Senior Internal Auditor

About the Opportunity

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.

 Responsibilities

**Please Note: This role requires an on-site presence at our headquarters in Watsonville, California or Guadalajara, Mexico**

Remote work is not authorized for this position.

The Senior Internal Auditor is responsible for planning and executing risk-based internal audit engagements across financial, operational, compliance, information technology, supply chain, and commercial functions. This individual will partner with stakeholders at all levels of the organization to identify risks, evaluate controls, recommend process improvements, and support the achievement of strategic business objectives.

• 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.

    Candidate Profile

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 

Preferred Qualifications
•    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

Who You Are
•    You 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.
•    You are a self-motivated, proactive, passionate, and results-oriented audit professional who can motivate, influence, and collaborate with diverse teams and different cultures.
•    You are committed to the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and personal conduct. 
•    You adapt, are resilient, like to be challenged, and thrive in dynamic agile environments.
•    You are a team player who can communicate well and manage multiple audit projects.

Compensation & Benefits:

The following information is provided in good faith as a general description of the salary range and benefits for the position posted.  The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate is dependent upon experience, skills, education, work location, internal pay equity, and other objective job-related factors.

Salary Range estimated for the Senior Internal Auditor (based in California): $88,000 to $113,000 USD. Compensation for hires outside California will be determined based on the market, level, and compensation practices applicable to the country where the successful candidate is hired.

Driscoll’s is committed to a culture of care and offers an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. Other benefits include:  401(k) with employer match, profit-sharing participation, paid sick time, paid vacation, paid personal and family care leave, and a free Employee Assistance Program (EAP).  More detailed information regarding the benefits package will be shared during the application process.
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