Senior Audit Manager - Remote, Lead SOX & Risk

Progressive Leasing; Kentucky; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Health benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Volunteer time

Employee stock purchase program

Tuition reimbursement

Charitable gift matching

Diversity alliances

Job summary

Progressive Leasing is seeking a Manager, Audit Services to lead risk-based assurance engagements across financial, operational, and compliance areas. You will oversee SOX controls, guide audit teams, and partner with business leaders to translate findings into actionable improvements.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of audit experience, CPA or CIA, and a strong knowledge of COSO and internal controls. This role offers remote work options within the US and robust benefits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of audit experience (internal or external) or equivalent Big 4 public accounting experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business.
• Professional accounting or auditing designation (CIA, CPA).
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with audit and analytics tools (AuditBoard, ACL, PowerBI, Access, SQL).
• Possess unquestionable personal and professional ethics.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex audit engagements and supervising others.
• Strong knowledge of control and risk frameworks.
• Demonstrated project management experience, including managing multiple, concurrent projects.
• Ability to adapt to change quickly; easily shift priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to interface effectively and build relationships with executives.
• Current knowledge of The Institute of Internal Auditor’s Global Internal Audit Standards.
• Occasional travel as needed to support business objectives.
• Experience collaborating and coordinating in a geographically dispersed organization (US).

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute the risk-based audit plan in alignment with the annual audit plan.
• Supervise and develop audit team members, including performance management, coaching, and formal review of work.
• Oversee the planning, execution, and reporting of assurance and advisory engagements.
• Perform and review engagement-level risk assessments, including fraud risk considerations, to identify key risks, controls, and improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate and oversee the SOX audit program, including tests of design and operating effectiveness of key internal controls.
• Partner with Financial Controls and business stakeholders to ensure effective coverage of business processes.
• Collaborate with audit leadership to ensure risks are considered and develop an integrated audit approach, as appropriate.
• Review and approve audit programs to ensure alignment with our audit methodology and recognized frameworks as applicable (e.g., COSO).
• Evaluate audit results, determine issue severity, assess root causes, and ensure practical, value-added recommendations.
• Communicate engagement status, emerging risks, and audit results clearly and timely to management and audit leadership.
• Coordinate with external auditors to support reliance on internal audit work, as appropriate.
• Ensure audit engagements are completed in accordance with departmental quality standards, professional auditing standards, budgets, and timelines.
• Support the annual audit risk assessment and development of the annual audit plan.
• Prepare and review audit reports and present results to management.
• Periodically communicate status and remediation progress of open audit issues to ERM stakeholders.
• Contribute to Audit Committee materials and reporting, including open audit issue status.
• Promote continuous improvement in audit methodology, tools, and the use of AI and data analytics.

Skills

Audit leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication

Project management

Relationship building

Adaptability

Quality focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business

CIA or CPA designation

Tools

AuditBoard

ACL

PowerBI

Access

SQL

Job description

Progressive Leasing is seeking a Manager, Audit Services to lead risk-based assurance engagements across financial, operational, and compliance areas. You will oversee SOX controls, guide audit teams, and partner with business leaders to translate findings into actionable improvements.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of audit experience, CPA or CIA, and a strong knowledge of COSO and internal controls. This role offers remote work options within the US and robust benefits.