Audit Manager
Location: New Town, OH
Salary: $140,000-$150,000
We are a dynamic and growing investment management organization committed to operational excellence, financial integrity, and long-term value creation. We pride ourselves on building strong relationships, maintaining high ethical standards, and fostering a collaborative environment where talented professionals can make a meaningful impact.
Position Overview
The Audit Manager leads and oversees audit engagements to ensure accurate financial reporting, effective risk management and strong internal controls. This role is responsible for planning, executing and delivering high-quality internal and external audits, mentoring audit staff, and working closely with senior leadership and external stakeholders to drive process improvements and ensure compliance with regulatory and professional standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and manage multiple audit engagements from scoping through reporting, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to methodology and quality standards.
- Lead risk assessments and develop audit strategies tailored to organizational objectives, control environments and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct and review audit testing of financial records, internal controls, operational processes and compliance with laws and policies.
- Prepare clear, concise audit findings and management reports with practical recommendations to remediate control gaps and improve processes.
- Supervise, mentor and develop audit staff through on-the-job coaching, performance feedback and training to build a high-performing team.
- Coordinate with external auditors and regulators, providing documentation and responses to audit inquiries to facilitate efficient reviews.
- Monitor implementation of management action plans and follow-up on outstanding issues to drive remediation and continuous improvement.
- Ensure audit practices comply with professional standards (GAAS, IIA Standards), accounting principles and relevant regulations (SOX, GAAP/IFRS) and maintain up-to-date audit documentation.
- Manage audit budgets, resource allocation and scheduling to optimize team productivity and engagement coverage.
- Leverage data analytics and audit tools to enhance testing efficiency, identify trends and provide insights to senior management.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field; advanced degree or relevant coursework is a plus.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) preferred; active certification(s) is a strong advantage.
- Minimum 5+ years of audit experience, including experience in public accounting and/or internal audit; experience supervising audit teams.
- Demonstrated knowledge of accounting standards (GAAP/IFRS), internal control frameworks (COSO), and regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
- Proven ability to plan and execute complex audits, assess risk, and present findings to senior management and audit committees.
- Strong leadership, coaching and people-management skills with a track record of developing staff and fostering collaboration.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable business recommendations.
- Proficiency with audit and data analytics tools (e.g., ACL, IDEA, Tableau, Power BI) and advanced Excel skills.
- High ethical standards, professional judgment, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
- Willingness to travel as needed and adapt to a dynamic business environment.