Audit Expert in Financial Audits and Internal Audit

About the job

Bern, Switzerland | 80-100% |

What you can contribute

• Lead or participate in demanding audits (financial statement and efficiency audits)
• Audit European Union funds according to their guidelines
• As an active member of interdisciplinary teams, economically handle complex issues related to governance, internal audit, supervision, and subsidies
• Derive value-adding recommendations for the audited entities and prepare concise and comprehensible reports
• Speaker activities as well as participation in working groups and projects

What makes you unique

• Business administration education (university of applied sciences or university), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or certified public accountant with several years of professional experience
• Experience in the audit field (internal or external audit)
• Focused view on the essentials, strong analytical skills, and well-structured
• Confident appearance with clear, appreciative communication, assertive and responsible
• Good active knowledge of two official languages as well as good English skills

In a nutshell

As an audit expert at the Swiss Federal Audit Office, you will immerse yourself in an extraordinarily exciting working environment, where the breadth of topics and the diversity of audited entities present a refreshing challenge. In collaboration with experienced and well-qualified experts, you have the chance to influence public administration, address value-adding recommendations to the audited organisations, and with your support analyse taxpayers’ investments under the criteria of economy, efficiency, and effectiveness – an varied, interesting, and certainly not an everyday job awaits you – so do not hesitate to apply!

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the Swiss success model and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our skills and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits

Anything but ordinary

We at the Swiss Federal Audit Office are the highest financial supervisory authority of the Confederation. We check whether the administration uses federal funds in compliance with the law, economically, and effectively. In addition, we are also the independent contact point of the Confederation for whistleblowing. This way, we support Parliament and the Federal Council in exercising their supervision over the administration. We not only have extraordinarily exciting tasks, but we are also an extraordinary employer. Because what you do here is important for the Swiss success model. You look closely and ensure that tax money is used effectively. We are an organisation with a clear structure and short communication paths. Here you will meet 140 other bright minds with interesting biographies who work with you on complex projects. Working like this is enjoyable! In small, individually composed teams, we conduct over 150 audits per year. In doing so, we repeatedly break new ground and examine the handling of issues that move Switzerland. In addition to broad expertise and a good general education, a good dose of intuition and curiosity is also required here.

Additional information

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Questions about the position

Martin Köhli
Department Head
+41 58 46 31068

Questions about the application

Gabriele Tschofen Freidig
Head of Human Resources
+41 58 46 31031