Merck KGaA Posted August 19, 2026

(Senior) Manager Auditor Analytics (all genders)

Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany FULL_TIME
Quality Manager
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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Your role: 

We're seeking highly motivated individuals to join our dynamic, diverse, and very engaged internal audit team! We offer a high-profile internal audit function, with good visibility on all management levels and a track record for developing employees into senior roles in finance and business.

To further leverage data analytics in our audit landscape, you will strongly contribute to changes of audit techniques and methodology through data analytics and create value using data, digital tools, platforms, technologies, services, and processes. This role includes significantly contributing to internal control topics and continuous improvement on a group level through data analytics as well as to the audit analytics strategic roadmap.

As part of the internal audit team, you will gain deep insights into business processes and their related data. You will collect, analyze, validate and interpret those large data sets (for example SAP data) to deliver meaningful audit insights by utilizing common programming languages and analytics tools such as SQL, Python, Power BI or Tableau.

You will be working with a diverse team and will gain process and data insights into various business areas as well as manage stakeholders on all different levels of the hierarchy. Audit related work will ensure varying tasks and great learning and development opportunities.

Who you are:

University degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology or equivalent required

Relevant professional experience (minimum 3-5 years in data analytics, Risk advisory, audits or associated fields) in an internationally operating company or in a Big 4 accounting firm is required. Audit specific qualifications (e.g. CPA, CIA or CFE certification) is a plus

Extensive hands-on experience in using data analytics and familiarity with handling SAP system data and data analytics tools (for e.g., Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, etc.) as well as programming languages (SQL, Python)

Strong analytical thinking and a structured approach to work, with the ability to translate complex data analyses into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, while maintaining high-quality standards throughout the process

A strong process understanding in the areas of Finance, Order-to-Cash (O2C), Source-to-Pay (S2P), Healthcare Compliance (Marketing & Medical activities) as well as ability to  conduct reviews of complex end-to-end processes and related data is an advantage

Industry experience in the Pharma, Biotech, Life Science or Electronics sector is preferred

Ability to be agile, open-minded and to manage audits and stakeholders of different cultures (good intercultural and communication skills), to work in a matrix organization together with a desire to develop your leadership skills; good project management and organization skills with the ability to handle multiple responsibilities at the same time

Business-level fluency in English; additional language skills are an advantage

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 249 comparable Manager Quality roles across 72 biopharma companies.

249Comparable roles tracked
221Currently active
72Companies hiring similar roles
31Countries represented

Salary context

63 of 249 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Quality Associate Scientist · Merck KGaA $25/hr – $39/hr (≈ $52,000–$81,120/yr)
Peer group range $66,560 – $208,845 (median $166,200)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 249 comparable roles

United States108
China24
India14
Ireland14
Japan11
Netherlands10

+ 25 more countries

Seniority mix

249 of 249 peers have a known seniority level

Manager163
Associate43
Associate Director43

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 249 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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