Manager, Internal Audit

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  Overview and Responsibilities   As a Manager on the Internal Audit team, you will lead risk-based audits and provide advisory support across the company. This role manages operational audit planning, fieldwork, and reporting. It ensures that all work aligns with the International Professional Practices Framework from the Institute of Internal Auditors. It also complies with the new Global Internal Audit Standards. You will support risk assessments and special projects that help Paramount operate skillfully in a dynamic media and entertainment environment. The position involves close partnership with business leaders, the Internal Audit executive team, and analytics teams to understand operations across corporate, media, streaming, and production settings. The focus is on evaluating processes, governance, and internal controls using sound judgment and data to identify risks and deliver meaningful insights.   Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:   Lead Risk-Based Audits & Advisory Work

• You will plan and lead risk-based operational audits. This also includes advisory engagements and special projects. These will focus on Paramount's corporate, media, streaming, advertising, and production businesses.
• Develop clear audit objectives, scopes, and risk assessments that focus on what matters most to the business, especially in fast-moving, creative, and judgment-driven environments.
• Design mindful audit approaches for non-routine or evolving activities where flexibility and professional judgment are essential.
• Evaluate how successful processes, controls, and governance work. Look for ways to reduce friction, improve accountability, and support sustainable growth.
• Perform end-to-end process walkthroughs and root cause analysis to help the business address underlying issues rather than symptoms.
• Assess operational maturity and scalability in high-growth or transformational initiatives.

Use Data to Support Audit Conclusions

• Leverage advanced data analytics to inform audit planning, testing, investigations, and continuous risk monitoring.
• Analyze transactional and operational data such as production costs, travel and entertainment spend, payroll, vendor payments, and advertising revenue to identify trends, anomalies, and emerging risks.
• Partner with analytics or data teams to translate business risks into targeted, meaningful analytics rather than generic testing.
• Communicate insights using visuals, dashboards, and presentations that are easy for non-technical audiences to understand and act on.

Partner with the Business

• Build trusted relationships with business leaders, process owners, and cross-functional partners, including SOX, Compliance, Finance, and Legal.
• Clearly communicate audit results and recommendations, explaining root cause, risk, and business impact in straightforward language.
• Create useful recommendations that strengthen controls and allow the business to run smoothly.
• Thoughtfully encourage remediation plans when they do not fully address risk while remaining solutions-oriented.
• Serve as a trusted advisor while maintaining self-reliance and objectivity.

Lead, Coach & Improve How We Work

• Manage, coach, and develop audit team members, encouraging sound judgment, critical thinking, and ownership.
• Review team work to ensure quality, consistency, and alignment with Internal Audit standards.
• Support the shift from checklist-based auditing to risk-focused, insight-driven work.
• Contribute to the annual risk assessment and audit planning process, using data and industry insight to inform priorities.
• Help improve Internal Audit methods. Enhance data analysis skills and investigation techniques.
• Act as a thought partner to the Audit executive team on emerging risks, operational trends, and co