At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.
Reimagine What’s Possible
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Design and execute financial and operational audits to ensure adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control environment, compliance with Company policies and procedures, and identification of opportunities for process improvements.
- Prepare accurate, logical, and detailed workpapers clearly describing the work performed, test results, and conclusions reached.
- Develop findings and value-adding recommendations to improve and enhance the internal control environment, and work with management to develop scalable and sustainable solutions to address issues or gaps identified.
- Follow up with management on agreed action plans to ensure timely and effective remediation.
- Leverage insights and understanding of the Company to identify emerging risks and potential areas for audit.
- Assess and test SOX controls in audit engagements and support the SOX PMO's annual testing program.
- Support or lead investigations as directed by the Global Asset Protection team.
REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree.
- Professional accounting or Internal Audit certification (e.g., CPA, CIA, ACCA) preferred.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in accounting, finance, internal audit, or internal controls.
- Business acumen combined with strong leadership, interpersonal, and time management skills.
- Proficiency in written and verbal English, with the ability to communicate effectively and confidently at all organizational levels.
- Understanding of internal audit, risk assessment, and internal control concepts, with experience applying them to plan, perform, and report on evaluations of business processes, functions, and operational areas.
- Demonstrated commitment to the professional and ethical standards of Internal Audit and compliance with departmental standards of conduct.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% of the time.
- Experience in data extraction and analytics to identify risks and test controls using tools such as SAP, ACL, Qlik, Power BI, or similar technologies.
Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Professional accounting or Internal Audit certification, such as CPA, CIA, or ACCA
- Minimum 7 years of experience in accounting, finance, internal audit, or internal controls
- Strong business acumen, leadership, interpersonal, and time management skills
- Proficiency in written and verbal English
- Understanding of internal audit, risk assessment, and internal control concepts
- Experience planning, performing, and reporting on evaluations of business processes and operational areas
- Commitment to professional and ethical Internal Audit standards
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% of the time
- Experience with data extraction and analytics using SAP, ACL, Qlik, Power BI, or similar tools
What We Do
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets. The Company has two growth pillars driven by sustainability. Air Products’ base business provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food. The Company also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest clean hydrogen projects supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the heavy-duty transportation and industrial sectors. Additionally, Air Products is the world leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment, and provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally. The Company had fiscal 2023 sales of $12.6 billion from operations in approximately 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of about $65 billion. Approximately 23,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products’ higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and reimagine what's possible to address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world.
