Senior Internal Auditor

Driscoll’s•Watsonville, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Internal Auditor to join Driscoll’s global Internal Audit team. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership, gain broad exposure to international business operations, and contribute to strengthening the company's governance and control environment. The main purpose of this position is to perform operational, financial, IT, and integrated audits for the Driscoll’s of The Americas (DOTA) business unit. Although this position reports directly to our US-based Director of Internal Audit, the role will either be based in Guadalajara, Mexico, or Watsonville, California. Internal Audit’s Mission is to provide objective, risk-based assurance and advisory services in a consultative manner, aligned with Driscoll’s Mission and supporting its strategic initiatives through collaboration with business unit leadership. The global audit team performs audit engagements with passion, humility, trustworthiness, and agility. The team is empowered to continuously improve the audit process, embrace innovation, and leverage data analytics to make it more efficient.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, business, information systems, or equivalent
Five years (or more) of progressive audit or finance management experience with a Big Four public accounting firm, and /or a global company
Fluency in English and Spanish, both verbal and written
Strong understanding of key business risks and internal controls, including the COSO control frameworks
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
Proven track record in completing high-quality audit engagements
Ability to perform audits independently with minimal supervision
Ability to travel up to 20%, both domestic and international
Embrace Driscoll’s values with strong emotional intelligence, humility, critical thinking, professional skepticism, trustworthiness, passion, and an insurgent attitude driven by agility and a sense of urgency in completing audits.
Self-motivated, proactive, passionate, and results-oriented audit professional who can motivate, influence, and collaborate with diverse teams and different cultures.
Committed to the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and personal conduct.
Adaptable, resilient, likes to be challenged, and thrives in dynamic agile environments.
Team player who can communicate well and manage multiple audit projects.

Nice To Haves

A relevant professional certification, such as Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor, or equivalent
Experience with agricultural business and/or global consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies
Proficiency with Excel and other data analysis and visualization techniques and embrace AI techniques to streamline routine audit procedures
Familiarity with Oracle’s ERP
Other language skills, especially Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, or Portuguese

Responsibilities

Provide assurance and advisory audit support for Driscoll’s DOTA business unit, primarily covering DOTA’s business operations in Canada, Mexico, Peru, and the U.S.A.
Serve as a trusted internal control advisor for the DOTA business leadership team.
Lead, perform, and deliver DOTA internal audit services that provide value by: (a) promoting control consciousness and anti-fraud awareness; (b) assessing risk and control maturity in a consultative and collaborative manner with management; and (c) driving control and process improvements.
Assist with the development of an annual risk-based audit plan that provides relevant audit services aligned with DOTA’s strategic initiatives.
Perform integrated audits to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of key financial controls, operational controls, and IT general controls that support DOTA’s business operations.
Manage all aspects of the DOTA audit lifecycle, including: audit scheduling, audit planning and scoping, fieldwork execution, issue validation, and issuance of the final audit reports.
Complete audits in the DOTA audit plan to identify control gaps and control deficiencies.
Provide pragmatic improvement recommendations that safeguard DOTA’s assets and employees and strengthen its control environment.
Partner with DOTA's business leaders to develop adequate action plan responses to mitigate and remediate identified risks.
Prepare and present audit results and reports to the DOTA management team.
Facilitate improvements by tracking all open significant deficiencies and associated management action plans and performing follow-up audits to ensure issues are successfully remediated by management in a timely manner.
Periodically manage co-source audit providers to ensure timely execution of assigned audits.
Perform special projects such as investigations, M&A due diligence, global audits, etc.