Sr. Audit Manager
Location: Secaucus, NJ
Schedule: Full-Time | Day Shift | Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Sr. Audit Manager to join a dynamic Internal Audit leadership team. This position is responsible for overseeing a portfolio of financial, operational, compliance, and advisory engagements while supporting the development and execution of the annual audit plan.
The Senior Manager will lead complex audit initiatives, advise senior business leaders on risk and internal controls, drive continuous improvement through technology and data analytics, and manage and develop a team of audit professionals. This role offers significant exposure to leadership and opportunities for continued career advancement within Internal Audit, Finance, and business operations.
Responsibilities
Internal Audit & Risk Management
- Support the annual Enterprise Risk Assessment and development of the Internal Audit Plan.
- Partner with key stakeholders to identify financial, operational, compliance, and third-party processes for audit and review.
- Lead complex audits and advisory projects across a variety of financial, operational, and compliance areas.
- Evaluate business objectives, associated risks, internal controls, and processes designed to mitigate those risks.
- Provide strategic guidance and recommendations to strengthen controls, improve processes, and reduce organizational risk.
- Independently communicate complex and sensitive audit findings to management and influence the development of practical, actionable remediation plans.
- Review audit workpapers, reports, findings, and other deliverables while providing guidance to audit teams.
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, and other second-line functions to coordinate and streamline assurance activities.
Investigations & Special Projects
- Manage and oversee investigations involving potential financial statement misstatements, asset misappropriation, conflicts of interest, and related matters.
- Lead Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) reviews, including project timelines, budgets, reporting, and collaboration with Legal and management on remediation.
- Provide risk and controls expertise to special projects, steering committees, and best-practice initiatives.
- Support strategic organization-wide initiatives, including business development, enterprise risk management, and newly acquired or established businesses.
Process Improvement & Analytics
- Drive continuous improvement across audit processes through technology, data analytics, automation, and process optimization.
- Oversee the development and use of analytics involving large populations of business transaction data.
- Identify opportunities to incorporate data analytics and robotic process automation (RPA) into audit activities.
- Develop benchmarks and best practices to support audit assessments and ratings.
- Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve collaboration, and increase overall audit efficiency.
Leadership & People Management
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 2–3 audit professionals.
- Attract, develop, and retain high-performing talent while fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
- Provide coaching, performance feedback, professional development, and career-path guidance.
- Identify training opportunities and tools that enhance individual and team capabilities.
- Support the continued development of the Internal Audit department's technical knowledge, methodology, tools, and capabilities.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline required.
- Advanced degree and/or professional certification required, such as an MBA, Master's in Finance, CPA, CIA, CMA, CISA, or CFE.
- Minimum of 7+ years of experience in Internal Audit, Finance, and/or Public Accounting.
- Minimum of 9+ years of total professional work experience.
- At least 4 years of people leadership, development, and talent management experience.
- Strong knowledge of internal controls, risk assessment, financial and operational auditing, and business processes.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex projects and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Strong ability to communicate sensitive and complex findings to senior-level stakeholders and influence appropriate corrective actions.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Strong project management and organizational abilities.
- Proven ability to identify and implement process improvements.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Preferred Qualifications: Public accounting/auditing experience; healthcare industry experience; experience with Internal Audit applications such as TeamMate+ and IDE A; experience with data analytics, RPA, and technology-enabled auditing; and proficiency with Power BI and Visio.