WSP

Internal Audit Manager

WSP$111K — $147K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in Accounting, Finance, or Project Management required.
  • 6+ years of experience in internal audit, operations, or project management.
  • Strong knowledge of IIA standards and compliance frameworks like Bill C-198 or Sarbanes-Oxley.
  • Technical proficiency in MS Office, Oracle, and Power BI is an asset.
  • Fluent in English; proficiency in French and other languages is advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Perform full audit cycle including risk assessments and evaluating controls.
  • Lead audit engagements by planning, executing, and completing mandates on time.
  • Coordinate work with Risk, Legal, Compliance, and related activities.
  • Prepare and present audit reports in accordance with IIA standards.
  • Identify control weaknesses and recommend corrective measures.
  • Conduct timely audit follow-ups to monitor implementation of actions.
  • Serve as advisor to leadership by providing risk insights and influencing decisions.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on boundary-pushing projects that impact communities worldwide.
  • Support for continuous improvement in governance, risk management, and internal controls.
  • A collaborative team environment that values your ideas and expertise.
  • Professional growth opportunities in a dynamic, evolving workplace.
  • Flexibility with a hybrid work model.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Opportunity

The Internal Audit Manager is responsible for leading and delivering operational, financial, IT, regulatory, and compliance audits, assessments, and advisory mandates, while influencing stakeholders and supporting continuous improvements in governance, risk management, and internal controls.

Where Your Ideas Matter - If you're ready to take your career to the next level, this role offers the chance to work on projects that push boundaries and impact communities worldwide. Be part of a team that values your ideas, expertise, and growth.

Your Impact
  • Perform the full audit cycle including conducting risk assessments and evaluating adequacy and performance of controls in place, financial reliability and compliance requirements while assessing and promoting compliance to internal WSP policies and best practices.
  • Lead audit engagements through influence and collaboration, fostering productive relationships with project teams, operational leadership, and regional management while driving accountability, consensus, and commitment to improvement initiatives.
  • Lead audit engagements by planning, executing and completing the assigned mandates timely.
  • Coordinate work, as appropriate, with Risk, Legal, Compliance and other control-related line of activities.
  • Prepare and present reports that reflect audit results and document the audit process within our IA tool, in accordance with the audit department and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) standards.
  • Identify control weaknesses and recommend necessary mitigating measures.
  • Timely conduct audit follow-ups to monitor management's implementation of corrective actions.
  • Proactively interact with management to gather information, resolve problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.
  • Demonstrate agility, curiosity, and sound independent judgment and commitment to objectivity in assessing issues, understanding root causes, and identifying effective solutions.
  • Represent Corporate Internal Audit on organization project teams, at management meetings and with external auditors or organizations, as required.
  • Contributes to internal control, compliance reviews (52-109) and internal audit standards and practices enhancement, and year-end financial audit with external auditors.
  • During audits, serve as a trusted advisor to regional leadership and key stakeholders by providing risk insights, challenging assumptions constructively, and influencing decisions that strengthen governance, risk management, and internal controls.

The skills that set you apart
  • Outstanding interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to establish credibility and trust with Internal Audit team members, management, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships, navigate conflicting priorities, and drive consensus across diverse business and geographic environments.
  • Demonstrated leadership through influence, with the ability to engage and persuade stakeholders at all organizational levels without direct reporting authority.
  • Strong executive presence and communication skills, including the ability to facilitate difficult discussions, challenge stakeholders constructively, and gain alignment on corrective actions.
  • Strong intellectual curiosity, with a willingness to ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions constructively, and remain open to new perspectives.
  • Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-changing environment and respond positively to evolving priorities.
  • Proactive and solution-oriented, with a demonstrated ability to identify practical, value-added recommendations and drive issues through to resolution.
  • Collaborative team player who promotes positive working relationships, knowledge sharing, and a respectful, inclusive team environment.
  • Highly motivated self-starter with strong time management and organizational skills, able to multitask, meet deadlines, high attention to details, excellent analytical skills and work proactively in a fast-changing environment.
  • Written and spoken in English and, ideally, French - a third language is pertinent.
  • Demonstrated technical abilities in several key areas such as audit, accounting, regulatory, IT, compliance, project management practices, and process improvement.
  • Knowledge of the standards of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and ability to fully comply with IIA standards.
  • BS degree required in Accounting / Finance / Project Management.
  • Will require some travel (10-25%).
  • Six (6) plus years of internal audit and/or operations and/or project management experience.
  • Proficiency in MS Office.
  • Experience in finance and compliance framework for Bill C-198 or Sarbanes-Oxley is an asset.
  • Proficiency in Oracle and Power BI is an asset.


Compensation

BC, AB, SK, NWT & NU: $122,900 - $2162,800
MB & ON: $112,100 - $154,400
Atlantic Provinces & QC: $111,000 - $147,400

Disclosure:

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Make Your Mark with WSP

If you're driven by purpose and impact, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us.

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Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here.

Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details here.

About WSP

WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
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