Lead Internal Auditor (SOX Readiness Assessment)

Come join the Finance team as a Lead Internal Auditor on our SOX Compliance team, with an emphasis on internal controls supporting the finance digital transformation and system implementations. This role will report to the Director of SOX Compliance and Program Management and partner closely with the SOX Technology Transformation Team.

Intuit's Finance team drives business growth and profitability through strategic, financial and operational leadership. Internal Audit supports the achievement of Intuit's goals through trusted partnerships, objective risk identification, and innovative audit services.

Responsibilities

• Participate in annual and ongoing SOX scoping to identify changes to key material financial statement accounts, business processes, systems and manual or automated controls for the current fiscal year.
• Perform analysis related to routine business processes and financial statements demonstrating knowledge of US GAAP.
• Partner with the SOX Manager, SOX Technology Transformation Team and stakeholders in SOX-readiness control identification (manual and automated), design and implementation of internal control requirements over new business processes, and testing for new business processes with high accountability.
• Execute and lead walkthroughs of key processes to assist in financial reporting risk identification and creation of end-to-end process documentation.
• Identify improvement opportunities in business processes and internal controls through process walkthroughs
• Prepare test plans that address significant financial reporting risks and execute internal control tests of design and operating effectiveness.
• Assess the effectiveness of internal controls to determine whether the controls are properly designed, implemented and operating.
• Evaluate and draft control design and operating deficiencies for impact and perform root cause analysis.
• Gain alignment with stakeholders on control gaps, facilitate the remediation of control gaps, and escalate possible critical issues.
• Coordinate and drive SOX program testing with Internal Audit SOX managers and co-sourced team members, External Audit team members, and control owners.
• Document and organize workpapers to clearly articulate the work performed and support the conclusions.
• Apply good judgment and decision-making skills in helping management prioritize and determine most significant risks.
• Develop relationships with employees at all levels of the organization to influence and foster a risk and control mindset.