About the role

The Finance team plays a pivotal role in guiding the company's growth trajectory, through meticulous financial analysis and foresight. We provide insightful recommendations to senior leadership, leveraging data-driven insights to optimize resource allocation and mitigate risks. With a focus on driving efficiency and maximizing shareholder value, the Finance function at DS Smith fosters a culture of accountability and transparency, underpinning the company's long-term financial sustainability and success.

We have a fabulous opportunity for an experienced Senior Internal Audit Manager to join our small and friendly Internal Audit team at DS Smith. Due to upcoming changes in the business, this is fabulous opportunity for the right candidate to be part of shaping the business processes and support integration planning with the wider business.

Supporting the Head of Internal Audit, you will be building annual risk-based internal audit plans to provide independent assurance regarding risk management, governance, and internal audit controls. You will deputise in the absence of the Head of Internal Audit in management meetings, liaising with the senior leaders in the Finance team, and you will run the day to day team. Working with cross-functional management teams across the business, you will leverage efficiencies and streamline the evaluation and monitoring of internal controls. You will deal with corporate functions and site teams, SOX, financial and operational audits. This is both an assurance and advisory role and often the Group Senior Internal Audit Manager will operate in a consultative manner to the European business.

This role would manage the junior members of the Internal Audit team, providing the coaching and development to ensure growth and career progression. This role supports various sites within Europe, and so given the international nature of the role you will enjoy travelling and collaborating with our internal colleagues and external partners.

So, whether you are currently working as a Senior Internal Audit Manager and looking for a new challenge or an experienced professional from a finance, risk or compliance background wanting a change - then we might be looking for you!

About you

• Proven experience of working in a finance, compliance, or internal audit leadership role or similar
• Proven experience in leading and managing a team - desirable
• Experienced SOX in an auditing and advisory capacity - desirable
• Practical mindset to get beneath a finding to consider and present wider context and implications, to provide value and advice that comes from thorough understanding
• Flexible thinking and ability to adapt to change such as to emerging and changing business needs, or to find better ways of doing things
• Effective communication and high-quality written reporting skills - the Group's core language is English
• The ability to influence and confidently communicate and engage with a variety of stakeholders
• Able to work independently but also comfortable building strong working relationships with colleagues and partners around the business
• Willingness to travel
• European language skills highly advantageous

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus
• Car allowance
• Private Medical
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
• Sharesave scheme
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discounts
• Cycle to work scheme

Location: This is a hybrid role, split between home and the office - which can be either Paddington, London, or Milton Keynes. This role also involves travel across Europe.

About us

We're DS Smith, the FTSE100 company who are redefining packaging for a changing world. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. Today, we operate in more than 30 different countries, proudly employing over 30,000 people, and supporting customers across sectors like FMCG, industrial, and e-commerce. We deliver on quality, service, innovation, and added value to deliver market-leading sustainable packaging solutions our customers need. Our industry needs to transform, and we're building the team to drive change across Europe and North America.

To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas, and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.