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Compensation: To $105K.
Job Overview – Internal Controls Supervisor – 34013
Our client is seeking an experienced Internal Audit professional to lead management’s internal control assessment and support SOX compliance. This role partners closely with internal stakeholders, external auditors, and outsourced audit teams to strengthen controls, manage risk, and ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and COSO standards.
Key Responsibilities
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Workplace Policy:
Seniority Level: Associate
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Job Overview – Internal Controls Supervisor – 34013
Our client is seeking an experienced Internal Audit professional to lead management’s internal control assessment and support SOX compliance. This role partners closely with internal stakeholders, external auditors, and outsourced audit teams to strengthen controls, manage risk, and ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and COSO standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead management’s internal control assessment under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including documentation, testing, issue remediation, and training
- Manage internal control, SOX, and U.S. GAAP audit activities and related risk assessments
- Oversee company-level control documentation and annual self-assessments
- Coordinate and supervise outsourced internal auditors and internal staff
- Develop audit reports, presentations, and recommendations for leadership and external auditors
- Integrate internal and external audit scopes and manage audit deliverables
- Create, interpret, and deliver internal control policies, procedures, and training
- Allocate resources, manage project timelines and budgets, and lead centralized audit activities
- Provide coaching, feedback, and development for audit staff
Required
- 4–8 years of audit or audit-related experience (internal or external)
- Strong experience with internal controls testing, risk assessments, and audit reporting
- Proven ability to synthesize audit results into actionable insights
- Experience presenting to internal and external stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field; CPA preferred, CIA or CISA a plus
- Experience with financial, operational, and IT audits
- Strong organizational, communication, and influencing skills
- Digital acumen, including data analytics, GenAI, Power BI, or visualization tools
- Experience training and mentoring audit professionals
Workplace Policy:
Seniority Level: Associate
Linked In Poster:
About Our Process
- We will notify you if you are selected as a candidate for this role. If not, but you fit our specializations, we'll consider you for future openings, and encourage you to apply for other Sherpa roles you're qualified for/interested in.
- Non-Local Candidates: Please note that you are competing with local candidates who don’t require relocation expenses and can start quickly, so let us know if you have plans to move to the area soon.
- Candidates for all Sherpa opportunities must be authorized to work in the United States.
- Sherpa is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Salary : $105,000