Manager of Internal Audit

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, T-cell receptor (TCR-T), and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. From our three R&D sites around the world, we apply these innovative technologies to pursue the discovery of safe, efficacious and cutting-edge therapeutics for patients worldwide.

Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel). Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

Legend Biotech is seeking a Manager of Internal Audit as part of the Internal Audit team based in Bridgewater, NJ. 

Role Overview

Legend Biotech (the Company) seeks a high performing manager to join the Internal Audit (IA) department. This individual will be responsible for leading a broad range of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) control testing and internal audits including, but not limit to, Financial, Operational, Compliance, Technology audits and special projects independently and proficiently, following the COSO Framework and Institute of Internal Auditor (IIA) Standards.

The key objective of this role is to provide an independent and objective assessment of, as well as add value to improve the Company's control and operation environment to ensure compliance, effectiveness and efficiency. The Manager of Internal Audit will apply IA’s Policy and Procedure to skillfully manage audit lifecycle from planning, to scoping, fieldwork, reporting and following through audit remediations. This role will report to the Global Head of Internal Audit and collaborate with other IA team members, business process owners, key stakeholders, and external auditors.

The key characters expected to the Internal Audit Manager include being risk conscious, control driven, critical thinking, proactive, relationship building, strong written and verbal communication skills, multi-tasking, time management, team player, and act with sense of urgency and ownership.

Key Responsibilities  

• Manage internal audit risk assessment, develop audit universe, identify auditable projects, and conduct risk-based audit project planning and scoping.
• Follow Internal Audit Methodology and Procedure to manage audit lifecycle from audit planning to audit reporting to meet audit objectives and to ensure compliant, effective and efficient processes and controls are in place:
  • Gather critical audit related information via asking probing questions in interviews with key process owners, to assess business processes and the maturity of their control environments.
  • Conduct data analysis in risk assessment and execution of audits.
  • Be able to independently develop and clearly articulate a risk-based audit program to clearly include risks, objective, control, and test steps.
  • Hands on manage testing process that address high risk areas in scope in accordance with Legend Internal Audit and IIA Standards.
  • Identify control gaps, improvement opportunities, and value-added recommendations to strengthen and improve the control environment.
  • Review project team member’s workpaper for completeness, accuracy, adequacy and compliance.
  • Evaluate the risk and potential business impact of identified deficiencies.
  • Document audit workpapers with reperformance standards to include test attributes, associated risks, test conclusions, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Independently conduct and document the walkthroughs and tests of controls, to evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s SOX 404 program.
• Track identified audit deficiencies/observations and ensure the completion of audit remediations.
• Collaborate with and educate process owners on the importance of maintaining strong controls.
• Build strong relationship with business functions and act as a trusted business partner to provide expert insights in the areas of operational audits and SOX audits where the incumbent will review, evaluate and recommend actions to improve control and risk management.