Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior Director, Corporate Audit – Financial & Trading Risk is accountable for high quality execution of our end-to-end internal audit process, including risk assessment, audit plan development, audit execution and issue management.  This job is accountable for audit services related to Cargill’s financial and trading risk areas, globally. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Corporate Audit and as a member of the Corporate Audit Leadership Team, this job is also responsible for actively driving the long-term strategy and operational effectiveness of the full department.

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Key Accountabilities

• CORPORATE AUDIT STRATEGY & STRATEGIC OPERATIONS: As a member of the Corporate Audit Leadership Team, contributes to the ongoing evolution and execution of the Corporate Audit strategy, along with department-wide achievement of Corporate Audit's operational and value metrics.
• RISK ASSESSMENT & AUDIT PLAN: Own the continuous risk assessment process and related audit plan for financial and trading risk areas to ensure a deep understanding of the risk landscape and effective deployment of Audit resources to the highest impact audit projects. 
• AUDIT EXECUTION: Executive-level oversight of audit planning, execution, reporting and issue management within assigned risk areas to ensure quality standards are achieved and the outputs enable effective risk insight and risk assurance.
• CONSULTATION: Serves as an expert in risk prioritization and mitigation, advising stakeholders through various formal and informal channels to improve Cargill’s overall risk management practices. 
• TEAM MANAGEMENT: Manages team members to achieve the organization’s goals, by ensuring productivity, communicating performance expectations, creating goal alignment, giving and seeking feedback, providing coaching, measuring progress and holding people accountable, supporting employee development, recognizing achievement and lessons learned, and developing enabling conditions for talent to thrive in an inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience auditing financial controls within a trading environment, either as an internal auditor or external auditor
• Proven understanding of internal control frameworks such as COSO, etc.
• Ability to travel globally up to 20%.
• Advanced English

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing cross-functional or global teams.
• Prior experience working within an SAP environment.
• Certified Public Accountant (or local equivalent) or Certified Internal Auditor.
• Experience working in a global organization; ability to navigate the complexities of global operations and cross-cultural collaboration.