Lead Auditor - IT in London

Be a part of a revolutionary change - find your future in our future! At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re transforming our business and building our future with one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future. We’re disrupting our company from the inside out. Our transformation is redefining every area of our business.

With PMI’s journey towards a smoke-free future and a consumer-centric organization, the company faces new opportunities and risks. To safeguard the company’s business objectives, ensure its delivery against strategic opportunities, and protect the company against emerging uncertainties, a highly professional and industry-leading risk management and assurance gathering practice is required.

The purpose of the Risk & Assurance function within PMI is to provide independent, objective assurance and risk consulting services designed to add value and improve PMI’s operations, with the mission to enhance and protect organizational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight, through a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and control processes, in order to help PMI accomplish its objectives.

As an Audit Lead, you will be responsible for planning, leading, and coordinating single‑in‑time assurance activities—including internal audits, fit‑gap assessments, and desktop reviews—across PMI’s global footprint. Your work will span markets, regions, PM Business Solutions/CoE locations, and Global Functions, ensuring robust governance and effective risk management throughout the organization.

Principle Accountabilities

• The Audit Lead is responsible to achieve ‘regular’ assurance gathering objectives within each specific audit engagement under his/her lead, which are:

• Lead and coordinate the assurance gathering activities over a. the appropriateness, adequacy, and executional effectiveness of risk responses implemented by management, and b. compliance with internal Policies & Procedures and internal controls as defined by management for the operational effectiveness of day-to-day operations, through independent, objective assurance services in the form of a single-in-time internal audit, fit-gap assessment and desktop review, as prescribed by our internal auditing guidelines, at all levels/geographies of the organization, as per the audit plan approved by the Audit Committee.
• Coordinate the assurance / audit team to efficiently and effectively complete the audit / assurance engagement in budget and in time.
• Manage direct auditee stakeholders within the scope of the engagement on the day-to-day operational interactions.

In addition to these main accountabilities the Audit Lead possess robust knowledge and experience in governance, risk management, internal controls, and general assurance provisioning activities. The Audit Lead collaborates intensively with the other assurance functions (as applicable, within the scope of each engagement) being Risk & Controls, Information Security & Data Privacy, Ethics & Compliance.

Who We Are Looking For

• University degree (BA or MSc) level education (e.g. Economics, Informatics, etc.)
• Optional ‘post university’ professional certification / education – examples: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Executive Master Internal/Operational Auditor (EMIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Governance Risk Compliance Professional (GRCP) Certification, etc.
• Relevant experience in (Enterprise) Risk Management, Internal Controls, GRC, Audit, Accounting, Finance or a combination of the six, of which at least 3 years in Risk Management, Internal Controls or Audit.
• Relevant experience in: ‘Big Four’ and/or other public accounting / audit / consulting.
• Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMGC)
• Optional: Multi-year international / global assignments.

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN US?

At PMI, We Believe Success To Be Fuelled By Our Employees, Depended On Them Coming To Work Every Single Day With a Sense Of Purpose And An Appetite For Challenge. We Are a People First Organisation Committed To Empowering You To Take Risks, Grow And Explore.

We’re redefining the big picture of well-being and personal development. We seek the best professionals but recognize them as parents, caregivers, family, and community members. We look after each other and care for our people, so wherever you join us around the world, we’re committed to providing the type of benefits only a company like PMI can offer.

Being the fastest learning organization in the world is core to our culture, so we invest significantly in developing our people. From mentoring to technical certifications, stretch roles, soft skills development, and executive education, we help our people develop the skills they need to do their best work and create their own unique impact.

At PMI, we believe diversity and inclusiveness are essential to every industry. We’re proud that our culture is built upon strong corporate values, a foundation of respect and belonging, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion that welcomes a variety of skill sets, backgrounds, and experiences.

We see digital technology as disruptive, and possibilities as endless. Our team leverages advanced SEO and AI Search platforms to analyse search and LLM behaviour, operating within Agile, product-led frameworks to continuously enhance organic visibility, AI discoverability, and measurable search impact at scale.

Every single employee is part of our Transformation journey. Join us and pursue your ambitions – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress. If our culture and mindset resonate with you, we look forward to receiving your application and getting to know you.

Together, let’s deliver a smoke free future!