Senior Auditor ($100,700.00 - $129,300.00)

Irvine Company; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Job summary

Irvine Company is seeking a Senior Auditor to conduct high-impact audits and advisory projects across apartment processes, ITGCs, and operations. The role requires planning, leading, and communicating findings to management with actionable recommendations.

The position emphasizes compliance, process improvement, and collaboration with IT, finance, and operations teams to strengthen internal controls. Base pay range is $100,700–$129,300 with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, information technology, computer science, business administration, or related field.
• 2+ years in public accounting or equivalent auditing experience (Big Four preferred), with real estate or property management background.
• Experience executing ITGCs and operational audits within real estate or property management.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead and execute structured operational and IT reviews to improve internal controls and increase operating effectiveness.
• Partner with Apartments Compliance to evaluate processes and ensure alignment with best practices.
• Perform ITGC reviews focusing on system access, change management, backup/recovery, and security operations.
• Collaborate with IT, financial, and operational groups to deliver value by guiding risk management and evaluating controls.
• Execute walkthroughs, interview stakeholders, review documentation, and prepare comprehensive audit workpapers.
• Evaluate design and operating effectiveness of internal controls across divisions and identify process improvements.
• Complete scheduled audits and advisory projects in a timely and accurate manner.
• Communicate results to Internal Audit Management and management with recommendations for corrective action.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with process owners and team members.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/IT/business

Tools

RealPage OneSite

Salesforce

MRI

Job description

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Senior Auditor ($100,700.00 - $129,300.00)

Date: Sep 8, 2026

Property: 101 INNOVATION (0008)

Location:

Irvine, CA, 92617

Position Summary:

The Senior Auditor will work on high-impact audits and consultative projects across various aspects of the business. This role is responsible for executing audit testing and reviews specifically focusing on Apartment Processes, Information Technology General Controls (ITGCs), and various operational audits. This position interacts with a wide array of company associates and leadership across the organization.

This position is key in ensuring compliance is maintained with the Company's established policies and procedures, advocating for operational effectiveness, identifying process improvements, and reporting control weaknesses.

• Plan, lead and execute structured operational and information technology reviews across various activities and processes with the objective of improving internal controls and increasing operational effectiveness.
• Partner with the internal Apartments Compliance team to conduct end-to-end process evaluations, assessing the effectiveness of compliance reviews and ensuring community alignment with established best practices.
• Perform information technology reviews, specifically focusing on Information Technology General Controls (ITGCs) including system access, change management, backup/recovery, and security operations.
• Collaborate with Innovation Technology (IT), financial, and operational groups to deliver value by offering guidance on risk management approaches and evaluating internal control adequacy.
• Execute walkthroughs and interviews, review pertinent documentation and records, synthesize detailed summary memos, and prepare comprehensive, well-structured audit workpapers aligned with professional standards.
• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls across divisions and identify opportunities for business process improvements, efficiency, and risk mitigation.
• Complete scheduled audits and advisory projects in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring audit program objectives are fully satisfied.
• Communicate audit and project results to Internal Audit Management and various levels of management through clear written reports and professional oral presentations, highlighting control weaknesses, fraud instances, operational inefficiencies, and process gaps, and collaboratively developing recommendations for corrective action.
• Build and maintain productive, collaborative relationships with process owners, business partners, and internal audit colleagues, and actively share findings and best practices with team members.

Additional Skills:

• Highly adaptable to various levels of client complexities across people, business processes, and technology systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gemini Notebook).

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) in accounting, information technology, computer science, business administration, or a related field required.

Preferred Years of Relevant Work Experience:

• 2+ years in public accounting or equivalent auditing experience (Big Four/national firm preferred), with commercial real estate or residential property management background.
• Experience executing ITGCs and operational audits within commercial real estate or residential property management.
• Exposure to ERP and real estate systems (e.g., RealPage OneSite, Salesforce, MRI).

Additional Requirements:

• Relevant professional designation or progress towards one (e.g., CPA, CISA, CIA, CFE) is preferred.

Compensation:

Base Pay Range:$100,700.00 -$129,300.00

Actual placement within this range may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.

The Company also offers competitive benefits for full time employees including paid time off, matching 401(k), and health benefits.

About Us

Irvine Company is a privately held real estate investment company and master-planner committed to creating and sustaining communities that thrive for generations.

Irvine Company is respected for its master planning and environmental stewardship of the Irvine Ranch in Orange County, including diversified operations throughout coastal California. Irvine Company brings to life neighborhoods and sustainable communities with a full range of housing, jobs, retail centers, schools, parks and open space.

We take as much pride in our employee community as we do the communities we create. It’s an environment populated with talented and experienced people, a collaborative spirit and abundant opportunities.

Irvine Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, termination, and training, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, age, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, and local law. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.