(Senior) Audit Associate - Software
Job Details
Controlling and Finance Assurance (CF A) helps Siemens achieve its goals by providing objective, factual and independent assurance to the Siemens Managing Board and Audit Committee. As a business partner to Siemens executive management, we leverage our expertise in a wide range of topics in order to create impact that drives change with improved financial results.
CF A is a unique Global Leadership Development Program, stretched over a period of three to five years. We offer a vibrant, diverse and inclusive environment, which ensures a variety of perspectives and enables big picture thinking. We offer continuous career coaching and mentoring throughout the program, all whilst working with top Siemens business leaders on multiple high-profile projects around the world. This is your chance to build your network within the company, develop your operational experience and prepare yourself for a leading role.
As software and digitalization gains increasing significance in Siemens, our Operational and Financial Audit Practice plays a pivotal role in providing assurance to the Managing Board and the Audit Committee on the entire software lifecycle development process. We as CF A create impact by exploring bold questions around development, sales and accounting for software to maximize the long-term profitability of the enterprise. Using advanced analytics, visualization technologies and artificial intelligence, CFA is actively working on the future of assurance.
Learn more at: www.siemens.com/cfa
Your new role – challenging and future-oriented
- Identify key risks in Siemens’s operational and financial environment with a particular focus on software and develop an understanding of business processes, goals, and strategy in order to provide analysis and interpretation to management
- Design and execute comprehensive audit programs and controls to address the identified risks
- Lead site visits in an international environment
- Develop and promote digital use cases that increase coverage and overall assurance in cooperation with our data analytics team
- Manage multiple stakeholders in complex environments
- Lead meetings with clients to present the team’s conclusions and recommended improvements
- Collaborate with external auditors to ensure effective and efficient audit procedures
- Maintain and build your network in various Siemens businesses and functions
- Make use of the unique chance to participate in audits within other functional areas
Your qualifications – solid and appropriate
- Strong academic background including a bachelor’s degree in engineering, IT, computer science, business administration
- Proficient in at least one of the following areas: Software Product Lifecycle Management, DevOps, R&D, Agile software development
- Audit Associate role requires 4 to 6 years of relevant operations experience in industries similar to Siemens (technology, software, manufacturing, product business) or comparable experience within Siemens
- Senior Audit Associate role requires 5 to 8 years of relevant operations experience in industries similar to Siemens (technology, software, manufacturing, product business) or comparable experience within Siemens
- Necessary skills, experience and motivation to develop out of Controlling and Finance Assurancedepartment within 3-5 years and move into a business role at Siemens
- Commitment to continuous learning and education
- Demonstrated history of career advancement
- Ability to continue on an accelerated career track
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Flexibility to travel (including internationally) as well as to live/embrace our remote-working culture
HighlyPreferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in engineering, IT, computer science, business administration
- Domestic and/or international mobility including previous experience either working or studying abroad
- Related professional qualification or certifications (CSDP, PMP, Scrum, AWS, Six Sigma, or PM@Siemens)
- General project management expertise in a complex global organization