Paula, how would you describe yourself?

  • Problem solver 
  • Supporter 
  • World explorer 
  • Child tamer

What is special about working at Infineon?

  • As a mother of two, trying to meet the demands of work and family can be challenging. Thankfully, Infineon has helped me navigate these challenges by fostering a supportive work environment offering flexible work arrangements, mental health support programs, career development opportunities and a lot more! Thank you, Infineon!
  • As internal auditors’ line of work occasionally requires travel, this provides opportunities to build professional relationships with the stakeholders and explore the world at the same time.
  • Leaders at Infineon are visible and accessible
  • Infineon highly values and recognizes employees
  • Everyone is treated with dignity and respect
  • Employee feedback is encouraged

What are your main tasks?

Managing all phases of internal audit engagements (operational, financial, compliance, and follow-up audits), including coordination with functional management personnel, and delivering high quality audit reports.

What are the results of your work?

General: The delivery of independent assurance and insightful recommendations to various Infineon entities to improve organizational processes and performance, resulting in enhanced governance and risk management, increased compliance, improved internal controls, and efficiency improvements for the organization.

Specific: High-quality audit reports highlighting areas of concern, actionable insights for process improvement and risk mitigation for various business processes.

What are your job highlights?

Supported the integration and harmonization of audit and investigation practices and methodologies of Legacy Cypress and Legacy Infineon, and contributed to the development of new whistleblower protocols, updated ethics policies, and revamped investigation procedures on a common platform (Legacy Cypress).

What are your biggest challenges?

Balancing diverse and sometimes conflicting expectations from stakeholders, and evolving risk landscape.

What inspires you?

I am inspired by working in collaborative and supportive environments. Being part of a team that fosters open communication, values diverse perspectives, and encourages everyone to contribute their ideas and skills creates an inspiring and motivating atmosphere within the Internal Audit function. It’s uplifting to see colleagues supporting each other, celebrating successes together, and working towards common goals.