Audit Manager

As an Audit Manager or Auditor, your role will be to deliver objective and insightful assurance that inspires meaningful action in reducing risk to GSK. This role is critical to understanding the current state of risk management, giving credit for good practices, identifying issues, understanding root cause, and providing insight to mobilize the organization to improve. The role serves as an ambassador of risk management and the Internal Controls Framework (ICF); fostering openness and trust and connecting individuals to resources that will help them reduce risk.

Our Audit Managers and Auditors perform and lead audits across the activities that deliver key activities across Research and Development, while mitigating risk, specifically: Research Practices, Patient Safety and Scientific Patient Engagement. While this activity is primarily focused in R&D, the risks assessed may also include assurance work within commercial businesses. The scope of our work is global, working within a multinational team. Travel is required for this role for about 25% of your time (12 weeks per year), however; the requirement to travel is assessed on an audit-by-audit basis.

In this role you will:

• Engage auditees and other business stakeholders in a way that inspires and builds trust, mutual understanding, and respect.
• Deliver timely and meaningful audit outputs in alignment with the Core Audit Process (or other assurance products as required), providing a holistic view of risk management in language the business understands.
• Deliver meaningful insights to the business, and appropriate context to support action.
• Connect auditees and other business stakeholders to insights and resources that will deepen their understanding of risk and the internal control framework.
• Anticipate and effectively manage potential obstacles to audit delivery and risk reduction; ensure timely escalation.
• Demonstrate a flexible approach to work, rebalancing priorities where necessary and solving problems creatively.
• Lead by example to challenge the status quo and create a vibrant, values-based work environment.
• Develop self and others through giving and receiving feedback to promote excellence and continuous improvement.
• Engage in peer-to-peer coaching, teaching, and mentoring.

Basic Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of certain R&D related business activities, and related risk; Research Practices, Patient Safety and/or Scientific Patient Engagement.
• Proven track record of managing complex projects and/or initiatives including planning, organizing, managing people and delivering within agreed timelines.
• Collaboration, partnership and influencing skills.
• Problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (e.g., medical or allied health, science, life sciences, pharmacy).
• 5+ years of experience in R&D or auditing experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in or with IT/Tech, data analytics.
• Second foreign language.
• Prior monitoring, quality management or audit experience.

Please note that we could offer either a grade 6 Audit Manager role or a grade 7 Auditor role depending on your experience and skills.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines.

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GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.