Manager Group Internal Audit - Food Production

In a world with limited natural resources and a growing population, the demand for food is constantly rising. Sustainably meeting this demand poses many complicated challenges. As Internal Audit Manager, you can contribute to our purpose of Feeding the Future by leading a team of Auditors and working closely with our operating companies all over the globe to appraise processes, make recommendations, and constantly improve our risk management.

Nutreco is looking for a new Internal Audit Manager who will work together with the Director Group Internal Audit and the team to fulfill the mission of GIA within Nutreco. If you are able to initiate, facilitate and complete the audit plan, coach the other Operational/Financial Auditors and stay up to date on discussions with relevant stakeholders (e.g., management of operating companies, controllers on business unit and OpCo level, shared service centres and corporate departments), Nutreco is looking for you!

About the department:

The mission of Internal Audit at Nutreco is to enhance and protect organizational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight. At GIA Nutreco the following guiding principles are in place to support this mission:

• Thinks beyond the scope of traditional audit work leveraging digital capabilities.
• Is insightful, proactive, and future-focused.
• Is appropriately positioned and cost-efficiently resourced.
• Demonstrates quality and continuous improvement.
• Facilitates effective, high-quality communication.

GIA supports the business to further improve and stimulates continuous improvement, the team consists of 12 people and has 4 pillars which work in an integrated way: Operational/Financial Audit, IT Audit, HSE Audit and Risk Management & Internal Control. The Director GIA reports in a dual reporting line to the CEO of Nutreco and the Internal Audit Director of SHV Holdings. The new Manager Internal Audit will report directly to the GIA director.

What we ask: 

We are looking for a genuine and committed team player who is ready to lead a team of highly skilled and ambitious Auditors while also being able to work independently. To have an impact on the organisation, you need to be a creative self-starter with the ability to communicate and present your own ideas and convince others. If you also bring a structured way of working, strong organisation skills and a sensitivity for deadlines, you will be successful in this role.

Finally, our ideal candidate has a decisive personality and significant business acumen, which is reflected by:

• Bringing a successful track record in Internal Audit with a recognized sensitivity for balancing business risks with business opportunities.
• Having the proven ability to enable well-balanced and risk-based decision making with high level of business sense and providing pragmatic solutions to the businesses.
• Bringing a vision on best-in-class internal audit, with the ability to translate this into a compelling and practical internal audit management strategy.
• Having the ability to assist the Director Group Internal Audit and management in defining the company’s internal audit strategy and year planning.
• Having the ability to translate risk-related data into meaningful and insightful information for business decision making.
• Having the ability to build effective relationships with a broad range of managers within the divisions and operating companies of the company.
• Bringing the experience, intellect, communicational skills and personal gravitas to be a trusted advisor to stakeholders.

What you bring:

• For this position we are looking for a candidate with a relevant (external) audit background preferably in a multinational environment and preferably a certified professional auditor qualification (CPA, RA, CIA).
• At least 10 years of relevant working experience as an (external or internal) auditor.
• Understanding of Audit Management structures and methodologies and IT/data risks & systems.
• Proven track record (> 5 years) in leading audit management and/or internal audit engagements, preferably operational and financial.
• Good knowledge of auditing standards, accepted techniques and procedures.
• Fluent in business English.
• Other languages (e.g., Mandarin, Spanish, Portuguese) are an advantage.
• International work experience and willing to travel (30%).

Nutreco’s mission is to feed the future. In a world with limited natural resources, our ambition is to meet the rising food needs of a growing world population in a sustainable manner. Working for Nutreco means a fantastic position in an international working environment with lots of development opportunities.
Working for us is challenging, varied, and rewarding. We believe that social responsibility, transparency, and sustainability are important for long-term viability. We encourage an open culture with accessible managers, an international working environment with good development and training possibilities. Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed and advanced nutritional solutions are at the origin of food for millions of consumers worldwide. We employ over 12,000 people in 37 countries with net sales of € 6 billion in over 90 countries. Nutreco is a wholly owned subsidiary of a Dutch Holding (SHV), a family-owned multinational with net sales of €20 billion.