• Job Description

  Req#: R4629

  Job Description

  AltaGas - Sr Manager, Vendor Audit

  As the Sr. Manager of Vendor Audit, you will play a critical role in ensuring the integrity, compliance, and effectiveness of our organization's vendor relationships and associated processes. You will be the lead in assessing vendor performance, conducting audits, and mitigating risks through effective evaluation and collaboration. Your leadership will contribute to the enhancement of our vendor management practices, safeguarding our reputation and business interests.

  You Will:

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive Vendor Audit strategy aligned with the organization's goals and risk management framework

  • Establish clear objectives and performance metrics for the vendor audits, ensuring continuous improvement and growth

  • Lead and oversee the risk assessment, annual planning, execution, and reporting of vendor audits to evaluate compliance, efficiency, and quality of vendor relationships

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify key vendor risks and develop risk-based audit plans

  • Monitor the implementation of corrective action plans resulting from audit findings

  • Internally develop negotiation strategies, cost containment and revenue optimization strategies, support ongoing rebuttals and queries and contribute to overall contract life cycle process improvements and internal controls enhancements

  • Identify opportunities to enhance vendor management processes, controls, and policies to drive efficiency and mitigate risks

  • Implement best practices and industry standards to assist in optimizing vendor selection, onboarding, monitoring, and offboarding processes

  • Foster effective working relationships with key internal stakeholders, including Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Commercial and Operations teams

  • Engage vendors in constructive dialogue regarding audit findings, improvement opportunities, and performance expectations in conjunction with Procurement

  • Evaluate vendor risks related to data security, compliance, financial stability, and operational performance in collaboration with AltaGas’s Supply Chain and IT teams

  • Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies to minimize potential disruptions and enhance overall vendor performance

  • Participate in quarterly audit committee reporting and communicate audit results, trends, and insights to key stakeholders, facilitating informed decision-making

  • Manage teams and budget allocated for inspection activities, optimizing resources for compliance efforts

  • Create and execute a Vendor & Joint Venture Audit plan and use of the delivery model (co-source, outsource partners) to deliver on plan

  You Have:

  • 10+ Years experience in auditing, vendor management, procurement, or a related role required

  • Demonstrated experience leading audit teams and managing vendor relationships in a complex organization

  • Strong knowledge of audit methodologies, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts to diverse audiences

  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, capable of building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders

  • Demonstrated ability in analyzing and interpreting contractual terms and conditions considering industry best practices, regulatory requirements, and technical guidelines

  • Proven ability to drive process improvement and influence change in a dynamic environment

  • Proficiency in using audit management software, data analytics tools, and Microsoft Office Suite

  • Ability to effectively negotiate with counterparties to resolve queries and collect recoveries, resolve commercial differences alongside Procurement

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field preferred

  • Master's Degree preferred

  • Professional certifications such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) preferred

  • Joint Venture Accounting or involvement in Joint Venture Governance considered an asset.

  Why work at AltaGas?

  AltaGas is a North American energy infrastructure company with a focus on owning and operating assets that provide clean and affordable energy to our customers. AltaGas assets include Washington Gas/WGL, SEMCO, and Petrogas. Our talented team, nearly 3,000 strong, leverages the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions – from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses to new markets around the world.

  We deliver clean and affordable natural gas to approximately 1.7 million customers’ homes and businesses through regulated natural gas distribution utilities across four jurisdictions in the United States and two regulated natural gas storage utilities in the United States. Learn more about our team, vision, and strategy.

  To learn more about our mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvYAAg21IuU

  For Canadian hires : AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

  For U.S. hires: U.S. affiliates of AltaGas are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical or mental disabilities, political affiliation, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

• About the company

  WGL Holdings, Inc., is a public utility holding company that serves more than 1 million customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

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