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Sr. Associate, Internal Audit

Employer
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Location
San Rafael, California
Posted date
Sep 28, 2026
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Discipline
Quality, Quality Assurance
Required Education
Associate Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
Biotech Bay
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. logo

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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.

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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:

Responsibilities

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

  • Conduct research and reference available documentation to develop the risk and control matrix to inform the audit scope.

  • Develop audit planning memos memorializing the audit scope, objective and approach

  • Manage the collection, review, and storage of all supporting audit documentation within the audit system

  • Coordinate audit interviews and process walkthrough, including the agenda, leading the discussion, and memorializing the outcomes/notes

  • 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.

  • Manages outreach to stakeholders to request relevant data / system reports, and or other to support detailed analysis of control effectiveness, including the collection and review for completeness.

  • Perform audit testing, analyzing available 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

  • 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

  • Draft initial materials to socialize results with auditees and department leadership

  • 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 or 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, 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 work done.Attention to quality and details, data-driven, critical thinking, andgood analytical skills areessentialtothis role.

Essential Skills:

  • Fluent & self-starter in the use of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.)

  • Highly self-motivated and able to work independently

  • Proactively seeks knowledge, new tasks, and responsibilities.

  • Ability to organize projects and work responsibilities.

  • Prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines

  • Proficiency in data analytics and visualization platforms (e.g., Databricks, 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

  • Exhibit professional savvy and ability to interact with various levels of management

  • Excellent in developing high quality presentations, Excelformulas and data analytics

Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

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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