Team Lead - Compliance Audit
Shanghai / Beijing
If you really want to make a difference - make it with us
Our mission at Finance Assurance (FIN A) is to provide objective, factual and independent foresight to help Siemens be excellent and to improve the overall success of the company. As a business partner to Siemens' management, we apply our expertise across a wide range of topics to create organizational impact. Collaborative ecosystems help us develop and use innovative methods for better assurance. We offer an inspiring, diverse and inclusive environment in which our people can grow professionally and personally. Our core values - being respectful, curious, humble and open - define how we work together as a department.
As Siemens creates technology to transform the everyday for everyone, the Compliance Audit Practice plays a pivotal role in providing assurance to the Managing Board and the Audit Committee. We cover global compliance-related audit topics, including assurance over third-party management and export control processes.
To deliver on our vision of being pioneers in assurance and a talent incubator for Siemens, Finance Assurance offers a unique Growth and Development Model. We believe in lifelong learning and encourage continuous upskilling and reskilling. We provide career coaching, training and mentoring while working with Siemens business leaders on high-profile projects around the world.
In this leadership role, you will shape the regional and global compliance audit agenda, lead and develop a team of audit professionals, and ensure that our assurance work delivers clear, sustainable impact for Siemens.
We make real what matters. This is your role.
· Lead, develop and inspire a team of compliance audit professionals, fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture and supporting individual career development.
· Own and steer a portfolio of global, risk-based compliance audits from annual planning and resource allocation through execution, reporting and follow-up.
· Set clear priorities, allocate responsibilities and balance several concurrent engagements while ensuring timely delivery, consistent quality and effective use of resources.
· Provide senior-level direction on audit scoping, risk assessment, testing strategies, evidence evaluation, root-cause analysis and the formulation of pragmatic improvement measures.
· Act as a trusted assurance partner for senior management, global process owners and auditees, communicating independent perspectives and constructively challenging established practices.
· Review and approve audit work products and reports, ensuring that risks, evidence, conclusions and management-relevant messages are clear, balanced and defensible.
· Identify cross-audit themes and emerging compliance risks and translate them into portfolio insights, methodology enhancements and forward-looking assurance priorities.
· Strengthen cooperation within Finance Assurance and across Siemens by sharing knowledge, developing talent and contributing to the evolution of the Compliance Audit Practice.
What you need to make real what matters.
· At least 10+ years of relevant professional experience in internal audit, compliance, forensic reviews, internal controls or related advisory roles, ideally gained in an international corporate environment, government agency or consulting practice.
· Demonstrated people leadership experience, including performance and development conversations, coaching, delegation, feedback and building diverse, effective teams.
· Strong expertise in compliance risk areas relevant to third-party relationships, including anti-corruption, integrity due diligence, books and records, control assurance and export control or sanctions.
· Proven ability to lead complex, risk-based audits or reviews end-to-end and to oversee a portfolio of engagements with competing priorities and stakeholders.
· Sound strategic and analytical judgment, with the ability to connect detailed audit evidence to broader risk themes, business implications and management priorities.
· Excellent communication and executive presence, with the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively and present complex matters clearly and solution-oriented.
· Strong quality orientation and the ability to make balanced, well-documented decisions in situations involving ambiguity, time pressure or incomplete information.
· A strong academic background in law, finance or a related field; relevant professional certifications such as CIA, CFE, CPA or equivalent are an advantage.
· Fluent in Chinese and English; additional languages and international work experience are an advantage.
