Overview
This role is responsible for executing a risk-based internal audit program and delivering high-quality, risk-based assurance and advisory services. You will lead and develop audit resources and oversee complex financial, operational, and compliance engagements, including SOX control design and operating effectiveness assessments.
Responsibilities
- Manage and execute the risk-based audit plan in alignment with the annual audit plan
- Supervise and develop audit team members, including performance management, coaching, and formal review of work
- Oversee the planning, execution, and reporting of assurance and advisory engagements
- Perform and review engagement-level risk assessments, including fraud risk considerations, to identify key risks, controls, and improvement opportunities
- Coordinate and oversee the SOX audit program, including tests of design and operating effectiveness of key internal controls
- Partner with Financial Controls and business stakeholders to ensure effective coverage of business processes
- Collaborate with audit leadership to ensure risks are considered and develop an integrated audit approach, as appropriate
- Review and approve audit programs to ensure alignment with the audit methodology and recognized frameworks as applicable (e.g., COSO)
- Evaluate audit results, determine issue severity, assess root causes, and ensure practical, value-added recommendations
- Communicate engagement status, emerging risks, and audit results clearly and timely to management and audit leadership
- Coordinate with external auditors to support reliance on internal audit work, as appropriate
- Ensure audit engagements are completed in accordance with departmental quality standards, professional auditing standards, budgets, and timelines
- Support the annual audit risk assessment and development of the annual audit plan
- Prepare and review audit reports and present results to management
- Periodically communicate status and remediation progress of open audit issues to ERM stakeholders
- Contribute to Audit Committee materials and reporting, including open audit issue status
- Promote continuous improvement in audit methodology, tools, and the use of AI and data analytics
Requirements
- 8+ years of audit (internal or external auditing) experience (public companies preferred) or equivalent Big 4 public accounting experience
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business
- Professional accounting or auditing designation (CIA, CPA)
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experience with audit and analytics tools (e.g., AuditBoard, ACL, PowerBI, Access, SQL)
- Unquestionable personal and professional ethics
- Demonstrated experience leading complex audit engagements and supervising others
- Strong knowledge of control and risk frameworks
- Demonstrated project management experience, including managing multiple, concurrent projects
- Ability to adapt to change quickly and shift priorities in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- Ability to interface effectively and build and maintain strong relationships externally and internally across business functions
- Superior written and oral communication skills, including ability to persuasively present and communicate
- Exceptional professionalism and comfort working with C-level executives
- Current knowledge of The Institute of Internal Auditor’s Global Internal Audit Standards
- Occasional travel as needed to support business objectives
- Experience collaborating and coordinating in a geographically dispersed organization (US)
Preferred Qualifications
- Public company internal or external audit experience
- Big 4 public accounting experience
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive compensation + STI & LTI
- Opportunity to work remotely
- Full Health Benefits: Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance + Paid Parental Leave
- Company Matched 401k
- Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays + Paid Volunteer Time
- Diversity Alliance Resource Groups
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Charitable Gift Matching
- Job Required Equipment & Services Will Be Provided
Location
- Remote opportunity (with occasional travel as needed to support business objectives)
- Experience collaborating and coordinating in a geographically dispersed organization (US)