Director, Audit Operations – Client Tooling, Supplier Banking Programs

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Michigan.

📋 Description

• Oversee the comprehensive execution of supplier tooling and banked inventory audit initiatives.

• Provide both strategic and operational guidance across audit workstreams, supplier sites, and field teams.

• Manage audit timelines, resource allocations, capacity planning, workload distribution, and program execution.

• Ensure that audits comply with contractual obligations, established procedures, and client expectations.

• Facilitate client governance meetings, operational assessments, executive briefings, risk management, issue resolution, and change control processes.

• Track the completion of audits, cycle times, quality metrics, findings, financial opportunities, and client satisfaction levels.

• Lead technical auditors, inventory auditors, analysts, and additional support personnel.

• Supervise pre-audit preparations, scope confirmation, supplier prioritization, risk evaluations, documentation assessments, sampling strategies, and site planning efforts.

• Review and authorize audit findings, workpapers, reports, and executive summaries.

• Act as the senior liaison among Conduent, clients, and suppliers.

• Collaborate with Purchasing, Finance, Vendor Tooling Engineering, and stakeholders to address findings and operational challenges.

• Present updates on audit progress, findings, risks, trends, financial exposure, and opportunities for recovery or cost avoidance.

• Oversee the reconciliation of tooling purchase orders, supplier quotations, invoices, payment documents, inventory records, and associated financial data.

• Validate recovery, cost avoidance, policy deviations, and inventory discrepancies using supporting documentation.

• Assist with debits, purchase-order modifications, piece-cost adjustments, and supplier negotiations.

• Analyze trends to pinpoint risks and areas for improvement.

• Establish quality benchmarks, audit procedures, reporting formats, and documentation standards.

• Propel continuous enhancements in audit methodology, standard work practices, reporting, quality assurance, and operations.

• Lead, mentor, and develop team members.

• Support recruitment, onboarding, training, performance management, workforce planning, and succession planning efforts.

• Manage program performance, resource utilization, productivity, engagement revenue, margin, and delivery outcomes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Operations, or a related discipline.

• Seven or more years of experience in audit, supplier management, manufacturing operations, inventory control, finance, consulting, program management, or a similar field.

• A minimum of three years of leadership experience managing teams or complex operational programs.

• Experience within automotive OEM, Tier 1 supplier, or intricate manufacturing environments.

• Proven experience in leading client-facing programs and engaging with senior and executive-level stakeholders.

• Extensive knowledge of audit operations, financial reconciliation, supplier management, risk management, and quality assurance.

• Ability to juggle multiple projects, priorities, resources, and supplier locations concurrently.

• Strong financial and analytical capabilities to identify, validate, and convey financial findings and business opportunities.

• Excellent executive communication, presentation, problem-solving, and stakeholder management abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health and Welfare Benefits available from day one.

• Retirement Savings plans.

• Employee discounts on products, services, travel, and more.

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• Paid training programs.

• Paid time off.

• An exceptional work environment recognized for its diversity and inclusion initiatives.

• Remote work options available.

• Health insurance coverage.

• Voluntary dental and vision insurance programs.

• Life and disability insurance coverage.

• Paid holidays.

• PTO or vacation and/or sick leave.

• Potential bonus or incentive based on business needs.