Senior Internal Auditor POST NUMBER: 417986

Senior internal Auditor
Location: Charlotte, NC

Are you passionate about Agile Internal Audit? This Internal Audit team leverages an agile auditing methodology and mindset to focus on our business stakeholders' most urgent needs. The team provides timely insights for decision-making, prioritizes what matters for the company, and reduces time wasted in audit cycles and documentation. Join and transition from the backroom to the front seat with our audit team!

he Lead Senior Auditor is responsible for driving agile audits to evaluate the internal controls designed to manage the Company’s most significant operational and financial risks. This role involves planning individual audits, developing test steps to evaluate controls, gathering and analyzing information to assess control effectiveness, and communicating audit results. As the day-to-day leader of audit projects, the Lead Senior Auditor ensures timely and quality completion of work by supervising other auditors and providing training in audit methodology. Additionally, this role actively participates in departmental non-project activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day audit projects in accordance with the company's SCRUM audit methodology, ensuring timely completion of key ceremonies and milestone deliveries.
• Apply basic knowledge of retail risks, business operations, and finance to ensure audit efficiency, leveraging internal resources for advanced topics.
• Perform audit planning, including documenting processes through process maps and flowcharts.
• Identify key control points within processes/activities and develop audit test steps to evaluate internal control adequacy and effectiveness.
• Perform data analysis to provide valuable insights to management.
• Recommend control enhancements and process improvement opportunities to management.
• Ensure in-scope risks and controls are identified and appropriately evaluated during audit planning and testing.
• Evaluate testing results to ensure procedures and findings address business process or financial reporting risks, expanding testing as needed.
• Demonstrate knowledge of audited processes/technologies and understand how control failures impact business objectives.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of information relied upon throughout the audit process.
• Write formal audit reports with quality suitable for an executive audience.
• Communicate project expectations and progress with assigned staff throughout the audit engagement.
• Identify developmental opportunities and provide timely, candid, and constructive feedback to staff.
• Deliver on-the-job training and encourage staff development using various auditing and analytical tools.
• Review staff audit work, providing timely feedback if documentation is inadequate.
• Work cross-functionally to manage and organize work processes for efficient workflow.
• Foster a collaborative environment by working in a team of peers to solve problems and share information.
• Organize resources and information efficiently to handle competing demands and accomplish objectives.
• Facilitate ongoing dialogue with the internal project team to encourage communication and idea-sharing.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in CPA, CIA, CISA, or related field.

Required Experience:

• 4 years of experience in internal/external audit or relevant business experience.
• Retail business experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a business-related field.
• CPA, CIA, or CISA certification.