel and internal stakeholders.
- Ensure proper documentation of all workpapers in the audit software.
- Oversee development and enhancement of TPI audit programs.
- Support annual TPI risk assessment and audit planning.
- Lead follow-up activities to verify implementation of agreed actions.
Project, People, and General Management
- Act as Audit Lead for multiple simultaneous audits of medium to high complexity, in all regions
- Supervise, coach, and mentor auditors during the audit fieldwork.
- Coordinate planning, resource allocation, and timely audit execution.
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of workpaper documentation.
- Act as Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for designated regions, functions, and audit programs as assigned.
Quality, Legal & Compliance
- Ensure adherence to all relevant company policies, audit standards, and SOPs.
- Promote ABC compliance (FCPA, UK Bribery Act, Sapin II, etc.) and corporate integrity throughout audit execution.
- Actively support quality assurance processes and continuous improvement initiatives.
2) Secondary Responsibilities
- Support audit software enhancements and standardization of the global TPI audit methodologies.
- Participate in the annual Quality Assessment Process.
- Support the development of risk dashboards, analytics, and the TPI monitoring tools.
3) Other Responsibilities
- Participation in global audit excellence projects and process improvements.
- Execution of special investigations or ad-hoc analysis when requested by senior leadership.

Skills Required