Internal Audit Manager Job ID 200663 Posted 14-Jan-2025 Service line Corporate Segment Role type Full-time Areas of Interest
Accounting/Finance
Location(s)
London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Internal Audit Manager
CBRE’s Internal Audit (IA) is an independent, solution-focused business partner that provides insight to protect CBRE's brand and drive positive change. IA provides objective assurance and guidance to help CBRE leaders across our global enterprise identify, communicate and mitigate risk exposure that could threaten our company's ability to achieve strategic objectives. In short—this team helps CBRE reach business and functional goals by identifying opportunities for improvement.
IA is an early adopter of agile auditing and utilises agile to serve our clients in the most efficient/effective manner possible. The Internal Audit Manager will be an engaged scrum team member who leads audit engagements on CBRE’s Enterprise Risks.
This role will have the primary responsibilities of understanding business processes, assessing operational risks to business objectives, evaluating control effectiveness and delivering insights to stakeholders and senior leadership. The Audit Manager will possess operational internal audit experience, strong communication skills, superior project management skills and advanced critical thinking.
What you will be doing:
* * As the Internal Audit Manager will lead audit and project work to evaluate key risks and the adequacy of controls within CBRE’s global business units and key business processes. Core responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:
* * Contributing to the development of an audit approach and testing strategy for assigned audits to ensure key business risks and controls are evaluated
* * Drafting, coordinating and participating in the completion of audit procedures (i.e., user stories)
* * Communicating audit findings to the audit team and stakeholders
* * Providing peer reviews of workpaper documentation to ensure the retained documentation supports the audit work performed
* * Completing and delivering projects and related deliverables on time, with exceptional quality and within budget
* * Performing testing verifying the effectiveness of established processes and procedures; confirming audit findings/observations identified through detailed testing
* * Having professionalism and maturity to make oral and written presentations to key stakeholders throughout, and at the conclusion of, audit projects by discussing process and control deficiencies and recommending corrective actions and other suggestions to improve operational controls, mitigate risk, improve efficiencies or reduce costs
* * Preparing draft reports for review and ensuring audit comments are agreed, clear, concise and focused on the root cause of the issue and intended outcome
* * Working in a global environment and participating in audit assignments in any location, as necessary
* * Providing input into department initiatives (e.g., templates, audit manual and methodologies, etc.), as necessary
* * Interpreting policies and procedures and applying professional accounting and auditing principles and standards to test and evaluate complex financial records and operational systems. Designing audit procedures that adequately address risk and compliance with Company standards and relevant regulations.
* * Performing other duties as assigned
Required skills
* * Bachelor's degree (BS or BA) in Business, Accounting, Finance or equivalent.
* * Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA) or equivalent
* * Professional business and/or experience within a large multinational audit environment. Equivalent work experience will be considered.
Working at CBRE When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mind-set is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with challenging work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry.
Our collaborative culture is built on our RISE values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. This informs everything we do—from diversity, equity, and inclusion to sustainability initiatives to workplace safety and wellbeing.
At CBRE, we believe that the more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we see. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences across industries to apply for open positions even if you do not match every element of the required skills. To discover more about what it’s like to work at CBRE, visit Life at CBRE.
About CBRE CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.
Equal Opportunities We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. For information about accommodations we can make during the recruitment process, please visit: https://www.cbre.co.uk/careers/accommodations