Manager, Internal Audit & Advisory

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Your New Role...

Internal Audit and Advisory strengthens WBD’s ability to create, protect, and sustain value by providing the board and management with independent, risk-based, value add, objective assurance, advice, insight, and foresight.   WBD Internal Audit’s vision is to accelerate innovation, increase efficiency and effectiveness while providing value added assurance and advisory services, while anticipating and mitigating risks.

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Internal Audit & Advisory Manager, focusing on enhancing achievement of our WBD business strategies and objectives conducting audit and advisory projects including development of plans, facilitation, analysis, testing, project execution and includes development and communication of audit and advisory project summaries and insights. This includes identification of process and internal control observations, recommendations and strategies to  address risks and improve the business process and control environment.  In this pivotal role, you will serve as a process, risk, internal control, and Internal Audit (IA) subject matter expert across designated organizations, business processes and stakeholders. To develop an effective internal audit project strategy and plan, you must understand the organization / process / business area’s governance, risk management, and control processes.    Responsibilities will include developing strategies, analyses and project plans to analyze and assess key risks, objectives and controls of the business, leading a team and coordinating resources to design and execute comprehensive audits, reviews, analyses and various other activities. As a primary point of contact, you will maintain successful partnerships vital to the success of the Internal Audit team. The successful candidate will demonstrate proficient leadership in cross-functional collaboration and possess strong interpersonal skills to effectively develop, lead and execute audit projects; and collaborate and communicate (both verbally and written) with a broad range of executives from peers to senior executives across the business. This strategic position demands an agile, proactive and insightful leader committed to advancing business practices, strategic and critical thinking, creativity, and excellence in stakeholder engagement. The Internal Audit Manager will be asked to perform the following:

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Collaborate with Internal Audit leadership and key business stakeholders to develop audit strategies and plans that leverage an understanding of various WBD businesses, processes, strategies and objectives for a variety of businesses, process areas, topics and practices. This involves proactive identification of emerging risks, leading business practices processes and controls and understanding critical unaddressed risks.
• Lead the execution of audit and advisory projects ensuring timely delivery and high-quality outcomes that provide strategic insights and influence business stakeholders to improve business processes risks & controls, applying innovative thinking and autonomy in insight development, root cause identification and problem-solving.
• Establish and maintain "trusted advisor" relationships, promoting robust collaboration with both clients and Internal Audit colleagues through innovative approaches and strategic objectivity and independence.
• Generate insightful analyses and reports, from their preparation, presentation and delivery to business unit leaders, C-suite executives, senior leaders, and as needed to the WBD Audit Committee.
• Oversee the execution of audits, reviews, and consulting projects, ensuring organizational collaboration and alignment.
• Develop expertise as a subject matter expert in designated business process areas, guiding audit strategies and innovations with a fresh perspective.
• Engages in effective change management processes such as presenting the need for change in a way that encourages, commitment an