About this opportunity

This is an outstanding opportunity for a structured and analytical Finance professional to step up and join our Internal Audit team at Crown, based in our offices in Saint-Ouen, close to Paris (France).

The IA department, along with the Board, Executive Management, and the External Auditors, is a corporate governance cornerstone of Crown Holdings, Inc. In addition to its mission of giving assurance on the Company’s control framework, it also contributes to our continuous improvement process. The Internal Audit department reports to the Audit Committee, which ensures its independence and objectivity.

Reporting to the Internal Audit Manager, this role primarily covers our entities across the EMEA region. These include sites focused on the manufacture of Beverage Packaging under Crown and Transit Packaging under our sister-company Signode. Occasionally this role may also support missions in APAC and the Americas.


Role Purpose
The department evaluates the risk exposures relating to the organisation’s governance, operations, and information systems with four objectives as per the COSO II framework:
• Strategic - high-level orientations and objectives set by the entity
• Operations - effective and efficient use of the entity’s resources
• Reporting - reliability of financial statements
• Compliance - with laws and regulations

Main Responsibilities
• Perform financial and operational audits of plants, operations, projects, and systems in line with the Internal Audit Plan
• Plan and execute audits in accordance with audit standards, plans, budgets, and schedules
• Report audit findings (in good written English) and make recommendations for reducing risk, improving operations, reducing cost, and ensuring compliance with Company policy
• Perform special reviews and participate in projects at the request of management
• Abide by the department’s Code of Ethics
• Travel at least 40% of the time to complete fieldwork

Relevant Qualifications and Experience
• Ideally a qualified accountant or equivalently qualified by experience in Finance
• Experience of integrated ERP systems such as JDE and SAP
• Full driving license required
• Experience of manufacturing processes would be advantageous but is not required

Required Skills and Competencies
• Good level of written English and operational level of spoken English, additional languages (e.g., Spanish, French, German, Arabic, etc.) would be a distinct advantage
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Calm under pressure, able to deal with challenging circumstances
• Able to be decisive and assertive, supporting your opinion when challenged
• Able to take initiative
• A true team player
• Able to demonstrate a coherent and precise thought process
• Open to new ideas, able to learn new processes rapidly
• Capable of conducting work in an independent, objective, transparent, and timely manner