Senior Manager, Group Internal Audit

Location: Shanghai

Are you ready to make a significant impact in a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company? At AstraZeneca, we are dedicated to discovering, developing, and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases.

Play a role in powering AstraZeneca and helping all of us to fulfil our ambitions. As valued partners across the enterprise, we provide the platform for excellence and performance to happen. We draw on our network of diverse minds, harnessing our unique views and ideas to improve how we run. It means every day we power ourselves and others to focus on important and impactful work.

You will have had exposure to the pharmaceutical sector, and your risk and control experience mean you could make an exceptional Senior Manager, Group Internal Audit with AstraZeneca, a world-leading pharmaceutical company, in Shanghai.

Group Internal Audit (GIA) provides independent assurance that we’re achieving our objectives effectively and in the right way.  Our remit is to provide assurance over compliance, operational and strategic risks and ensure they are being managed effectively. Reporting to the Head of Audit (Commercial) and working closely with the GIA APAC Director, you’ll have real scope to make an impact as our aim is to be a world class Internal Audit function.  

Main duties and responsibilities

You’ll work with internal teams and external co-sourced partners of between 3 to 5 people mainly on delivering a complex and high-profile portfolio of global commercial audits, focusing on the activities of Sales, Marketing, Medical, Commercial Excellence, IT & Digital, Finance and Market Access teams including interactions with Health Care Professionals/ Organisations.  You’ll be required to quickly develop relationships and collaborate with China and other in-country management teams, and evaluate a range of judgemental issues around risks, controls and policy interpretation (e.g. risks relating to bribery, fraud, disguised promotion, off-label marketing, IT & digital and data privacy).

We’ll also look to you to innovate, including use of digital/ data-driven techniques to inform audit planning, fieldwork and reporting and to drive impactful insights to the business. Another key focus will be to share knowledge and themes from your work to both inform audit planning and to educate the business on the challenges and risks that come from commercialising our portfolio.

Essential requirements

• Previous experience of auditing regulatory compliance frameworks within the pharma sector in China, including evaluating compliance with anti-bribery policies and controls. This may encompass experience within functions such as Commercial, Finance, IT & Digital and Research & Development.   
• Ability to integrate with and motivate teams in China and across different locations within Asia-Pac, including effective working with external co-sourced provider teams
• An open and flexible communication style, able to adjust your approach and influence others, including in-country senior management teams 
• Experience of using digital/ data-driven auditing and visualisation techniques (e.g. Natural Language Processing, Robotic Process Automation, Power BI) to drive impactful insights
• High level of personal integrity, tenacity and independence
• Strong project management skills to lead and multi-task across a portfolio of individual assignments
• Ability to work in proximity of auditees for audits, including undertaking travel domestically and internationally where required
• A relevant degree or postgraduate professional qualification (e.g. CI CPA)
• Fluent in Mandarin. Very strong business English, including both written and verbal communication.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions.

At AstraZeneca, you'll be part of a dedicated team that powers our rapidly growing enterprise. We leverage exciting technology and digital innovations to accelerate our evolution and have a big impact on patients' lives. With an entrepreneurial spirit and a fast-paced environment, we thrive on creativity and smart risks. Here, you'll find countless opportunities to build an unrivalled reputation and take your career to new heights.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now and join us in shaping the future of healthcare!