Manager, Internal Financial Audit - EMEA (Fluent German / English)

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
• Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
• Contributing to a brighter, more sustainable future.
  
  
  

At Veralto (www.veralto.com), our unifying purpose of Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™ is more than words: it’s a proven path towards positive change, improvement for our planet, and development for yourself.

Whether we’re ensuring the continued availability of clean drinking water, protecting our waterways, or enhancing the traceability, color accuracy, and packaging of everyday essentials, the work we do every day contributes to a safer world and a more sustainable future.

When you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 13 operating companies and 16,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have boundless opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career.

We Offer:

• A flexible, remote-friendly work environment 
• Collaborative and fun culture
• Total rewards that support your success at work and beyond
  
  
  

About the Role:

The Internal Audit Manager – EMEA will lead the planning and execution of regional audits and reviews engagements for their audit locations. Internal Audit Managers are responsible for all audit planning & performance, including staffing, communications with audit location and advanced preparation.

Internal Audit Managers provide oversight over Sarbanes-Oxley 404 management testing and issue remediation guidance. Additionally, Internal Audit Managers assist the Internal Audit Vice President & Directors with periodic special projects and support for communications to Veralto’s Audit Committee and senior management.

Your Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Build relationships with a portfolio of Operating Companies in your region.
• Assist in the annual risk assessment process for assigned region to determine which audit locations should be in-scope.
• Manage assigned audit locations independently by planning and executing high quality financial audits and reviews based on an ongoing risk assessment and adequate supervision of audit teams.
• Plan and perform audit procedures based on modules of the Veralto Standard Internal Audit program, including testing and evaluation of financial statements and internal controls and compliance with Corporate policies and procedures.
• Review audit work performed and documentation prepared by staff and/or co-sourced resources to ensure it meets Internal Audit quality standards.
• Draft audit reports based on work performed directly and by subordinates. Submit to Internal Audit Director draft reports for review on a timely basis following field work.
• Provide constructive and meaningful comments based on audit findings that will help finance teams to improve financial reporting, internal controls and compliance at their locations.
• Ensure audit location’s compliance with laws and regulations by monitoring compliance activities.
• Provide oversight and direction over Sarbanes-Oxley 404 management testing.
• Acquire in-depth understanding of audit location’s business and industry.
• Establish durable relationships with audit location finance leads and staff.
• Be a point of contact for questions and concerns coming from assigned audit locations.
• Develop strong professional relationships with key members of finance and non-finance management of assigned audit locations.
• Where appropriate, support other Internal Audit team members by participating in audits and supplying special knowledge, e.g., language skills or process audit knowledge where needed.
• Provide adequate and timely performance feedback to subordinate team members to ensure their development.
• Assist as required with miscellaneous reporting needed for senior management or Audit Committee presentations.
  
  
  

Qualifications

The essential requirements of the job include:

• 6-10 years of experience, including promoted to manager at a “Big Four” audit firm. Internal audit experience with a “Fortune 500” company is a plus.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting (or equivalent) is required.
• CPA (US) or equivalent is required.
• Extensive practical experience with US-GAAP and SOX 404 is required.
• Fluency in English and German is required.
  
  
  

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience with manufacturing entities and cost accounting is preferred.
• MBA or other relevant advanced degree (e.g., Accounting, Law or Tax) is preferred.
• Experience with large, complex consolidations of entities with multiple functional currencies is preferred.
• Experience with acquisitions and divestitures, including due diligence and post-merger integration is preferred.
• Additional language capabilities including French, Spanish, Dutch, or Italian are a plus.
• Experience in an operating financial role (e.g., controller, financial analyst) is preferred.
  
  
  

This is a Remote role with the potential opportunity to sit at one of our local operating company’s offices. This role will require up to :30% travel (regional & international - :1 week per month).

With annual sales of $5 billion, Veralto is a global leader in essential technology solutions with a proven track record of solving some of the most complex challenges we face as a society. Our industry-leading companies with globally recognized brands are building on a long-established legacy of innovation and customer trust to create a safer, cleaner, more vibrant future.  

 

Veralto’s Water Quality companies—Aquatic Informatics, ChemTreat, Hach, McCrometer, OTT HydroMet, Sea-Bird Scientific, Trojan Technologies, and XOS—manage, treat, purify, and protect the global water supply, from municipal and wastewater treatment facilities to lakes, rivers, watersheds, and oceans. And our Product Quality & Innovation companies—Esko, Linx, Pantone, Videojet, and X-Rite—protect the world’s food, medicine, and essentials by tracking and authenticating the billions of goods that travel the global supply chain every day. Veralto is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with 300+ locations worldwide.  

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.

Unsolicited Assistance

We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at any of the Veralto companies, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Veralto and its companies. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Veralto and its companies because of the unsolicited referral.