Digital Sr Manager, Internal Audit

I. Job Summary

The Digital Senior Manager, Internal Audit is responsible for the management and oversight of digital audits and digital SOX workstreams through strategic partnership with Management and our external auditors. The individual will take a key leadership role in managing large, integrated audits and will be responsible for collaborating with Management and senior leaders to ensure that our internal controls are effective. The individual will lead the team in designing audit scopes, managing audits and critically thinking through the suite of key controls and SOX in-scope applications based on feedback from senior leaders to ensure that the digital risks are appropriately captured in our audits and control framework, given increasing and evolving digital ecosystem and macro-economic digital risk environment. WM is a People-First organization, and the ideal candidate will continue the professional development and continuous improvement mindset that has been the foundation of the Internal Audit and Controls team. Further, this individual will play an important role in leading in line with the WM strategy, Internal Audit and Controls team vision and managing project execution in line with those visions and strategies.    

 

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned. 

• Manages staff on a day-to-day basis while engaging as a leader and coach, providing constructive feedback and a positive influence to promote employee engagement and professional development. 
• Clearly articulate and communicate digital audit observations or SOX findings to varying levels of management, either written or orally.
• Lead high visibility projects or management requests either solely or with support of a team.
• Effectively communicates and interacts with varying level of management within audited areas to ensure professional and quality-driven execution of the audit work.
• Guides the teams in conducting root cause analysis, providing value-added insights to the business and going beyond solely compliance auditing.
• Maintains a strong working knowledge of business processes fundamentals and Company strategy and manages work in line with that strategy. When requested, assists management in developing and implementing a plan to correct deficiencies or leverage opportunities.
• Maintains a solid familiarity with Internal Audit practices and expectations of the profession.
• Maintains the audit schedule to successful leverage our resources while meeting expected commitments, including coordinating with other management team members, as appropriate.
• Prepares well written, accurate and timely reports for presentation to varying levels of management, from functional groups up to Audit Committee. 
• Assists the leadership team in conducting the Digital audit risk assessment, compiling the risk-based audit plan and being agile to changing business, economic and risk environments.
• Effectively manages cross-functional audit teams, including indirect reports.
• Provides risk consultation and/or advisory services to the enterprise, as warranted.

 

III. Supervisory Responsibilities
The individual performs the following:

• Manages the day-to-day activities of the staff, reviewing work progress and ensuring effective risk coverage.
• Serves in a leadership role ensuring appropriate scope of work (comprehensiveness) and consistent execution and reporting.
• Provides timely and constructive feedback, coaching and training to staff working under their direct or indirect supervision.
• Conducts formal and informal performance reviews in regard to meeting departmental goals and expectations while incorporating constant employee development. 

 

IV. Qualifications

A. Education and Experience

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Business Management, Business Administration, Finance/Accounting, Computer Science, Engineering, or similar area of study, with ten or more years of applicable Audit / SOX management or equivalent management experience.
• Optional: Master’s Degree or equivalent experience in areas as noted above or similar area of study, with ten or more years of previous experience.

 

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

• CIA, CISA or CPA required.

 

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

• Must be local in the Houston area; no relocations for this role.