Senior Corporate Auditor (2X Roles)

Vaco; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive benefits

Career growth

Job summary

Vaco is seeking a Senior Corporate Auditor to assess internal controls across the company and its operating businesses, ensuring governance requirements are met. The role involves risk-based audits, process improvements, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

Qualified candidates have a university degree with a recognized CPA designation and 2–3 years of audit experience. This position is based in Canada, with the opportunity to impact enterprise-wide controls

Qualifications

• University degree and a CPA designation are required.
• 2-3 years of relevant audit experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan and perform financial and operational audits from initiation to reporting.
• Develop recommendations to improve controls, processes, and policies.
• Report control deficiencies and establish follow-up.
• Document policies and share best practices across units.
• Perform spot-check inventory counts and report findings.
• Conduct risk assessments and audits of opening balance sheets for new acquisitions.
• Collaborate with Finance, Tax and acquisition teams to meet deadlines.
• Provide internal control training on accounting topics including IFRS 16.
• Review IT management system controls and support annual audit plan and reports.

Skills

Internal controls

Financial audit

Risk assessment

IFRS 16

Education

CPA designation

Job description

About the Company

Our client acquires and builds food businesses in partnership with talented entrepreneurial management teams. They are looking for a Senior Corporate Auditor who will assess the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls for the company and its operating businesses and ensure that the Company is meeting its corporate governance requirements.

Why Work Here

• Large company, opportunity to grow internally (either within Audit or broader organization)!
• Competitive compensation package with extensive benefits!
• Great company culture, industry/market leader in North America

About the Opportunity

• Plan and perform financial and operational reviews from initiation through reporting, including risk assessment, scoping, sample selection, supporting-document review, interviews, closing meetings, and presentations to Senior Management and the Audit Committee.
• Develop and communicate recommendations to improve operational and financial systems, processes, policies, and internal controls, both verbally and in writing.
• Report control deficiencies, assess their impact, provide input into policy and procedure development, and establish follow-up mechanisms to verify implementation.
• Document policies and procedures and identify, evaluate, and share relevant best practices across applicable business units.
• Perform spot-check physical inventory counts, including reconciliations, compilation of count results, and reporting of findings for new or existing business operations.
• Conduct risk assessments and financial statement audits of opening balance sheets for newly acquired businesses, identify and propose adjustments, recommend internal control improvements, and support onboarding.
• Collaborate with Finance, Tax, acquisition teams, and other stakeholders to ensure acquisition-related deliverables are completed within internal and financial reporting deadlines.
• Provide internal control training and guidance on complex accounting topics, including IFRS 16, to strengthen and maintain an effective control environment.
• Review IT management system controls for information validity, security, and compliance with established policies and procedures; support the annual internal audit plan, quarterly Audit Committee reporting, and compliance with applicable NI 52-109 corporate governance requirements.
• Monitor relevant OSC and CSA updates, recommend enhancements to continuous disclosure practices, support external auditors during year-end audit activities, and complete special projects such as incident reviews, fraud investigations, and operational assessments.

About You

• Recognized university degree and a recognized accounting designation (CPA, CPA, CA/CGA/CMA).
• A minimum of 2-3 years of relevant audit experience.

Salary Range

$95,000 - $120,000/year

You must currently reside within the Greater Vancouver Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client's requirements for this role. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.

EEO Notice

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For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring's discussions with its Client, Highspring's understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

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