Emera Inc.

Senior Auditor

LocationHalifax, NS
Job TypeFull-time

About This Job

The Opportunity: Company, Department: Emera Inc, Audit Services


Location: Halifax, NS


Closing Date: April 28, 2025


At Emera, you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help Emera to safely deliver cleaner, reliable energy to our customers.


If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by April 28th and tell us what excites you about this role.


We are currently looking for aSenior Auditor to join our Audit Services team in a permanent position. Reporting to the Manager, Audit Services, you will work closely with the enterprise-wide audit team where you will execute business process and compliance-based Assurance & Advisory activities for all Emera affiliates across multiple jurisdictions including US, Canada, and the Caribbean.


We at Emera are proud of our Audit Services team and the ways in which they contribute to our organization. Our team has a customer-focused strategy, is innovative and will strive to continually improve the quality of our assurance and advisory activities as well as enhance Emera's overall control environment. We encourage our teams to be flexible and open-minded; critical thinkers that can engage and excite others through new ideas and approaches. As auditors, we value integrity, objectivity, and professional skepticism, recognizing our team's role in maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and ethical conduct. We are a large, diverse, complex organization with multiple business units that will offer challenge and career growth.


As Senior Auditor you will:


Execute assurance and advisory engagements and provide governance, risk and control related professional expertise
Perform risk assessments and develop audit testing programs based on assessment of control and risk environment
Maintain relationships with affiliate employees, stay informed on risks and strategic initiatives impacting applicable affiliates, and gain consensus regarding potentially contentious or sensitive items
Identify process improvement and efficiency opportunities in support of the organization’s overall strategy to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in all processes and to build organizational capacity
Monitor remediation associated with previous audit issues, provide ongoing consultation on remediation approach
Ensure Audit Services deliverables adhere to budget and timelines and are socialized with applicable management prior to finalization


What skills will make you successful?


The successful individual will have excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills and an ability to build consensus across an organization by consistently demonstrating credibility as a subject matter expert. You bring maturity, confidence, and decision-making capability, along with enthusiasm, energy, and a great sense of humor.


You recognize yourself in most of the following competencies, and where possible possess the skills and experience listed below:


Minimum Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in a business, engineering, technology, or related discipline
Certifications demonstrating a breadth of knowledge over internal audit, business, or technology (e.g., CPA, CIA, CISA, etc.)
You bring a minimum of three (3) years of direct or related work experience. Previous experience in an internal audit or internal controls-based environment would be advantageous. Related experience consists of public accounting or financial analysis/processes.
Working knowledge of audit concepts and techniques as well as a broad understanding of enterprise risk, corporate governance, and process and control design
Highly detailed oriented, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities
Experience facilitating challenging discussions and providing recommendations regarding critical areas of focus
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proven ability to remain focused and deliver results in a rapidly changing and fast-paced environment
The desire to leverage computer-assisted auditing techniques for data analytics, previous experience with Arbutus, IDEA or ACL is preferable
Working knowledge of relevant standards, including IIA Standards


At Emera, everyone is a leader in their own right. Our Leadership Competencies set standards that advance our business strategy, deliver results for customers, and provide career development for employees. We look to our audit team to think strategically and exercise sound judgement, drive operational excellence while building strong collaborative relationships.


Why join our team?

Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising matching and volunteer programs, and scholarships for children of employees.
Competitive Compensation: A comprehensive benefits plan, a short-term incentive plan and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.



Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera:

As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy:

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.

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