Senior Auditor

Location

Brookfield Place - 181 Bay Street

Business - Infrastructure

Brookfield Infrastructure Group is one of Brookfield’s primary operating groups. The Infrastructure Group is one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors, owning and operating critical assets across the transport, utilities, energy, and data infrastructure sectors. The Group operates and manages approximately $140 billion of assets owned through its private funds and publicly listed entity, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Our portfolio of assets facilitate the movement and storage of energy, water, freight, passengers and data, and are located in North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information, visit: https://www.brookfield.com/our-businesses/infrastructure

Brookfield Culture

Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture.  We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader:  Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined.  Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.

Job Description

Brookfield Internal Audit is an independent, objective assurance and consulting function with a team of audit professionals based in Toronto, New York, London, Sao Paolo, Sydney and Mumbai. The team engages across the broader universe of Brookfield businesses and its senior leaders to assess and advise on risks and operational efficiency over key processes. Internal Audit (IA) reports directly into the Audit Committee and Board of Directors, and the work positively impacts its employees, investors, shareholders, and business partners. We support a portfolio that includes investments across all our sectors, with $825B assets under management.

Due to continued growth within Brookfield Asset Management, we are looking for motivated individuals to join our team in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment.

Position Summary

Working under the general direction of our IA Director and Manager, the Senior Auditor is primarily responsible for the delivery of the Corporate SOX programs for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE, TSX: BIP) and Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BIPC). Additionally, the individual may also participate in audits and advisory engagements for Brookfield’s Infrastructure business group and for regulatory processes, ESG, IT implementations, cash management and other operational audits that support the parent company and its portfolio companies.  

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of this position would include:

• Supporting management with the ongoing design and maintenance of the Infrastructure SOX program including identifying key processes, conducting walkthroughs, developing process and controls documentation, and providing guidance to control owners;

• Leading control walkthroughs with the external auditors and liaising with process and control owners across Infrastructure’s various corporate head office functions and regional financial reporting teams located around the world as well as SOX teams across our key businesses;

• Performing testing to evaluate the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting for in-scope business processes;

• Working with control owners to investigate control gaps or deficiencies and provide practical recommendations to address findings and continuously improve internal controls;

• Reporting status of testing and deficiencies to IA and Finance leadership;

• Actively participating in the annual SOX program planning and scoping evaluations and supporting IA and Finance with ongoing risk assessments; and

• Assisting with project management and consolidated program reporting including monthly status and year-end results reporting to senior leadership.

Additional responsibilities could include, but are not limited to:

• Execution of audit and advisory activities across all phases – planning, fieldwork, and reporting;

• Identifying causes of deficiencies, presenting constructive findings based on facts, severity, and risk, and providing economic and practical recommendations;

• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with our stakeholders including  management, auditees, and external audit teams;

• Maintaining departmental standards and the quality of audit engagements in line with the documented audit procedures (included in the Audit Manual) and the IIA Standards.