Job Description

Senior Manager, Group Internal Audit
Location: Luton
Are you ready to make a significant impact in a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company? At AstraZeneca, we are dedicated to discovering, developing, and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases.
Play a role in powering AstraZeneca and helping all of us to fulfil our ambitions. As valued partners across the enterprise, we provide the platform for excellence and performance to happen. We draw on our network of diverse minds, harnessing our unique views and ideas to improve how we run. It means every day we power ourselves and others to focus on important and impactful work.
You will have led audits and have exposure to the pharmaceutical sector, probably in a Big Four accounting firm or another large global organisation, and your commercial compliance risk and audit experience and global outlook mean you could make an exceptional Senior Manager, Group Internal Audit with AstraZeneca, a world-leading pharmaceutical company, in Luton.
Group Internal Audit (GIA) provides independent assurance that we're achieving our objectives effectively and in the right way. Our remit is to provide assurance over compliance, operational and strategic risks and ensure they are being managed effectively. Reporting to the Head of Audit (Commercial) and working closely with the GIA EMEA Director, you'll have real scope to make an impact as our aim is to be a world class Internal Audit function.
Main duties and responsibilities
You'll work with internal teams and external co-sourced partners of between 3 to 5 people mainly on leading and delivering a complex and high-profile portfolio of global commercial audits, focusing on the activities of Sales, Marketing, Medical and Market Access teams and their interactions with Health Care Professionals/ Organisations. You'll be required to quickly develop relationships and collaborate with in-country management teams, and evaluate a range of judgemental issues around risks, controls and policy interpretation (e.g. risks relating to bribery, disguised promotion, off-label marketing and data privacy).
We'll also look to you to innovate, including use of digital/ data-driven techniques to inform audit planning, fieldwork and reporting and to drive impactful insights to the business. Another key focus will be to share knowledge and themes from your work to both inform audit planning and to educate the business on the challenges and risks that come from commercialising our portfolio.
Essential requirements

• An open and flexible communication style, able to adjust your approach and influence others, including in-country senior management teams
• Ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams across different global locations, including external co-sourced provider teams
• Experience of using digital/ data-driven auditing and visualisation techniques (e.g. Natural Language Processing, Robotic Process Automation, Power BI) to drive impactful insights
• High level of personal integrity, tenacity and independence
• Strong project management skills to lead and multi-task across a portfolio of individual assignments
• Ability to work in close proximity of auditees for commercial audits, including undertaking travel domestically and internationally where required (up to 40% of working days)
• A relevant degree or postgraduate professional qualification
• Excellent business English, including strong report writing skills. Fluency in a relevant second language would be desirable.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
At AstraZeneca, you'll be part of a dedicated team that powers our rapidly growing enterprise. We leverage exciting technology and digital innovations to accelerate our evolution and have a big impact on patients' lives. With an entrepreneurial spirit and a fast-paced environment, we thrive on creativity and smart risks. Here, you'll find countless opportunities to build an unrivaled reputation and take your career to new heights.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now and join us in shaping the future of healthcare!
Date Posted 14-Nov-2025
Closing Date 05-Dec-2025
Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.

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