Internal Audit Manager

Biopharma Careers; Singapore; On-site; SGD 57,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi Singapore Hub is seeking an Internal Audit Manager to lead risk-based audits across Asia Pacific operations from Kuala Lumpur. You will plan fieldwork, assess controls, and report findings with actionable recommendations while upholding audit methodology and quality standards.

The role offers opportunities to develop leadership potential within Sanofi's IA organization and related corporate functions, with exposure to cross-regional audits and strategic risk management.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Get familiar with the organization environment (pharmaceutical environment, group, key processes).
• Carry out preliminary risk assessment and fieldwork according to audit plan.
• Test and validate controls, assess risk, and adjust work program as needed.
• Write audit findings, recommendations and best practices with implementation timelines.
• Debrief auditees, communicate risks, deficiencies, and action plans; share best practices within the team.

Job description

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

About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Role Overview:

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.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

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

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