• Conduct, oversee, and direct multiple audits and/or projects, usually of a complex nature
• Focus on the most significant risks in the audit universe, while performing ongoing risk assessment to determine scope of assigned audits and other special projects
• Identify and communicate meaningful, value-added solutions to business risks
• Supervise, participate in, and ensure the quality of risk assessments, evaluation of controls, development of audit plans, testing strategies, audit findings and conclusions
• Deliver plans, schedules, and timelines, and monitor reports/dashboards to Internal Audit Leadership in support of managing work efforts in the Department
• Provide coaching and guidance on the use of frameworks and methodologies to peers and staff
• Apply statistical models in audit procedures for items within a class of transactions to highlight audit weakness in the entire class of transactions, allowing Internal Audit to make confident conclusions about the larger population of transactions
• Use data management techniques such as data queries, data editing, and data cleansing, to produce a valid and comprehensive data set to be analyzed
• Provide data driven support for deficiencies identified and leverage strong business acumen to influence recommendations that introduce efficiencies or productivity
• Lead the Internal Audit Days in the Field program, coordinating the experience including the materials, presentation, and follow-up questions.
• Lead the Internal Audit Intern program, recruiting efforts, onboarding, development of goals, and educational efforts on behalf of the Internal Audit Department
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

• Knowledge of risks, audit trends and best practices, and data analysis techniques
• Knowledge of internal controls related to financial, operational, and/or compliance risk
• Knowledge of System Development Lifecycle for complex development projects
• Knowledge of IT audit (application controls, general IT controls) and project management (project management methodology, system development methodology and software quality)
• Knowledge of database designs and administration
• Knowledge of the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
• Skilled in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Skilled in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, which does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem
• Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events)
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Ability to conduct difficult conversations in conveying the results of an audit to a professional manner to Leadership including Officers of the Company

• Required: High School Diploma or GED

• Expert-level experience, expansive and far reaching knowledge in
  • Accounting, risk management, audit techniques and methodologies, data analytics, or airline operations
  • Tableau or equivalent data visualization tool
  • Alteryx or equivalent data analysis tool

• Ability to perform work duties from limited space work station/desk/office area for extended periods of time
• Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
• Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

• Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines

Pay & Benefits:

Competitive market salary from $107,650 - $119,600 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the Company.

Benefits you'll love:

• Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)
• Up to a 9.3% 401(k) Company match, dollar for dollar, of your eligible pay, per paycheck *
• Potential for annual Profit-sharing contribution toward retirement - when Southwest profits, you profit**
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*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.

**401(k) match contributions are subject to the plan's vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits

***Profit-sharing contributions are subject to plan's vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company.