Internal Audit Analyst

Toyota Canada Inc.; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary including bonus

Health and dental benefits

Pension plan with matched contribution

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Toyota Financial Services Canada is seeking an Internal Audit Analyst to support audit planning, fieldwork and SOX testing, while coordinating with the Manager and cross-functional teams. The role emphasizes data validation, evidence gathering, and clear documentation.

Ideal candidates will have 2+ years in internal or SOX audit, strong Excel/PowerPoint skills, and experience with TeamMate; hybrid work in Markham, Ontario is offered along with career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field.
• 2+ years of progressive internal audit, SOX, risk, controls, or compliance experience.
• Experience executing SOX testing and fieldwork.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; ability to prepare deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Support audit planning, fieldwork and SOX testing.
• Gather and assess information during fieldwork, including policies and reports.
• Document fieldwork and testing in TeamMate with clear rationale.
• Collaborate with Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management.
• Prepare management presentations and materials.

Skills

Audit planning

SOX testing

Data analytics

Excel

PowerPoint

TeamMate

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business

Tools

Power BI

TeamMate

Excel

Job description

Job Description Internal Audit Analyst About Toyota Financial Services Toyota Financial Services (TFS) provides retail, leasing and wholesale financial services to Toyota and Lexus dealerships and customers across Canada. TFS is a member of Toyota Financial Services Corporation (TFSC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan with the Canadian operation headquarters in Markham, Ontario

What Sets Us Apart?

At Toyota Financial Services (TFS), you will help create best in class customer experiences in an innovative, collaborative and team focused environment. TFS is an important part of the Toyota family, an award-winning global company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, continuous improvement and environmental responsibility.

TFS currently has an exciting opportunity as the Internal Audit Analyst, reporting to the Manager, Internal Audit in the Internal Audit department. This role is intended for an experienced audit professional who can support audit planning and walkthrough activities led by the Manager, Internal Audit, and independently perform high-quality fieldwork and SOX testing.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Audit Planning Support, Fieldwork & SOX Testing Support audit planning activities led by the Manager, Internal Audit, including attending walkthroughs, understanding business processes, identifying key risks and controls, and contributing to audit programs and testing approaches.
• Independently gather and assess relevant information during fieldwork, including policies, procedures, reports, system extracts, transaction data, and supporting evidence required for audit and SOX testing.
• Determine appropriate testing populations and samples in accordance with Internal Audit methodology, and document the basis for population completeness, sampling approach, and testing rationale.
• Perform design and operating effectiveness testing by asking targeted questions, evaluating control activities, analyzing evidence, identifying exceptions, and supporting conclusions with clear audit logic.
• Document fieldwork, testing procedures, evidence reviewed, results, exceptions, and conclusions in TeamMate in a clear, organized, and methodology-aligned manner.
• Escalate potential issues, testing exceptions, delays, and judgment areas to the Manager, Internal Audit with clear supporting facts and preliminary analysis.
• Manage the closure of assigned audit findings by assessing remediation evidence, performing re-testing, validating management action plan completion, and documenting results in detail.
• Maintain clear, complete, and review-ready documentation, recognizing that Internal Audit work may be reviewed by regional and global stakeholders, including teams in Japan and the U.S.
• Leverage the Data Analytics team, Excel, Power BI, TeamMate, and other audit tools to validate populations, perform analysis, identify trends or anomalies, expand audit coverage, and support testing conclusions.
• Prepare clear, organized, and well-supported working papers that demonstrate the work performed, evidence reviewed, test results, conclusions reached, and alignment to audit methodology.
• Communicate testing status, evidence gaps, process questions, and potential exceptions to the Manager, Internal Audit in a timely, clear, and well-supported manner.
• Work with process owners and stakeholders to clarify processes, obtain evidence, validate understanding, and support audit fieldwork; formal audit reporting is led by the Manager, Internal Audit.
• Collaborate with second line of defence teams, including Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management, to understand risk themes, control expectations, monitoring activities, and information relevant to audit fieldwork and follow-up.
• Support the preparation of PowerPoint presentations and materials for management and executive audiences.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen processes, improve operational efficiency, and support the ongoing enhancement of Internal Audit practices.
• Support special projects, advisory reviews, and emerging risk assessments as needed.

What You’ll Bring:

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field. 2+ years of progressive internal audit, external audit, SOX, risk, controls, or compliance experience, with demonstrated ability to execute audit fieldwork and SOX testing with limited direction. Strong understanding of audit methodology, risk and control concepts, testing approaches, sampling, population completeness, audit evidence requirements, and working paper documentation standards. Hands‑on experience executing SOX testing, including walkthrough support, control design assessments, operating effectiveness testing, evidence evaluation, exception documentation, and clear escalation of deficiencies or testing concerns. Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including the ability to prepare professional deliverables for management and executive audiences. Experience using audit management systems such as TeamMate to document testing, evidence, exceptions, and conclusions is strongly preferred. Experience using data analytics techniques and working with data analytics resources to support audit testing, population validation, trend analysis, and exception identification.

Core Competencies

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess risk, understand control objectives, evaluate evidence, identify control gaps, and support practical recommendations. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex issues for business and senior audiences. Demonstrated ability to work independently during fieldwork, ask thoughtful follow‑up questions, manage evidence requests, analyze information, and deliver high‑quality audit documentation within agreed timelines. Highly adaptable and collaborative, with the confidence to work directly with process owners and management while maintaining trust and open communication.

What We Will Bring:

• Competitive salary including bonus
• Health and dental benefits effective immediately.
• Company pension plan with matched contribution
• Associate vehicle discount program
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Fitness reimbursement
• Great company culture-Respect for people and continuous improvement is at our core
• Hybrid work environment (based on role requirements)

The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $74,500 - 94,000. The offered salary will be based on the candidate’s experience, knowledge, skills and qualifications.

What You Should Know:

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.

About Toyota in Canada

Toyota has a proud legacy of over 50 years of operating in Canada with three affiliated companies responsible for the manufacturing, sales and financing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Canada. These are Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Toyota Canada Inc. and Toyota Financial Services. From exhilarating design and revolutionary manufacturing processes, to innovations in safety and connectivity, we’re building vehicles that make our roads safer, our communities cleaner and inspire our customers and employees to make the most of every journey. On this site you can view open positions for both Toyota Canada Inc. and Toyota Financial Services. For open positions at our Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada plant located in Cambridge, please click here. You can also learn more about all three companies below.

Toyota Canada Inc.

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is responsible for the marketing, sales, distribution and customer service of Toyota and Lexus products and services across Canada. With our 287 dealer partners, we strive to deliver industry leading experiences for our customers. TCI’s head office is located in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax, and Parts Distribution Centres in Toronto and Vancouver.

Toyota Financial Services

Toyota Financial Services Toyota Financial Services (TFS) provides retail, leasing and wholesale financial services to Toyota and Lexus dealerships and customers across Canada. TFS is a member of Toyota Financial Services Corporation (TFSC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan with the Canadian operation headquarters in Markham, Ontario. At Toyota Financial Services (TFS), you will help create best in class customer experiences in an innovative, collaborative and team focused environment. TFS is constantly seeking new ways to innovate by creating products and services that add value for our customers.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) is a world-class automotive facility with manufacturing plants located in Cambridge and Woodstock, Ontario. Having produced more than eight million vehicles, we are one of the largest Toyota Motor Manufacturing facilities in North America. Recent investments at its facilities in Ontario will allow for increased production of the top-selling Toyota RAV4 and RAV4 Hybrid models in addition to the Lexus RX 350 and RX 450H vehicles.