What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Internal Auditor position at ZF Group?
Job description:
About the Team:
ZF is looking for an experienced Auditor to join our Corporate Global Audit team in Northville, MI! The position would support operations to audit against ZF internal policies in order to identify risk. The ideal candidate would have manufacturing and an auditing background.
What you can look forward to as Auditor
- Audit ZF business processes and operations and recommend improvements.
- Project and time management to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of audit procedures.
- Provide field leadership (auditor in-charge), including the training and development of junior team members through structured approach to audit issue identification, problem definition and resolution.
- Assist Audit Management in development, implementation, and administration of procedures, including those that govern work practices, standards, work papers, etc.
- Assist ZF Management in compliance with internal control requirements through self-assessment and testing.
- Provide internal management consulting services, participate in special projects, teams and investigations, as needed.
- Obtain a broad understanding of ZF’s businesses, operations and processes to enable risk-based auditing.
- Arrange travel requirements consistent with ZF policy and limitations, to perform audits of global operations, including visa applications, passport, airfare, hotel reservations, rental cars, etc.
Your Profile as an Auditor
- Undergraduate degree - Accounting / Finance / Business / Engineering. MBA or other graduate degree preferred.
- Five years minimum experience in financial / accounting / business / consulting disciplines, including at least 3 years in internal / external audit.
- Professional certification preferred (CIA, CPA, ACCA, CA, CMA, etc.).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to communicate technical accounting and controls issues in terms that non-financial audience can understand the significance of the subject matter being discussed. Ability to establish relationships.
- Ability to travel (by airplane and car) approximately 40%
- Strong analytical skills, problem solving.
- Foreign language and international business experience with global manufacturing organization desirable.
- Ability to work on diverse teams.
- Personal flexibility to adapt to changing schedule or priority.
- Process improvement orientation.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
What We Offer:
- A supportive collaborative team environment
- Annual Incentive Plan
- Paid Vacation
- 401k Plan
- Health Care Benefits
- Paid Holidays (13 fixed holidays)
- A Hybrid Work Schedule (2 days remote/3 days onsite)
- A strong diversity culture
- Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities
