Internal Auditor

About us (GEMS):

ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) provides energy supply solutions and risk management services to support its clients through their decarbonization journey, while optimizing ENGIE’s assets and contributing to value creation.

ENGIE is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services with a leading energy management business, piloted by its entity "Global Energy Management & Sales" who built its savoir-faire managing the Group’s large and diverse asset portfolio over 20+ years.

3,300 GEMS employees around the world develop our solutions, through +20 international business platforms. We cover the full energy mix: renewable and thermal power, natural gas & LNG, biomass, environmental products. Our experts provide tailor made solutions based on a wide range of savoir-faire in energy management with a strong focus on decarbonation and decentralization.

Our +120,00 clients span the entire value chain: producers, asset developers, financial players, utilities, distributors and industrials. Our global reach and strong local presence enable us to offer these diverse clients tailor-made services and respond to rapid changes in mature or emerging markets alike.

Our 4 expertises:

• Asset management

• Energy transition services

• Energy supply & global commodities

• Risk management & market access

At GEMS we encourage breakthrough results, team spirit, curiosity and innovation while preserving the right work/life balance for you.

More info on GEM Hub (https://gems.engie.com) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/engie-global-energy-management-solutions).

Context:

Internal Audit is responsible for periodic control. As such, GEMS Internal Audit Expertise Center (EC Audit) provides professional, objective and independent assessments of GEMS operations by delivering qualitative assurance audit and consultancy services, aiming at adding value and helping the organization improve the performance, efficiency and level of control of operations. Internal Audit verifies that inside practices and processes comply with established rules and regulations and makes recommendations to improve the control framework.

EC Audit’s covers the full spectrum of GEMS activities

EC Audit is a team of 7, composed of 6 Internal Auditors plus the Head of EC.

In GEMS organization & governance, EC Audit has a hierarchical link with GEMS CFO as well as with the Chairman of EGM Audit Committee and ensures its independency through a functional reporting line to ENGIE Group Internal Audit.

Role:

We are recruiting an Internal Auditor with a strong expertise in Energy commodity trading, Risk Management & Energy Management.

The Internal Auditor will be led to perform audit engagements on the full spectrum of GEMS activities. This wide scope covers Engie Global Markets (EGM), the banking-regulated entity regulated by the French Banking Authority ACPR, as third line of defense required by regulation, but also all Energy Management activities (Gas, Power, Renewables, …) as well as all BtoB Supply activities of GEMS.

The Internal Auditor could also be required to occasionally contribute to ENGIE Group Internal Audit engagements on Energy Management.

The position reports to the Head of GEMS EC Audit.

The Internal Auditor’s daily responsibilities will consist in conducting end-to-end audits as detailed below:

• Validate the audit scope and submit the engagement letter in compliance with audit professional standards
• Build a robust working program and obtain its approval by the Head of Internal Audit
• Respect the planning and the deadlines
• Lead the fieldwork and document the audit work in the testing worksheets by collecting evidence to support the audit conclusions
• Prepare discussion notes and debriefing sessions and give adequate and correct feedback to all stakeholders and the Head of Internal Audit
• Write an audit report in a synthetic way with clear and realistic audit findings
• Alert in due time the Head of Internal Audit and the Management in case of any potential regulatory or significant risks that might affect the audit mission or the GEM business continuity
• Collaborate with a good team spirit with the rest of the audit team on each mission
• Work in a constructive way with the auditees, the Sponsor and more generally GEMS organization
• Perform the follow-up of the audit recommendations and related action plans.

Auditors of the team act in turn as Lead Auditor on the various missions.

They are strongly empowered at all stages of the audit mission, from scoping and defining the work program to the fieldwork or report phase.

The position enables to work on very varied subjects, in diverse environments and is characterized by numerous interactions with very varied stakeholders, including the entity’s ExCom members or top management of the Group.

As part of EC Audit team, the Internal Auditor’s responsibilities also include contributing to :

• Building the Audit Plan in line with the banking regulatory requirements (for EGM) and the International Internal Audit standards by applying a risk based approach.
• Ensuring Continuous improvement of EC Audit’s methodologies and tools
• Performing watch on regulations, standards and norms
• Creating a constructive relationship with GEMS other control functions, GEMS management and all audited teams, as well as with ENGIE Group Internal Audit
• Fostering a good team spirit and transversal collaboration within the team.

Hard skills:

• Very strong analytical skills
• Ability to synthesize, be concise, distinguish the essential points, conclude
• Rigor and organization to monitor several topics and stakeholders and manage timing constraints
• Capacity to take into account multiple dimensions and swiftly understand complex situations
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, precise and clear

Soft skills:

• High sense of integrity, confidentiality and independence
• Efficient, result-oriented and able to manage stress
• Dynamic, flexible, persevering, capable of managing several topics concomitantly or ramping up on new topics
• Curious, open-minded
• Good listening skills
• Nuance, finesse
• Very good interpersonal skills
• Team player.

Education and professional background:

More than 8 years of operational experience within GEMS, in commodities domain and/or in audit activities in the banking regulated environment

Languages:

• Fluent in French & in English (spoken & written)
• Another language is a plus.

Travels:

• Position based in Paris or Brussels
• Homeworking possible as per ENGIE GEMS policy (up to 3 days a week as of today)
• Travels up to 15-20% of time in GEMS Business Platforms (Europe, Singapore, Australia, US, Central and South America)

If you meet these requirements, then you are the talent we are looking for. Do not waste time! 

Apply by attaching your updated CV, regardless your gender.

ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales is committed to create a gender-neutral environment that unlocks the potential of everyone and provide equal employment opportunities for all individuals. 

All our positions are open to people with disabilities, please let your recruiter know if you need reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the recruitment process, they will be happy to assist you. 

About ENGIE:

Our group is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. Our purpose (“raison d’être”) is to act to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions, reconciling economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet. We rely on our key businesses (gas, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to our customers. With our 170,000 employees, our customers, partners and stakeholders, we are a community of Imaginative Builders, committed every day to more harmonious progress