Senior Internal Auditor

Group 1 Automotive; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. seeks a Senior Internal Auditor to join the Internal Audit team in a fast-paced environment. Lead operational audits, advisory engagements, investigations, and analytics-driven projects with a strong focus on SOX compliance and internal controls across the organization.

The role reports to an Internal Audit Manager and offers opportunities to influence processes, controls, and business performance while working with dealership operations and corporate functions.

Qualifications

• Experience leading operational audits and advisory engagements.
• Strong analytical and risk assessment skills.
• Ability to translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• SOX knowledge and internal controls experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead audits from planning through reporting and staff coaching.
• Assess operational efficiency, control effectiveness, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop audit procedures based on objectives and risks.
• Translate findings into practical recommendations to improve operations and reduce risk.
• Communicate findings to dealership, regional, and corporate leadership.
• Perform SOX walkthroughs and control testing.

Skills

Operational audits

SOX compliance

Audit analytics

Risk assessment

Communication with leadership

Tools

Qlik

Alteryx

Power BI

OpenAI

Anthropic

Copilot

Job description

About Us

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: GPI) is a Fortune 250 leader in global automotive retail, operating more than 250 dealerships and collision centers across the United States and United Kingdom. As the 4th largest dealership group in the U.S., Group 1 delivers a fully integrated automotive experience, including vehicle sales, financing, aftersales service, and digital retail solutions. As the automotive industry continues to evolve, Group 1 is investing in the people, technology, and operational excellence needed to shape what comes next. Our work is grounded in a simple belief, that a better experience for customers starts with an exemplary experience for employees. At Group 1, our commitment is to keep finding smarter ways to serve our customers and support one another. We believe great careers are built in environments where people are trusted, challenged, and given room to grow. If you share our core values of integrity, transparency, professionalism, teamwork, and respect, you can get more with Group 1. More opportunity. More support. More ways to build a career that moves you forward.

Overview

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., is seeking an experienced Senior Internal Auditor to join our Internal Audit team.

The Senior Internal Auditor is responsible for leading operational audits, advisory engagements, investigations, analytics-driven projects, and SOX compliance activities across the organization. Approximately 75% of the role is focused on operational audits, advisory engagements, investigations, and analytics-driven projects, with approximately 25% focused on traditional SOX control testing.

This position reports to an Internal Audit Manager, who provides engagement objectives, coaching, and quality oversight. The Senior Internal Auditor leads assigned engagements from planning and scoping through fieldwork, findings development, and reporting while providing coaching and workpaper review for staff auditors. Within each engagement, this role operates with a high degree of independence, manages multiple concurrent engagements, and partners with stakeholders across dealership operations and corporate functions to identify risk, improve processes, and develop practical recommendations that support business performance.

The ideal candidate is a self-directed and analytical audit professional who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, managing ambiguity, and designing an audit approach based on the business objective rather than relying solely on predefined audit programs. Success in this role is measured by the ability to deliver actionable insights, reduce risk, strengthen controls, and drive meaningful process improvement. In return, it is an environment where strong auditors grow quickly: every engagement stretches a different skill, decisions carry real weight, and no two quarters look the same.

What This Role Offers You

• Real variety: Operational audits, advisory work, fraud investigations, and analytics projects across dealership operations, F&I, compliance, and corporate functions.
• Real ownership: You are given the question the business needs answered and the trust to design the approach with the Audit Manager. Your judgment is the tool we hired, not just your ability to execute a program.
• Modern tooling: A function already built on Qlik-based continuous monitoring, Alteryx, and Power BI, with AI embedded in daily audit work through OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft Copilot tools, all managed on the Optro (AuditBoard) platform. You will sharpen skills here that most audit shops are still talking about adopting.
• Visibility: Your work reaches senior leadership, and strong work gets seen. This is a function with a track record of developing auditors into leaders.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Operational Audit & Advisory

• Lead operational audits and advisory engagements from planning and scoping through fieldwork, findings development, and reporting.
• Assess operational efficiency, control effectiveness, business risks, and opportunities to improve business outcomes.
• Independently develop audit procedures and approaches based on engagement objectives and identified risks.
• Translate audit findings into practical, business-relevant recommendations that improve operations, strengthen controls, and reduce risk.
• Communicate findings and recommendations effectively with dealership, regional, and corporate leadership.

SOX Compliance & Internal Controls

• Perform and document SOX walkthroughs and control testing for assigned processes.
• Evaluate control design and operating effectiveness and identify potential control deficiencies.