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Audit Manager
CA - Fullerton
Opportunity Snapshot
This is a high potential opportunity for a dynamic Big 4 public accounting professional who is looking to transition into private industry and attain a more favorable work-life balance! As Audit Manager, you will assume full ownership of operational audits as you leverage your public accounting expertise and bring a fresh perspective on technology, process improvements and best practices to optimize our environment and push us to the next level.
Unlike traditional public accounting engagements, you'll have a vested interest in our success and will be uniquely positioned to take advantage of the "upward draft" of opportunity. In fact, we intend for this to be a flow-through position and will be grooming you for bigger and better management opportunities after a short 2-3 year stint within our Internal Audit Group.
Spanning the biomedical testing continuum -- from pioneering medical research and clinical trials to laboratory diagnostics and point-of-care testing -- Beckman Coulter's 200,000 installed systems provide essential biomedical information to enhance health care around the world. Riding high off our robust first quarter sales and fueled by our recession resilient product portfolio, we're poised for double digit growth as we continue our upward trajectory in an otherwise unstable economy.
What Else Is in It for You
- Global exposure & visibility -- you'll touch every piece of our global operations and interface directly with all levels of staff throughout the organization, enjoying regular interactions with our CFO, Corporate Controller and other executive management. You'll gain a unique "insider's view" of our business and be able to use this insight to better tailor your audits to the needs of our organization, as you also continue to build your competencies.
- Autonomy & empowerment -- we'll entrust you with the freedom and flexibility to achieve your objectives independently with significant latitude for initiative and independent judgment.
- Great work environment with optimal work life balance -- you will collaborate within a proud team rich in talents and skills and work with like-minded people who are passionate about success and dedicated to achieving measurable results. While we do not promise a walk in the park when it comes to the dedication and commitment required of the job, you will be able to more smoothly accommodate "life" as well as "work," and find an optimal balance between the two.
- Excellent benefits -- in addition to a very competitive salary and bonus opportunity, we offer a robust benefits package that includes low-cost health insurance coverage for you and your family; matching 401(k) as well as a retirement account plan; stock purchase options; paid vacation and holidays; tuition assistance; and more.
- Pride -- you'll join an established, profitable and highly successful global leader that has proven itself capable of evolving to meet the needs of the marketplace and maintaining a healthy growth rate throughout.
What You'll Bring to the Table
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Solid 4-6 years of public accounting experience with a Big 4 firm.
- Passed all four parts of the CPA exam.
- Leadership prowess and ability to supervise and mentor people.
- Skill in collecting and analyzing complex data and drawing logical conclusions.
- Excellent writing skills, particularly in documenting Audit Report findings and recommendations.
- Solid verbal communication skills, including active listening and in presenting findings and recommendations.
- Interpersonal savvy and team player mentality to build harmonious working relationships with co-workers, staff and external contacts.
- Solid computer proficiency with Microsoft office suite, including Word & Excel, to prepare reports, memos, summaries and analyses.
- Ability to travel to both nationwide and international destinations.
Preferred, but not required:
- Manufacturing and/or biomedical testing industry experience.
More About Your Role
Reporting directly to the Vice President--Internal Audit, you'll join a department of ten. Depending on the skill sets you bring to the table, you may supervise a team of 4-5 direct reports. While you'll be based primarily at our Fullerton site, you can expect to travel occasionally (about 15%) to visit our domestic and international subsidiaries.
As you come on board, you'll aim to quickly get "your arms around" our complex business and the different moving parts of our system and focus on consistently issuing high quality audit reports.
This role will evolve over time, but at a high-level you'll spend about 70% of your time with audits; and the remaining 30% with administrative activities. Specifically, your responsibilities are to:
- Assist the Vice President--Internal Audit in managing audit staff and Internal Audit operations, including assisting in hiring, training and evaluating staff and taking corrective actions to address performance problems.
- Manage the identification and evaluation of the organization's risk areas and provides major input to the development of the Annual Audit Plan.
- Manage the performance of audit procedures, including identifying and defining issues, developing criteria, reviewing and analyzing evidence, and documenting client processes and procedures.
- Manage the audit staff in conducting interviews, reviewing documents, developing and administering surveys, composing summary memos, and preparing working papers.
- Manage the audit staff in the identification, development and documentation of audit issues and recommendations.
- Communicate the results of audit and consulting projects via written reports and oral presentations to management.
- Develop and maintain productive client, staff, and management relationships through individual contacts and group meetings.
- Pursue professional development opportunities, including external and internal training and professional association memberships, and share information gained with co-workers.
- Represent Internal Audit on organizational project teams and meetings with management and external organizations.
- Perform related work as assigned by the Vice President--Internal Audit.
Keys to Success
Your success in this role will largely derive from your technical and analytical abilities as you take on multiple audits within tight timelines. However, the quality of your work product will be just as important, and you'll need to be extremely thorough and detail oriented while employing sound judgment to develop accurate assessments and propose insightful solutions that will help us achieve our financial planning objectives. Other facets of success are to:
- Showcase the power of personal engagement; you'll forge strong working relationships and build trust with people at all levels of the organization, adjusting your approach and style to different groups, and quickly develop an understanding of where your key resources lie.
- Articulate your ideas clearly, translating technical concepts into practical language, and persuasively demonstrate how your ideas can positively affect the firm's bottom line.
- Emanate discernible energy and be able to energize your team to deliver on multiple, competing priorities; you'll model a strong adherence to timelines and make everyone aware that they have to "dance to the same rhythm".
- Maintain a sensitivity and awareness for our diverse environment and provide hands-on guidance and mentorship to the team, rather than solely focusing on your own career.
- Maintain robust attention to detail without losing sight of the big picture and how those details fit in; you'll not only assist in planning our strategic goals but also take an active role in ensuring we achieve them.
If this sounds like the right mix of challenge and opportunity, and you meet the required qualifications, we look forward to hearing from you.
Who We Are
From complex DNA sequencing to simple diagnostic screening kits, Beckman Coulter (NYSE:BEC) is one of the world's largest companies devoted solely to biomedical testing. The company, based in Fullerton, California, reported 2007 annual sales of $2.76 billion with 75 percent of this amount generated by recurring revenue from supplies, test kits and services.
With operations in more than 130 countries, we employ over 11,000 employees including research scientists, engineers, manufacturing associates and other professional and technical staffs. We offer opportunities for every employee to make an impact at Beckman Coulter -- and on the health of people worldwide through our products which support advances in patient care. For additional information, please visit www.beckman.com
Opportunity Snapshot
This is a high potential opportunity for a dynamic Big 4 public accounting professional who is looking to transition into private industry and attain a more favorable work-life balance! As Audit Manager, you will assume full ownership of operational audits as you leverage your public accounting expertise and bring a fresh perspective on technology, process improvements and best practices to optimize our environment and push us to the next level.
Unlike traditional public accounting engagements, you'll have a vested interest in our success and will be uniquely positioned to take advantage of the "upward draft" of opportunity. In fact, we intend for this to be a flow-through position and will be grooming you for bigger and better management opportunities after a short 2-3 year stint within our Internal Audit Group.
Spanning the biomedical testing continuum -- from pioneering medical research and clinical trials to laboratory diagnostics and point-of-care testing -- Beckman Coulter's 200,000 installed systems provide essential biomedical information to enhance health care around the world. Riding high off our robust first quarter sales and fueled by our recession resilient product portfolio, we're poised for double digit growth as we continue our upward trajectory in an otherwise unstable economy.
What Else Is in It for You
- Global exposure & visibility -- you'll touch every piece of our global operations and interface directly with all levels of staff throughout the organization, enjoying regular interactions with our CFO, Corporate Controller and other executive management. You'll gain a unique "insider's view" of our business and be able to use this insight to better tailor your audits to the needs of our organization, as you also continue to build your competencies.
- Autonomy & empowerment -- we'll entrust you with the freedom and flexibility to achieve your objectives independently with significant latitude for initiative and independent judgment.
- Great work environment with optimal work life balance -- you will collaborate within a proud team rich in talents and skills and work with like-minded people who are passionate about success and dedicated to achieving measurable results. While we do not promise a walk in the park when it comes to the dedication and commitment required of the job, you will be able to more smoothly accommodate "life" as well as "work," and find an optimal balance between the two.
- Excellent benefits -- in addition to a very competitive salary and bonus opportunity, we offer a robust benefits package that includes low-cost health insurance coverage for you and your family; matching 401(k) as well as a retirement account plan; stock purchase options; paid vacation and holidays; tuition assistance; and more.
- Pride -- you'll join an established, profitable and highly successful global leader that has proven itself capable of evolving to meet the needs of the marketplace and maintaining a healthy growth rate throughout.
What You'll Bring to the Table
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Solid 4-6 years of public accounting experience with a Big 4 firm.
- Passed all four parts of the CPA exam.
- Leadership prowess and ability to supervise and mentor people.
- Skill in collecting and analyzing complex data and drawing logical conclusions.
- Excellent writing skills, particularly in documenting Audit Report findings and recommendations.
- Solid verbal communication skills, including active listening and in presenting findings and recommendations.
- Interpersonal savvy and team player mentality to build harmonious working relationships with co-workers, staff and external contacts.
- Solid computer proficiency with Microsoft office suite, including Word & Excel, to prepare reports, memos, summaries and analyses.
- Ability to travel to both nationwide and international destinations.
Preferred, but not required:
- Manufacturing and/or biomedical testing industry experience.
More About Your Role
Reporting directly to the Vice President--Internal Audit, you'll join a department of ten. Depending on the skill sets you bring to the table, you may supervise a team of 4-5 direct reports. While you'll be based primarily at our Fullerton site, you can expect to travel occasionally (about 15%) to visit our domestic and international subsidiaries.
As you come on board, you'll aim to quickly get "your arms around" our complex business and the different moving parts of our system and focus on consistently issuing high quality audit reports.
This role will evolve over time, but at a high-level you'll spend about 70% of your time with audits; and the remaining 30% with administrative activities. Specifically, your responsibilities are to:
- Assist the Vice President--Internal Audit in managing audit staff and Internal Audit operations, including assisting in hiring, training and evaluating staff and taking corrective actions to address performance problems.
- Manage the identification and evaluation of the organization's risk areas and provides major input to the development of the Annual Audit Plan.
- Manage the performance of audit procedures, including identifying and defining issues, developing criteria, reviewing and analyzing evidence, and documenting client processes and procedures.
- Manage the audit staff in conducting interviews, reviewing documents, developing and administering surveys, composing summary memos, and preparing working papers.
- Manage the audit staff in the identification, development and documentation of audit issues and recommendations.
- Communicate the results of audit and consulting projects via written reports and oral presentations to management.
- Develop and maintain productive client, staff, and management relationships through individual contacts and group meetings.
- Pursue professional development opportunities, including external and internal training and professional association memberships, and share information gained with co-workers.
- Represent Internal Audit on organizational project teams and meetings with management and external organizations.
- Perform related work as assigned by the Vice President--Internal Audit.
Keys to Success
Your success in this role will largely derive from your technical and analytical abilities as you take on multiple audits within tight timelines. However, the quality of your work product will be just as important, and you'll need to be extremely thorough and detail oriented while employing sound judgment to develop accurate assessments and propose insightful solutions that will help us achieve our financial planning objectives. Other facets of success are to:
- Showcase the power of personal engagement; you'll forge strong working relationships and build trust with people at all levels of the organization, adjusting your approach and style to different groups, and quickly develop an understanding of where your key resources lie.
- Articulate your ideas clearly, translating technical concepts into practical language, and persuasively demonstrate how your ideas can positively affect the firm's bottom line.
- Emanate discernible energy and be able to energize your team to deliver on multiple, competing priorities; you'll model a strong adherence to timelines and make everyone aware that they have to "dance to the same rhythm".
- Maintain a sensitivity and awareness for our diverse environment and provide hands-on guidance and mentorship to the team, rather than solely focusing on your own career.
- Maintain robust attention to detail without losing sight of the big picture and how those details fit in; you'll not only assist in planning our strategic goals but also take an active role in ensuring we achieve them.
If this sounds like the right mix of challenge and opportunity, and you meet the required qualifications, we look forward to hearing from you.
Who We Are
From complex DNA sequencing to simple diagnostic screening kits, Beckman Coulter (NYSE:BEC) is one of the world's largest companies devoted solely to biomedical testing. The company, based in Fullerton, California, reported 2007 annual sales of $2.76 billion with 75 percent of this amount generated by recurring revenue from supplies, test kits and services.
With operations in more than 130 countries, we employ over 11,000 employees including research scientists, engineers, manufacturing associates and other professional and technical staffs. We offer opportunities for every employee to make an impact at Beckman Coulter -- and on the health of people worldwide through our products which support advances in patient care. For additional information, please visit www.beckman.com
