Internal Audit Manager

Position Summary

Audit Strategy & Planning

• Own and continuously refine the risk-based annual audit plan, aligning audit focus with the company's most significant financial, operational, and compliance risks.

• Directly assess emerging risks across the business new systems, entities, or processes and translate them into scoped audit engagements and testing priorities.

Audit Execution & Leadership

• Personally lead and participate in the organization's most complex, highest-risk audit engagements, testing controls hands-on where needed and ensuring rigor across the team's work.

• Review and approve audit workpapers, findings, and reports before they reach leadership, ensuring conclusions are well-supported, well-documented, and actionable.

• Own the company's SOX compliance program end to end, from scoping and testing through remediation tracking.

Team & Resource Management

• Build, manage, and develop the internal audit team, including hiring, coaching, and performance management of Internal Audit Analysts.

• Manage outside resources supporting the function, including co-sourced audit firms and independent consultants, directly overseeing their scope, quality, and deliverables.

Risk & Compliance Leadership

• Report audit findings, risk trends, and remediation progress directly to senior leadership, translating technical audit results into business-relevant insight.

• Serve as the primary liaison with external auditors on internal control matters, working through open items directly rather than delegating.

• Champion a proactive, risk-aware culture across the organization, partnering with business leaders to strengthen controls at the source.

Minimum Qualification 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or CIA designation preferred.

• 10-15 years of internal audit experience, including experience leading audit engagements and managing outside/co-sourced audit resources.

• In-depth knowledge of internal control frameworks (e.g., COSO) and risk and compliance practices.

• Hands-on experience with ERP/financial systems and audit tools.

• Strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills.

• Experience managing or mentoring audit staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Big 4 public accounting or relevant corporate audit leadership experience.

• Familiarity with multi-entity environments and SOX compliance.

• Experience building or maturing an internal audit function in a growing organization.