Company Information

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. 

Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel) in 2017. Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

Legend Biotech is seeking Associate Manager, Internal Audit as part of the Finance team based in Somerset, New Jersey. 

Role Overview

Legend Biotech (the Company) seeks a high performing manager to join the Internal Audit (IA) department. This individual will be responsible for leading a broad range of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) control testing and internal audits including, but not limit to, Financial, Operational, Compliance, Technology audits and special projects independently and proficiently, following the COSO Framework and Institute of Internal Auditor (IIA) Standards. 
The key objective of this role is to provide an independent and objective assessment of, as well as add value to improve the Company’s control and operation environment to ensure compliance, effectiveness and efficiency. The Manager of Internal Audit will apply IA’s Policy and Procedure to skillfully manage audit lifecycle from planning, to scoping, fieldwork, reporting and following through audit remediations. This role will report to the Global Head of Internal Audit and collaborate with other IA team members, business process owners, key stakeholders, and external auditors.
The key characters expected to the Internal Audit Manager include being risk conscious, control driven, critical thinking, proactive, relationship building, strong written and verbal communication skills, multi-tasking, time management, team player, and act with sense of urgency and ownership. 

Key Responsibilities  

• Manage audit risk assessment and develop risk based and value adding audit program via planning and scoping.
• Manage audit lifecycle from audit planning to audit reporting to meet audit objectives and to ensure compliant, effective and efficient processes and controls are in place:  
• Interview key process owners to assess business processes and the maturity of their control environments.
• Leverage data analysis in risk assessment and execution of audits.
• Execute and manage testing procedures that address high risk areas in scope in accordance with Legend Internal Audit and IIA Standards.
• Identify control gaps, improvement opportunities, and value-added recommendations to strengthen and improve the control environment.  
• Evaluate the risk and potential business impact of identified deficiencies.
• Document audit workpapers with reperformance standards to include test attributes, associated risks, test conclusions, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Align audit findings with process owners and operationalize remediation plans.
• Perform and document walkthroughs and tests of controls to evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s SOX 404 program.
• Track identified audit deficiencies/observations and ensure the completion of audit remediations.
• Collaborate with and help educate process owners on the importance of maintaining strong controls.
• Build strong relationship with business functions and act as trusted business partner to provide expert insights in the areas of operational audits and SOX audits where the incumbent will review, evaluate and recommend actions to improve control and risk management.
• Assist department management, including, but not limited to, training and coaching senior and junior auditors. Responsible to prepare evaluations for junior and senior auditor on their projects and will plan an integral part in setting goals and performance objectives

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college / university required
• Masters, MBA, or CPA, CIA, CISA, CISM strongly preferred
• Minimum 4 years of experience in auditing (combination of internal and/or external).
• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) is required.
• Experience with operational audits is preferred.
• Experience in Public Accounting is required.
• Experience in the industries of pharmaceutical, life science, biotech is strongly preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing is strongly preferred.
• Experience in any of the following: risk assessment, data analytics tools (Galvanize/Diligent and ACL) is preferred. Excel/Word/PowerPoint capability required
• Experience working with audit and data analytics.
• Ability to work independently, objectively and collaboratively, as required, in a fast-paced and matrixed team environment consisting of internal and external team members.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, to meet deadline requirement without compromising quality of deliverables
• Ability to learn new areas quickly and to take ownership to execute projects.
• Ability to articulate issues and remediations clearly and concisely, supported by factual details, both written and verbal, to different level of management.
• Process-oriented and control-driven with strong analytical skills for analyzing controls, identifying risks and assessing their efficiency and effectiveness.
• Knowledge of U.S. GAAP & IFRS and IIA standards is required

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Legend Biotech is a proud equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting, retaining, and maximizing the performance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is Legend’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Legend Biotech maintains a drug-free workplace.