Support Center - Irving

The Manager - Internal Audit will build out a department internally and assist with financial, operational, and compliance audits across retail store operations, distribution centers, and corporate functions. This role will oversee audit planning and execution, and partner with senior leadership across Finance, Talent Management, Merchandising, Supply Chain, and IT to strengthen controls and reduce enterprise risk.

Major Activities

• Manage the full audit lifecycle across store, distribution center, corporate, and technology environments, including risk assessment, planning, fieldwork, testing, reporting, and remediation follow-up.
• Develop, maintain, and execute the annual risk-based audit plan aligned with enterprise risk priorities and Internal Audit objectives.
• Perform financial, operational, and compliance audits by evaluating risks, assessing controls, designing test procedures, and documenting audit conclusions.
• Perform compliance activities, including control walkthroughs, testing strategy, issue validation, coordination with testers, and partner with internal audit firms, as well as external auditors.
• Evaluate retail-specific risks and controls, including inventory shrinkage, loss prevention, POS and cash handling, vendor management, distribution center operations, and store-level compliance.
• Leverage data analytics and quantitative analysis to identify trends, control gaps, process inefficiencies, and opportunities to improve audit effectiveness and business performance.
• Assess business processes and internal controls, providing practical recommendations that strengthen governance, compliance, operational effectiveness, and risk mitigation.
• Prepare audit findings, root causes, business impacts, and recommendations, while tracking remediation efforts to ensure timely resolution.
• Support continuous improvement of the internal audit function through technical research, methodology enhancements, special projects, investigations, and other management-requested engagements.
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• MBA preferred.
  

Minimum Type of Experience Required

• 6-10 years of progressive internal or external audit experience, including 2+ years in a supervisory or team-lead capacity.
• CPA or CIA, required
• Strong knowledge of SOX, COSO framework, GAAP, and enterprise risk management.
• Proficiency with Excel and ERP systems (Oracle preferred).
• Ability to work cross-functionally with all levels of staff.

Other

• Experience working in a publicly traded company or high-growth private equity-backed environment preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Retail industry audit experience preferred.
• Data analytics proficiency (Power BI, SQL, ACL scripting) a plus.
• Change management or SOX transformation project experience a plus.

Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job.