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Senior Internal Auditor
- Type:
- Location(s):
- 2795 E Cottonwood Pkwy, Salt Lake City, UT 84121, United States of America
- Date Posted:
- 07/15/2025
- Job ID:
- R-69970
- Compensation:
The Sr Internal Auditor contributes to and leads audit and business advisory engagements, including Sarbanes Oxley 404 Compliance (SOX) and operational audits. Reporting to the Internal Audit Manager, your responsibilities include performing risk assessments, developing audit scope, facilitating meetings, obtaining evidence, documenting processes, testing attributes, reviewing staff auditors’ work, preparing reports, and tracking exception remediation. This individual is also responsible for championing internal control and corporate governance concepts throughout the business.
Primary Responsibilities
- Plan, perform, and report on SOX compliance and operational internal audits
- Coordinate and communicate with team members, management, and external auditors to ensure internal audit objectives, deliverables, and timelines are met
- Test design of internal controls by conducting and documenting walkthroughs in flowchart and narrative format
- Review of deliverables completed by staff auditors
- Test operational effectiveness of internal controls
- Identify and communicate audit findings, offering recommendations relevant to the business
- Assist management with the creation of formalized policies and procedures and internal controls
- Train staff auditors and interns on internal audit procedures
- Develop and maintain working knowledge of laws and industry guidance for establishing, maintaining, and reporting on internal controls
Job Specifications
- Experience documenting and testing internal controls for SOX compliance and operational audits
- Understanding operational, financial and IT internal control concepts
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Experience with project management to effectively plan, perform, manage, and report on the evaluation of various business processes and functions
- Understanding of GAAP, GAAS, internal auditing standards, COSO, and risk assessment practices
- Intermediate to advanced accounting knowledge, including a working knowledge of consolidation accounting
- Solid Excel skills including experience with VLOOKUP’s, pivot tables, charts and data analytics
- Experience with data analytic tools such as SQL or ACL is helpful
Education and Experience
- Bachelors Degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university and 3-4 years of relevant accounting or auditing experience OR a Masters Degree and 2-3 years of relevant accounting or auditing experience.
- Public accounting or relevant internal audit experience preferred.
- CPA or CIA designation preferred.