Department: Internal Audit & DMS
Location: Sumgait

Job summary:

This position is responsible for planning, execution, completion and further monitoring of audit & consultancy engagements (with supervision of senior team members and independently when necessary) via development and implementation of work schedule, work program and other sections of the engagement cycle including the assistance in assessment of risks and control activities over the company operations’ effectiveness, reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations.

Principal responsibilities:

• Participate in reviewing the organization’s risk profile and draft annual audit programs, audit & investigation reports upon audit results, client responses, documentation of working papers and according to the instruction of the Team Leaders and Head of the Internal Audit Function;
• Provide professional day-to-day execution of internal audit engagements and projects in line with IIA (Institute Internal of Auditors), ISA (International Standards of Auditing), ISO Internal Auditor Qualification etc., applicable standards;
• Ensure timely and effective monitoring over the closure of audit outcomes and support continual improvement within organization;
• Assisting in evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal controls and business processes designed to help management achieve operational, reporting, compliance, and strategic objectives;
• Make all required arrangements (meetings, checklists, presentations, drafting reports, CAP files and other requirements under Engagement Work Program) in respect to conducting planned and/or unplanned audit engagements or investigations;
• Gather all necessary information carrying data collection and data analysis for auditing & consultancy purposes;
• Effectively communicate audit findings via meetings and email distributions with all required levels of the organization;
• Carry out periodical follow-up audits after each audit engagements at long-term and short-term perspectives and implement "check for effectiveness" exercises where applicable; 
• Prepare work progress schedules in collaboration with the auditees to submit to the Team Leaders and Head of the Internal Audit Function;
• Monitor organizational processes to ensure procedural compliance to ‘get it right first time’;
• Maintain the Action Tracking Register with all relevant findings and current status and ensuring its timely update;
• Preparation of detailed monthly/quarterly Statistical reports for the Head of Internal Audit Function / Top Management / Engagement Client;
• Develop value added working relationships with process owners throughout all applicable levels of the organization and challenge existing methods of work and suggest suitable alternatives, aimed at process improvement.

Requirements:

Experience: 

• Minimum 2-4 years experiences in Internal Audit/Internal Control/Risk Management/Compliance Functions in local and/or multinational companies (oil & gas/petrochemical industry experience is highly preferred; External Audit experience is welcomed)

Language skills:

• Advanced knowledge of Azerbaijani
• Upper-intermediate English - must, Russian - advantage

• Strong understanding of entire flow of audit engagements, reporting, investigation process, business process analysis
• Evaluate the internal control environment, and assess its adequacy for the needs of the organization
• Development and execution of the engagement work program in the light of the analysis of business processes and units
• Ability of constructively questioning of issues
• Interpret and evaluate the roles and responsibilities of engagement client members within the organization, and assess input to ensure cooperation with them 
• Data mining and analytics
• In-depth understanding to be applied in complex circumstances

Soft skills: 

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Cross-functional teams’ member
• Highly skeptic and questioning-mind
• Analytical and critical thinking
• Excellent analytical skills and flexibility to changing assignments
• Accurate planning, time management and control skills
• Effective working relationships within other departments
• Effective and strong problem-solving skills
• Health Safety and Environment oriented personality
• Professional presentation skills

Training & Education needed: 

• Bachelor's degree in economics, business administration, finance, accounting & audit, or technical science/project management
• Master's degree or MBA (advantage)
• CIA - Certified Internal Audit under IIA (high advantage)
• ACCA - Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (advantage)
• ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor Certificate (advantage)
• Certificate in COSO related programs (high advantage)
• CRMA Certificate - Certification in Risk Management Assurance (advantage)