Manager, Audit Services

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

📋 Description

• Oversee and implement the risk-based audit strategy in line with the annual audit schedule.

• Guide and cultivate audit team members through performance management, coaching, and formal evaluations of their work.

• Direct the planning, execution, and reporting of both assurance and advisory projects.

• Conduct and evaluate engagement-level risk assessments, including considerations for fraud risk, to pinpoint key risks, controls, and opportunities for improvement.

• Manage and supervise the SOX audit program, encompassing tests for the design and operational effectiveness of critical internal controls.

• Collaborate with Financial Controls and business stakeholders to guarantee thorough coverage of business processes.

• Work in conjunction with audit leadership to ensure risks are acknowledged and to create an integrated audit strategy, where appropriate.

• Review and sanction audit programs to ensure they align with our auditing methodology and recognized frameworks as necessary (e.g., COSO).

• Assess audit results, identify issue severity, evaluate root causes, and provide practical, value-added recommendations.

• Clearly and promptly communicate engagement status, emerging risks, and audit findings to management and audit leadership.

• Coordinate with external auditors to facilitate reliance on internal audit work, as suitable.

• Ensure that audit engagements are carried out in accordance with departmental quality benchmarks, professional auditing standards, budgets, and timelines.

• Assist in the annual audit risk assessment and the formulation of the annual audit plan.

• Draft and review audit reports, presenting findings to management.

• Regularly update ERM stakeholders on the status and remediation progress of open audit issues.

• Contribute to materials and reporting for the Audit Committee, including the status of open audit issues.

• Foster continuous enhancements in audit methodology, tools, and the integration of AI and data analytics.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in audit (internal or external, preferably with public companies) or equivalent experience in Big 4 public accounting.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business.

• Professional accounting or auditing certification (CIA, CPA).

• Competence in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Familiarity with audit and analytics software (e.g., AuditBoard, ACL, PowerBI, Access, SQL).

• Display impeccable personal and professional ethics.

• Proven experience in leading complex audit engagements and supervising teams.

• Strong understanding of control and risk frameworks.

• Demonstrated experience in project management, managing multiple concurrent projects.

• Ability to adapt swiftly to changes; easily shift priorities with a positive attitude in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Capability to interact effectively and cultivate strong relationships both externally and internally across various business functions.

• Possess exceptional intellect, decisive analytical skills, and the ability to think creatively to develop innovative solutions to overcome obstacles to success.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present and communicate persuasively.

• High level of professionalism; comfortable working with C-level executives.

• Up-to-date knowledge of The Institute of Internal Auditor’s Global Internal Audit Standards.

• Willingness to travel occasionally as necessary to support business goals.

• Experience in collaboration and coordination within a geographically dispersed organization (US).

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary plus short-term and long-term incentives.

• Flexibility to work remotely.

• Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Paid Parental Leave.

• Company-matched 401k plan.

• Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, and Paid Volunteer Time.

• Access to Diversity Alliance Resource Groups.

• Employee Stock Purchase Program.

• Tuition reimbursement opportunities.

• Charitable gift matching program.

• Provision of job-required equipment and services.