Audit Specialist

Would you like to work in a leading company?

Would you like to join an international atmosphere and being involved in projects across Europe and with impact worldwide having the opportunity to consolidate your career?

As Finance Operations, our aspiration is to provide reliable financial data and products from a single source at all times. This includes key financial figures and information based on actual data for internal steering as well as external reporting. To this end, we aim for the highest possible bundling and standardization of necessary processes in the sense of an end-to-end logic in order to provide the optimum support for corporate business decisions. As part of Finance Operations, the Finance Excellence team is handling the Internal Control System, internal and external audits, responsible for quality assurance and KPIs and their tracking and the knowledge management for Sales Entities.

As part of the Finance Excellence team in Madrid, the Finance Excellence Specialist is a key figure to organize and support the internal control campaigns and audit matters acting as liaison in between the internal and external auditors with the Finance Operations areas, local functions at the sales entities and HQ.

Responsibilities

• As a Financial Excellence Specialist, you will play a crucial role working closely with other Finance Operations teams to ensure the accuracy of our financial records and processes in compliance with IFRS standards and internal guidelines and policies.
• With your experience in audit matters, you will help to achieve financial excellence and trustworthiness within our organization.
• As part of the team, you will support the internal control campaigns, participating in the control definitions in collaboration with the central ICS Team and the Operations areas executing the controls according to the E2E standard.
• You will coordinate the internal and external audits and support as subject matter expert all audit related tasks in accordance with established audit standards and procedures.
• You will be responsible for the implementation of measures and their follow up in case of any audit finding.
• You will work in close contact with Finance Governance (responsible for methods and guidelines) assessing the compliance of our tasks with relevant regulations and internal policies.
• Additionally, you will provide transparency creating presentation and reports for the management.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) certification is a plus.
• Experience and competencies
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with financial audit procedures
• Strong knowledge of IFRS GAAP, auditing principles, standards, and best practices
• Knowledge of MB Group and experience in Sales Entities preferred
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Detail-oriented with exceptional analytical skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• English mandatory: speak and write business language fluently
• Other languages desirable

IT skills

• SAP Knowledge and experience of one or more SAP modules/applications (as MM, SD, FI, CO, ECCS, COPA, FIORI)
• Microsoft Excel knowledge and experience
• Other MS Office tools (Outlook, SharePoint, Visio, and Power BI)

Within our benefits as employee, we provide:

• Competitive salary + variable compensation
• Flexible entering hours
• 30 working days of holidays
• Annual training Plan
• Professional Certifications
• Mercedes Benz Group Services benefits (Renting plans, employee discount)
• 50% Mobile work