Job description
Nippon Sanso is one of the leading companies in the industrial and medical gases business in Europe. Serving over 150,000 customers and 350,000 patients across 14 countries, we offer a comprehensive range of gas-based solutions tailored to sectors including healthcare, food, electronics, manufacturing, chemicals, electronics, and energy among many others.
The Internal Audit Director is a senior leadership role responsible for defining, leading, and continuously evolving the Internal Audit function across Nippon Sanso Europe. Based at the European headquarters in Madrid, this position plays a critical role in strengthening governance, risk management, internal control, and regulatory compliance across a complex, multinational organization.
The Director reports functionally to the NSHD Corporate Internal Audit function and works closely with the European President and senior leadership team, with administrative reporting to the CFO.



The role leads and develops a specialized European audit team and coordinates extensively with external auditors and key stakeholders across Europe and Japan.
Key responsibilities
- Define and execute a risk-based Internal Audit strategy and annual plan aligned with European priorities and NSHD group requirements.
- Lead the JSOX / internal control framework across Europe, including design, testing, remediation, ITGCs, and year-end reporting across multiple systems and countries.
- Provide independent assurance and advisory support to senior management on governance, risk management, internal controls, and process effectiveness.
- Plan and deliver operational, compliance, IT, and thematic audits, identifying control gaps, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
- Oversee enterprise risk assessment and monitoring, identifying emerging risks and escalating insights to Executive Management.
- Act as the primary European liaison with Corporate Internal Audit and external auditors, ensuring timely, consistent, and high-qu

📌 Internal Audit Director (España)
🏢 Nippon Gases Uk & Ireland
📍 España