Internal Auditor

Iberdrola; Orange (CT); On-site; USD 72,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses 12%

401(k) match

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Career advancement

Job summary

AVANGRID MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC. is seeking an Internal Auditor to perform diverse audits across operations, finance, and compliance.

This role requires strong communication, analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate with various departments to strengthen controls and improve efficiency. The position reports to a Director or Manager of Avangrid Internal Audit, with access to company records and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, auditing, or related field.
• 2+ years of auditing, accounting or related experience preferred.
• Knowledge of GAAP and internal controls.
• CPA, CIA and/or CFE certifications strongly desired but not required.

Responsibilities

• Performs audits, using data analytics where applicable, to verify accuracy and ensure compliance with plans, policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates agility and supports change within the organization.
• Delivers clear evidence to support observations, testing, conclusions and recommendations.
• Drafts audit reports with findings and management recommendations.
• Conducts follow-up reviews on audit findings and management actions.

Skills

Auditing

Data analytics

Communication

GAAP knowledge

Ethics & integrity

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Base Salary Range

The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from $72,400 to $90,500

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance-based bonuses 12%
• 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career advancement pathways

Job Summary

The Avangrid Internal Auditor is a self-motivated, adaptive, quick learner who works well in a fast-paced environment. This role is an individual contributor who must develop relationships throughout the company to facilitate the audit programs that he/she will execute and accomplish the mission set forth by the Audit & Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors. Excellent communication skills are a must. The Internal Auditor is responsible for performing audits from the annual Internal Audit Plan, which includes operational, financial, regulatory, and compliance audits. This role will report to a Director or Manager of Avangrid Internal Audit. The employee has access to Avangrid’s company records, properties, and personnel; freedom to appraise policies, plans, procedures and records which are relevant to the subjects under review; make recommendations to strengthen controls, improve operating effectiveness, and increase efficiency.

Major Roles and Responsibilities

• Performs audits, using data analytics where applicable, to verify accuracy and ensure compliance with plans, policies, and procedures proscribed by management, develops the audit scope, evaluates risks, develops an effective audit program, conducts interviews with personnel, and performs the audit testing.
• Demonstrates the ability to remain agile and understands their role in helping implement change within the organization.
• Takes responsibility for personal behavior and actions. Maintains a positive attitude towards change. Brainstorms solutions when faced with change.
• Delivers clear and sufficient evidence to support observations, testing, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Drafts the audit report summarizing the audit findings, exceptions, and recommendations for oral and written audit reports to management.
• Summarizes audit findings and preliminary recommendations, with appropriate indication of risk, for review by the Director/Manager of Internal Audit for clarification of facts.
• Demonstrates awareness that there is always room for improvement by identifying and communicating opportunities for improving based on experiences, and tangible recommendations and solutions.
• Performs testing to evaluate design and operational effectiveness of internal controls.
• Evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of controls, identifies internal control weaknesses, and participates in developing recommendations for cost-effective solutions in an effort to ensure that Avangrid and its operating company assets are safeguarded, accounting records are accurate and in accordance with GAAP, company policies, procedures, and legal and regulatory obligations are adhered to.
• Provides assistance to external auditors, when applicable, related to internal control testing reliance.
• Conducts follow-up reviews on audit finding recommendations and management actions.
• Participates in ongoing reviews that tracks and appraises the implementation of the audit recommendations.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the principles of the identification, assessment and management of risk and uses this knowledge to assist in risk assessment exercises, including the identification of risk and assessment of the control design relative to risks.
• Identifies and uses appropriate methods to gain an understanding of the area or topic under review, its operations, and its processes, including any regulatory, compliance, or legal impacts.
• Demonstrates basic awareness about judgmental or statistical sampling techniques.
• Can analyze data trends, correlation, deviation, gaps, age, median, average etc.
• Demonstrates the ability to participate in several projects at once, while managing their individual workload and successfully delivering assignments to the expected quality within the agreed timeframes.
• Gathers and reports data for measurements of audit benchmarking capabilities and improvement effort priorities.

Skills / Abilities

• Understands and applies good communication skills to develop relationships.
• Communicates professionally in all communication forms.
• Structures questions well to obtain key information.
• Ability to plan, organize, collect and analyze data.
• Strong problem-solving skills and sound independent judgment.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in collaboration and working with others.
• Understands business ethics and fraud concepts so that they can recognize material misstatements, errors, or fraud in financial planning and/or reporting statements while executing audits.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 2+ years of experience in auditing, accounting or related field is preferred.
• Demonstrates a basic knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Performs analysis related to routine business processes and financial statements.
• Knowledge of relevant utility experience preferred.
• Experience with auditing company internal controls is preferred.

Certifications

CPA, CIA and/or CFE certification is strongly desired but not required.

Company

AVANGRID MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC.

Mobility Information

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.

At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at [e-mail].

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas.

NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.

Job Posting End Date

October-17-2026

About Avangrid

We are one of the main energy companies in the world, a leader in renewables, which champions the energy transition towards a low-emissions economy. We supply energy to nearly 100 million people in dozens of countries and develops its renewable, network and commercial activities in Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil and Australia and maintains markets such as Japan and Poland, among others, as growth platforms.