Lead, Internal Audit
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The Audit Manager will lead risk-based internal audit activities and advisory engagements from planning through completion, ensuring quality and compliance with professional standards, including IIA Standards. The role manages and develops audit staff, advises stakeholders on controls, governance, risk management, and process improvement, and supports audit planning, reporting, corrective actions, and investigations. It also drives continuous improvement through data analytics and artificial intelligence.
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Job Description
The Audit Manager will lead risk based internal audit activities and advisory engagements, overseeing audit projects from planning through completion while ensuring quality, consistency, and compliance with professional standards, including IIA Standards. This individual will manage and develop audit staff, build strong relationships with business and executive stakeholders, and serve as a trusted advisor on internal controls, governance, risk management, and process improvement. Responsibilities include identifying emerging risks, developing practical solutions with management, monitoring corrective action plans, coordinating with external auditors, and supporting audit planning and reporting activities. The Audit Manager will also drive continuous improvement through data analytics and artificial intelligence, maintain knowledge of GAAP, COSO, regulatory requirements, and internal controls, manage multiple complex projects and deadlines, and support special projects and investigations as needed.
Skills and Requirements
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Bachelor’s degree or MBA in Accounting, Finance or business related field required
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CPA, CIA or other relevant professional certification required 8–10 years of progressive experience in audit, accounting, finance, compliance, or operational disciplines, including demonstrated experience leading audit engagements and managing teams
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Public accounting and/or utility industry experience is a plus SAP, IDEA, Tableau and TeamMate+ experience is a plus
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 600 open Internal Audit jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$124–170K/yr25 salary ranges
- US median$25–32/hr44 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 59 open Internal Audit jobs in Texas and 600 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- PwC6 open
- JPMorgan Chase5 open
- Capital One4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Internal Audit postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (449 postings).
- Education
- 325 of the 600 open Internal Audit jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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