Internal Auditor

Walgreens; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 63,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens in the United States is seeking an Internal Audit professional to evaluate financial and operational processes, identify risks and control gaps, and propose improvements.

You will conduct end-to-end process assessments, test design and operating effectiveness of internal controls, and collaborate with business stakeholders to monitor corrective actions and strengthen risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with 3 years of auditing experience
• Experience with internal control concepts (risk and control)
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Responsibilities

• Supports execution of internal audits performing risk-based process assessments and delivering actionable recommendations to strengthen controls, efficiency and risk management.
• Utilizes audit techniques to document and determine the effectiveness of internal controls (i.e. interviews, observation, flow charting, compliance and substantive testing). Able to independently identify risks in a given process.
• May participate in investigations being performed by the Internal Audit function.
• Based on changes or new information arising in the audit process, adjusts to changes made to audit programs to address these changes.
• Identifies audit concerns, and effectively communications, as identified, to audit team.
• Prepares draft audit findings including recommendations resulting from audit for formal report to immediate supervisor. Assists in preparing reports for reviews.
• Adheres to detailed project timelines.

Skills

Internal control concepts

Auditing

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, business management, computer science, quantitative analysis, or other business fields

High School Diploma/GED with 3 years auditing experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Access

Job description

Job Summary

Responsible for evaluating financial and operational business processes to identify risks, control gaps, and opportunities for improvement. Conducts end-to-end process assessments and documents current state workflows to establish a clear process understanding. Tests the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls across finance and operational areas, identifying issues and ensuring findings are tracked through to timely resolution. Collaborates with business stakeholders to monitor the implementation of corrective actions and recommends enhancements to improve process design, efficiency, and risk management. Provides advisory support on governance, risk, and internal control frameworks to promote a strong culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities

• Supports execution of internal audits performing risk-based process assessments and delivering actionable recommendations to strengthen controls, efficiency and risk management.
• Utilizes audit techniques to document and determine the effectiveness of internal controls (i.e. interviews, observation, flow charting, compliance and substantive testing). Able to independently identify risks in a given process.
• May participate in investigations being performed by the Internal Audit function.
• Based on changes or new information arising in the audit process, adjusts to changes made to audit programs to address these changes.
• Identifies audit concerns, and effectively communications, as identified, to audit team.
• Prepares draft audit findings including recommendations resulting from audit for formal report to immediate supervisor. Assists in preparing reports for reviews.
• Adheres to detailed project timelines.

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in financial, accounting, business management, computer science, quantitative analysis or other business fields of study .OR High School Diploma/GED and at least 3 years of experience in financial/operational auditing or information technology auditing.
• Experience working with internal control concepts (risk and control).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, business management, computer science, quantitative analysis, or other business fields.
• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Internship experience in an analytical role.
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified
• Information System’s Auditor (CISA).
• Experience in the Retail, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or Distribution industry.
• Experience working with statistical sampling procedures.
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Access (for example: opening a table in datasheet view, entering data, filtering data, creating a form, modifying a form layout, applying themes, running, sorting and saving queries, creating and formatting a report, changing report test, adding an image, printing labels, navigating through records, and/or exporting to Excel).
• Experience evaluating information to determine compliance with standards, laws, or regulations.
• Experience working with Sarbanes Oxley requirements.

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary Range

$63100 - $101200 / Salaried