Senior Internal Auditor

Position Description:

The Senior Internal Auditor is responsible for the management, planning, execution and reporting of Internal Audit mandates and special projects. This position reports directly to the Director, Internal Audit.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Undertake business process and internal audits, risk assessments focusing on controls, processes and business systems to provide management value adding recommendations;
• Plan and manage internal audit mandates, including documentation of work performed, and management of costs and time for the mandates;
• Complete mandates in accordance with the internal audit procedures and the standards of the internal audit profession, and consistently apply and promote CGI frameworks;
• Present clearly and concisely to management in both written and verbal form, descriptions of controls, the operational deficiencies and provide remediating solutions during and at the end of each mandate;
• Perform follow-up reviews to verify that necessary correctives actions have been implemented to rectify previously identified control weaknesses;
• Conduct special projects including but not limited to fraud and corruption investigations, ethics cases and other adhoc requests
• Develop and maintain relationships with the various business units, to be considered a consultant or point of reference to influence good control practices;
• Assist in the coordination of delivering specific direct support to the external auditors
• Promote efficiencies and effectiveness in the continuous improvement of the internal controls environment
• Participate in the preparation of training materials and training sessions
• Lead internal audit mandates and/or special projects to ensure quality deliver of output in an efficient and effective manner
• Lead by example – communicate with members of the internal audit team and provided value added comments and solutions to the work performed
• Promote effective and efficient solutions when conducting internal audit manadates and special projects
• Participate/Lead the Fraud and Corruption Risk Assessment Process as required
• Lead/participate in the SOX General Assessment and Entity Level Control testing as required
• Lead/participate in other administrative special projects: resourcing, input to audit plan, Quality Assessment of audit mandates, reporting etc
• Participate, facilitate, coordinate and report on the Enterprise Risk assessment and monitoring from Strategic business units, Business Units, Corporate Functions and CGI Enterprise

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Strong knowledge of business processes, acquired from business experience or from working in audit (internal/external)
• 4-6 years of relevant business process experience, or internal/ external audit, and/ or an excellent knowledge of the industry;
• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision and demonstrate professional skepticism consistently
• Ability to lead audit mandates while supervising, coaching and collaborating with teams members;
• Ability to multitask while simultaneously deliver quality output
• Excellent knowledge of risk assessment methodologies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in order to efficiently manage business relationships with a wide range of individuals
• Ability to adapt and respond to cultural differences given CGI is a global provider
• Ability to work in a team and individually/independently
• Ability to share knowledge amongst team members
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Detail and Action Oriented
• Highly Organized
• Autonomous, Flexible and Responsible
• Strong work ethic with ability to work under tight deadlines
• Adapt quickly to changing environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, professional attitude, good listener
• Team spirit – Collaborate and influence effectively; building consensus and co-operation from stakeholders;
• Communication skills English and French – delivers polished communications with broad reach both verbally and written;
• Demonstrates integrity and ethics, able to remain independent and objective at all times;
• Excellent writing skills predominantly in English – clear and concise;
• Actively demonstrates CGI’s values and mentors members’ understanding.

QUALIFICATIONS / EDUCATION
• Professional Title (CPA),
• University degree in accounting or equivalent
• Bilingualism required (both English & French oral and written)
• The CIA designation is an asset but not a requirement
• Experience with MS Office tools, ACL, TeamMate+

EXPERIENCE
• Four plus-6+ years of relevant business process experience in internal/ external audit, excellent knowledge of the industry
• Enterprise Risk Management an asset

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $80,–$,. This role is an existing vacancy.

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Bilingualism (French and English) is required for this position due to the nature of the role requiring interaction with national and global clients.

Skills:

• Detail-oriented
• English
• Finance
• French
• Business Process Analysis