Internal Control Trainee, New Graduate (12-month contract) - Experience@Siemens

Siemens; Oakville; On-site; CAD 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Canada is seeking a motivated and self-driven recent graduate for the Internal Controls Trainee – New Graduate program. You will help support our internal control system within Canada and contribute to the RIC function, aligning processes with the COSO framework.

The role offers mentorship, one-on-one coaching, and hands-on experience as you partner with business units to strengthen governance and internal controls across the organization.

Qualifications

• New graduate from a university or college program in Commerce and/or Accounting.
• Graduated from post-secondary within the last 12 months.
• Strong knowledge of Excel is a must.
• Some experience in an internal control environment.

Responsibilities

• Support Internal Control Managers in internal controls assessments including documentation and assessment of those controls.
• Support in developing continuous improvement for internal control processes to increase efficiency while maintaining assurance.
• Help establish policies, procedures, processes, and controls to be compliant with the RIC program.
• Facilitate and drive remediation of internal control weaknesses with stakeholders to ensure timely remediation.
• Assist with impact analyses of ineffective controls related to Entity Reporting and remediation guidance.

Skills

Excel

Analytical skills

Time management

Education

Commerce/Accounting degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Kick start your career journey!

Kick start your career journey! Experience@Siemens is an exciting opportunity for new Graduates from college or university to transition from academic to the workplace. Siemens Canada will provide you with practical and meaningful work experience as you start your career journey and help you build business skills. We are passionate about innovations that mean real progress. We are excited about technologies that still need to be developed. What about you? Do you want to use your curiosity, passion, and creativity to make the lives of millions of people easier and better? Join us as a recent graduate –by beginning your early career through Experience@Siemens New Graduate Program. Whichever path you take, we’re looking forward to seeing your perspective. Recent graduates enrolled in this program will be partnered with a mentor and receive one on one coaching and guidance in support of their development and to help navigate their early career. In addition, this program will help students establish contacts and widen their network to excel in their career journey. Experience@Siemens offers experiential learning and flexibility, allowing you to balance your personal life and career goals.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2026 and Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2026.

What will you do?

Siemens Canada is looking for a motivated and self-driven recent graduate with Internal Controls experience to help us support our internal control system in Canada, as well as help create and drive tasks within our Risk and Internal Control (RIC) function, which has a responsibility of establishing an Internal Control environment in accordance with Siemens Risk and Internal Control (RIC) methodology.

The Internal Controls Trainee – New Graduate is an opportunity for a new fresh graduate. The selected candidate will be responsible for ensuring the company maintains strong internal controls and good governance practices through an effective RIC program. This position will contribute to the planning, documenting, reviewing, assessing, and remediating the internal control framework in accordance with the COSO framework of internal controls. In this role you will be working not only on regional internal control topics relating to the Assurance function within Canada but also be a business partner for internal controls over financial reporting topics within some businesses of Siemens Canada. The right candidate will be reporting into the Head of RIC in Canada.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Internal Control Managers in internal controls assessments including the proper documentation and assessment of those controls.
• Support in developing continuous improvement for internal control processes, focusing on increasing efficiency while maintaining or increasing the overall level of assurance.
• Support in establishing effective policies, procedures, processes, and controls necessary to be compliant with the RIC program.
• Support to facilitate and drive the remediation of internal control weaknesses with multiple stakeholders (support function heads, business units and other process owners) with a strong focus on a timely but also sustainable remediation thereof.
• Support in impact analyses of ineffective key controls regarding their relevance for Entity Reporting and guidance on the formulation of remediation measures and monitoring their correct and timely implementation.

What will you need to succeed?

• New graduate from a university or college program in Commerce and/or Accounting.
• Graduated from post-secondary within the last 12 months.
• Knowledge of SAP ERP system an asset
• Strong knowledge of Excel is a must.
• Some experience in an internal control’s environment.
• Strong intellectual and analytical skills
• Some understanding of internal controls and internal audit practices. Good understanding of financial accounting.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including proven ability to prepare and present information to all management levels.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, achieve deadlines and deliver quality results within a team environment.
• Strong focus on efficiency and process improvement
• Creative, thinks "outside the box"
• Self-motivation and attention to detail

Hourly is commensurate with experience, and ranges between $ 28 CAD - $ 34 CAD.

About Us

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Siemens Canada is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility and healthcare. The company’s purpose is to create technology with purpose, transforming the everyday, for everyone, since 1912 in Canada. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers customers to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformations, making factories more efficient, cities more liveable, and transportation more sustainable. A leader in industrial AI, Siemens leverages its deep domain know-how to apply AI – including generative AI – to real-world applications, making AI accessible and impactful for customers across diverse industries. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a leading global medical technology provider pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. In fiscal 2025, which ended September 30, 2025, Siemens Canada generated revenues of approx. $2.3 billion CAD. The company has approximately 4,600 employees from coast-to-coast and 38 office and production facilities across Canada.

To learn more about Siemens Canada, visit our website at www.siemens.ca

While we appreciate all applications we receive, we advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

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