Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience senior

Exp. Years Not specified

Education Not specified

Category Finance & Accounting

About this role

The Sr. Internal Auditor leads and/or supports planning, execution, and reporting of internal audits, including financial, operational, and SOX-related engagements. The role focuses on identifying noncompliance and control gaps, delivering value-added recommendations, and validating that management remediation actions are sustainable through follow-up procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Contribute to the annual enterprise risk assessment and risk-based audit plan
Lead risk-based audits, compliance reviews, and advisory engagements (planning, fieldwork, reporting)
Perform process walkthroughs and risk assessments to identify control gaps
Evaluate design and effectiveness of internal controls and provide recommendations
Monitor management action plans and perform follow-up procedures for remediation sustainability

Technical Overview

This position emphasizes audit methodology such as risk-based planning, process walkthroughs, risk assessments, internal controls evaluation, and root cause analysis. It also incorporates data analytics and audit tools to identify trends, anomalies, and risk indicators and to support audit insights.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior internal auditor who can lead risk-based internal audits and compliance reviews across financial and operational areas, including SOX-related work. They are skilled in evaluating internal controls, performing process walkthroughs and risk assessments, using data analytics to find trends and risk indicators, and delivering clear audit reports to executive leadership, the Audit Committee, and the Board of Directors.

Must-Have Skills

Lead and/or support planningexecutionand reporting of company auditsPerform process walkthroughs and risk assessmentsEvaluate internal controls design and effectivenessPrepare timely and impactful audit reports

Nice-to-Have Skills

Utilizes data analytics and audit toolsRoot cause analysis and developing recommendations

Required Skills

internal auditenterprise risk assessmentrisk-based audit planrisk-based auditscompliance reviewsadvisory engagementsSOX-related areasaudit planningfieldworkaudit reportinginternal controls design and effectivenessprocess walkthroughsrisk assessmentsroot cause analysisaudit reportsAudit CommitteeBoard of Directorsmanagement action plansfollow-up proceduresdata analyticsaudit tools

Hard Skills

planningexecutionand reporting of auditsfinancial auditsoperational auditsadvisory engagementsenterprise risk assessmentrisk-based audit planSOX-related areascompliance reviewsaudit planningfieldworkaudit reportingaudit liaison for business units/functional areasprepare audit reports for Senior Leadershipthe Audit Committeeand the Board of Directorsmonitor and validate management action plansfollow-up proceduresprocess walkthroughsrisk assessmentsroot cause analysisdevelop practicalvalue-added recommendationsevaluate the design and effectiveness of internal controlsdata analytics and audit toolsidentify trendsanomaliesand risk indicatorsdevelop practicalsustainable recommendationscontinuing education and training

Soft Skills

Regular communication with Senior LeadershipBuild relationships with management stakeholdersCollaborate as part of a teamPartner with business stakeholdersProvide timely and impactful audit reports

Industry & Role

Industry Energy

Job Function Conduct risk-based internal audits to assess internal controls and drive process improvement.

Role Subtype Senior Internal Audit

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Must be able to perform risk-based audits and evaluate internal controls design and effectiveness

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