Senior Internal Audit & SOX Lead

Madison-Davis, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Madison-Davis, LLC in New York is seeking an Internal Audit Manager to lead risk-based audits and oversee SOX compliance across the enterprise. You will evaluate internal controls and coordinate with senior leadership to drive governance improvements.

The role offers broad exposure to complex operations with significant interaction with executives and external auditors to strengthen risk management, control environments, and remediation of findings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or related field.
• CPA, CIA, CISA, or similar certification preferred.
• 5+ years of Internal Audit, SOX, Risk Advisory, or public accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of SOX 404 compliance and internal control framework.
• Experience performing operational audits and risk-based audit engagements.
• Understanding of internal control frameworks including COSO.
• Experience working with complex organizations, financial services, asset management, real estate, infrastructure, private equity, or investment-related businesses preferred.
• Strong analytical, project management, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholder relationships simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute risk-based audit and SOX engagements, including risk assessments, walkthroughs, control testing, process evaluations, and documentation review.
• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls and identify opportunities to strengthen governance, risk management, and compliance processes.
• Prepare audit findings, recommendations, and reports while communicating results to management and key stakeholders.
• Monitor remediation efforts, validate corrective actions, and maintain issue tracking to ensure timely resolution of identified risk.
• Support annual audit planning, SOX scoping, enterprise risk assessments, and ongoing control monitoring activities.
• Partner with business leaders and external auditors to facilitate audits, control reviews, and compliance initiatives.
• Identify operational improvement opportunities and contribute to the enhancement of audit methodologies, processes, and internal control framework.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships while supporting advisory projects, special initiatives, and broader risk management objectives.

Skills

Internal Audit

SOX Compliance

Risk Assessment

Operational Auditing

Stakeholder Management

Analytical Thinking

Project Management

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or related field

CPA / CIA / CISA or equivalent certification

Job description

Madison-Davis, LLC in New York is seeking an Internal Audit Manager to lead risk-based audits and oversee SOX compliance across the enterprise. You will evaluate internal controls and coordinate with senior leadership to drive governance improvements.

The role offers broad exposure to complex operations with significant interaction with executives and external auditors to strengthen risk management, control environments, and remediation of findings.