Intuitive Surgical

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

At Intuitive Surgical, you will participate in a commitment to excellence by partnering with world-class managers and executive leadership. We hire quality individuals that display the highest level of integrity, character, and personal accountability, and recognize that the way to get things done is through team-work and continuous improvement. We are committed to creating a best-in-class organization and are looking for individuals that engage our commitment to this objective.

This role will focus primarily on operational audits of our 3rd party distributors and global offices of Intuitive Surgical. It is a highly visible role within the Company’s Internal Audit department and interacts with all facets of the company and all levels of management within the organization. You will make value-added recommendations to enhance the Company's internal controls and operating efficiencies, and other processes necessary to mitigate the Company's risks. The candidate should have proven knowledge of internal controls, exceptional statistical skills, and excellent business judgment.

We are looking for high performing individuals that can and take on additional responsibility as they progress in their career. We are committed to providing an environment that fosters career growth and personal development. If you exemplify our values and want to be part of a company that is a global technology pioneer in the rapidly emerging field of robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery, this is the role for you.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manage the annual strategy, timing and execution of location audits.
• Communicate testing strategy, methodology, and purpose of audits to distributors and internal teams.
• Perform battery of operational, financial and control related testing related to key processes performed at Intuitive (e.g. Revenue, Inventory, Manufacturing, Procurement).
• Assess SOX 404 control deficiencies, work directly with process owners and finance management to ensure deficiencies are remediated timely, and perform remediation testing.
• Work with our external auditors to communicate our SOX compliance methodology and manage their reliance on certain controls testing.
• Drive and help all phases of financial and operational audits and compliance projects, including risk assessment, planning, scoping, execution, and reporting.
• Execute complex, high profile, and impactful operational audit, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide mindful leadership, topic expertise, and value-added insights to our operations.
• Assess audit observations, including control weaknesses, with an appropriate degree of professional skepticism, seeking to fully comprehend risks to the Company.
• Assist business partners with the development of Management Action Plans to mitigate weaknesses; providing guidance on the appropriateness of the plans.
• Promote new ideas and new ways of executing projects and internal infrastructure enhancements.
• Organize, prepare, and present proposals, analyses, and other special projects.
• Effectively monitor own performance to ensure plans, schedules, and budgets are met, providing regular updates of progress and issues.
• Drive or assist with ad-hoc and special projects as needed.