Internal Audit Manager

Job title: Internal Audit Manager

Location: Kuala Lumpur

Summary:  Join Sanofi's Singapore Hub auditing Asia Pacific operations. Conduct risk-based audits assessing process efficiency, compliance, and controls across pharmaceutical operations. Responsibilities include preliminary risk assessments, fieldwork execution, identifying control deficiencies, documenting findings, and writing audit reports with actionable recommendations. Communicate results effectively to stakeholders, spread best practices, and support audit methodology development. Recognized pathway to future leadership roles within Sanofi's operations or corporate functions

The Sanofi Internal Audit (SIA) Singapore Hub is part of the SIA Department which reports to the General Management and the Audit committee. The Singapore Hub is primarily dedicated to audit the Asia Pacific region. Sanofi’s internal audit function is recognized as a provider of future leaders. Once a successful track record has been established, the individual is expected to be a candidate for future positions of broader responsibility within Sanofi’s IA organization, other corporate functions or business operations.

The SIA Department relies on 3 hubs (in the US, France and Singapore) and 2 expertise (Forensic and IS). All hubs are an extension of the SIA Department. The Singapore Hub follows the same methodology and remains independent from the France SIA Operations which covers both Intercontinental and Europe Regions, and Corporate functions.

The team of Internal Auditors is assigned to missions whose objectives are to:

• Identify and monitor risks with a structured approach focused on the organization and business stakes

• Assess the adequacy and efficiency of processes and the compliance with established policies, rules and procedures, laws and regulations;

• Assess the effectiveness of business processes, functions and projects, in accordance with strategic, operational and financial concerns of the organization;

• Examine the accuracy, reliability, completeness and traceability of information (financial, management…);

• Assess the security of assets;

• Identify Best Practices and suggest improvements for the organization.

• Get familiar with

  • The Organisation environment:

    • Pharmaceutical environment, Group organization,

    • Key processes, and the related procedures and standards.

  • The standard audit programs for the audited processes to be able to adjust them according to the audited entity specificities.

• Ensure a risk-based approach all along the assignment

  • Preparation phase:

    • Carry on a preliminary risk assessment according to the main specific risks highlighted through interviews with Corporate Support functions and data analysis.

  • Fieldwork:

    • Ensure that the audit strategy supports the risk analysis update (interview, examination, observation, re-performance) with an appropriate level of evidences.

  • All along the assignment:

    • Assess the efficiency of the internal control systems taking into account potential risks associated to Sanofi evolution (integration, new operating models, new organizations, internal control framework…).

• Perform a reliable audit work on each assignment

  • Carry on the audit strategy by performing interviews and testing (control of data accuracy) and adjust it accordingly (work program priorities, test coverage, sampling…).

  • Highlight internal control deficiencies and improvement areas for the audited  processes by:

    • Collecting and gathering relevant audit evidences,

    • Identifying the deficiencies cause,

    • Assessing the deficiencies consequences and the associated level of risk.

  • Report and synthesize the results of the assignment in the audit report

    • Write the descriptive part related to the audited processes,

    • Write audit findings, recommendations and best practices,

    • Suggest the recommendation ranking, an implementation deadline and the persons responsible for the action plan.

  • Comply with the quality standards as well as audit professional norms defined by the Internal Audit Management:

    • Document audit fieldwork and results in the dedicated IS tool,

    • Ensure the documentation “audit trail”,

    • Meet the deadlines.

• Ensure an efficient communication

  • Perform a relevant debrief to the auditees on the findings, recommendations and conclusions of the audit review, in particular:

    • The associated risk,

    • The deficiencies cause,

    • The expected action plans and the relevance of the timing of their implementation.

  • Spread the internal control mindset and Best Practices identified

  • Share information efficiently and facilitate communication within the audit team

  • Keep up-to-date the Team Leader about the completion of the audit fieldwork, and in particular by notifying sensitive topics

  • Update, on a regular basis, the Internal Audit Management about the fieldwork status and the audit results, and play a role of alert when deemed necessary

• Be involved in the following Internal Audit activities

  • Work groups (Projects, Coordination and Thematic groups) which aim are respectively to ensure an interaction with corporate expert functions and support the Internal Audit methodology:

    • Participate in the reporting of our activities to Corporate functions,

    • Exchange with Corporate functions on organization, procedures and guidelines,

    • Suggest ways of improvement in our internal processes.

  • Participate in internal trainings on standard audit programs

  • Provide support to the Internal Audit Management on the audit plan process and on specific assignment pre-scoping

• Report and synthesize the results of the assignment in the audit report