Sr. Associate, Internal Audit

Company: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Location: San Rafael
Posted on: January 7, 2026

Job Description:

Sr. Associate, Internal Audit BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind. BioMarin Internal Audit is committed to helping BioMarin achieve its full potential in transforming patient’s lives by minimizing overall company risk. We pride ourselves in being objective and independent of the areas we assess, while maintaining our commitment to advance the organization. We provide independent assurance to the board of directors and management. Our disciplined approach evaluates the effectiveness of BioMarin’s risk management, control and governance processes. We also assist with proactive advisory projects. An open and transparent partnership helps us develop the appropriate context and understanding of the issues at hand, minimize surprises, and drive greater value in the outcomes. In carrying out our mission, we pledge to: Be a trusted partner Lead with integrity & enthusiasm Focus on what matters Share industry practices As part of our mission, we also aim to provide valuable business insights (covering governance, risk, and control, and beyond), using data analytics to identify potential indicators for non-compliance, fraud and waste. Sr. Associate, Internal Audit: This role supports the Head of Internal Audit, and the Sr. Associate will be instrumental in building a world-class internal audit function, a function that provides both assurance and advisory services regarding BioMarin’s governance, risk and control effectiveness, as well as a function that generates actionable business insights. This role partners with other members of the Internal Audit team and is responsible for performing audits to evaluate the design and effectiveness of internal controls, to identify instances of non-compliance, ineffective or inefficient operations, potential fraud, waste, and abuse. In carrying out this role, you must demonstrate good business acumen and robust experience with assessing risk and conducting internal audits. You serve as a trusted partner to the business, continually staying abreast of enterprise-wide initiatives and functional strategies, to ultimately ensure that the Internal Audit portfolio of audits is aligned with key business risks. Responsibilities The position of Sr. Associate reports to the Head of Internal Audit. The key responsibility of this position is to support audit planning, execution, and reporting by leveraging data to perform robust analysis aimed at identifying trends, anomalies, and control weaknesses across the process/system/organization, with a focus on effectiveness, compliance and operational integrity. 1. Planning the audit Participate in audit scoping discussions with cross-functional teams (e.g., Finance, Operations, IT) and Audit Leadership to understand relevant risk, controls, and associated data sources supporting audit areas Design and implement data analytics procedures that support audit scoping activities. Coordinate with external subject matter experts, as appropriate 2. Conducting the Audit Identifies and collects applicable data to support audit testing from available sources (internal systems, interviews, external benchmarks) Performs analytics testing, including: Creates the initial audit testing workbook detailing the key risks and controls in the process and the subsequent testing plan (and testing attributes) required to provide reasonable assurance over the design and operating effectiveness of management's controls or insights needed for decisionmakers. Collects relevant data / system reports, and or other to support detailed analysis of control effectiveness. Analyzes large datasets to identify patterns, outliers, and potential issues related to internal policies and business processes. Documents conclusions from testing, including a summary of the control effectiveness, and any identified instances of non-compliance / exceptions Communicates results of audit testing with the Audit Leadership and respective auditees to validate the accuracy of findings by confirming no additional data / documents exist that would explain any exceptions identified Manages scope creep and assesses additional testing needs. Perform quality self-review for accuracy, clarity, completeness, and adherence to program and audit techniques employed Escalate any critical audit issues appropriate management 3. Reporting Results Communicate issues and root causes with Audit Leadership and management of the area under audit and gain consensus on the path forward Work with Audit Leadership to evaluate risks and exposures and risk-rank issues accordingly Develop high quality deliverable, including sophisticated analysis of risk & exposure 4. Other Participate in enterprise risk assessment activities, and conduct other audit engagements, including advisory engagements Maintain existing certifications and seek further certification where appropriate Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to monitor operational & other metrics and key risk indicators and support the development of continuous auditing and monitoring tools to proactively detect non-compliance. Education Bachelor’s degree required One of more of: CPA, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor, or Certified Fraud Examiner designation preferred Relevant Experience: 3-5 years in internal audit, Compliance, Legal, advisory or global corporation, or a combination hereof. Biotech/Pharmaceutical/Life Science experience preferred. A strong candidate will be our “go to person” to solve problems, and get stuff done. Attention to quality and details, data-driven, critical thinking, and good analytical skills are essential to this role. Essential Skills: Proficiency in data analytics and visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI). Experience working with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and audit management tools. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Ability to work with ambiguity, and respond to a rapidly changing, highly innovative environment Candidate must be skilled and exhibit professional savvy and ability to interact with various levels of management Proactively seeks knowledge, new task, and responsibilities. Highly self-motivated and able to work independently Excellent in developing high quality presentations, Excel formulas and data analytics Ability to organize projects and work responsibilities. Prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines Absent a Medical or Religious reason that prohibits vaccinations, all our incoming employees must be vaccinated We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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