INTERNAL AUDIT MANAGER (REMOTE)

Salary: 100,000-120,000

A family of companies and experiences

As the leading foodservice and support services company, Compass Group USA is known for our great people, great service and our great results. If you’ve been hungry and away from home, chances are you’ve tasted Compass Group’s delicious food and experienced our outstanding service. We have over 284,000 US associates who work in award-winning restaurants, corporate cafes, hospitals, schools, arenas, museums, and more in all 50 states. Our reach is constantly expanding to shape the industry and create new opportunities for innovation. Join the Compass family today!

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Job Summary

Internal Audit Manager

Travel: Up to 30%

Are you a seasoned and hands-on audit professional eager to lead a dynamic team while actively shaping an organization's financial and operational integrity? We're seeking an Internal Audit Manager to play a pivotal role in overseeing our audit function, driving key initiatives, and fostering the development of our talented auditors.

As an Internal Audit Manager, you'll be at the forefront of our audit activities, responsible for the planning, execution, and reporting of comprehensive audit engagements. You'll lead and mentor a team of auditors, ensuring adherence to professional standards and fostering a culture of excellence. Beyond management, you'll remain actively involved in audits and special projects, leveraging your expertise to identify risks, enhance controls, and recommend strategic improvements across various business units.

This role offers a unique blend of strategic oversight and hands-on involvement, providing direct exposure to senior leadership and significant influence over internal control frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

· Oversee Audit Engagements: Manage the end-to-end audit process, including risk assessment, planning, fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up, ensuring timely completion and adherence to methodology.

· Team Leadership & Development: Provide day-to-day supervision of internal audit teams, including work paper review, training, coaching, and mentoring on best audit practices. Inspire, develop, and guide team members to deliver high-quality results. Participate in recruiting and hiring activities for the team.

· Hands-On Audit Execution: Actively participate in complex or high-priority audit assignments and special projects, leveraging your expertise to perform detailed reviews and analysis.

· Drive Data Analytics Utilization: Ensure the deployment and optimal utilization of data analytics on all applicable assignments, leveraging data to enhance audit efficiency and effectiveness.

· Deliver High-Quality Reporting: Produce high-quality audit reports with concise, practical recommendations that consider the context in which the business operates.

· Manage Fraud & Investigations: Oversee and conduct theft and fraud investigations, including planning, evidence gathering, interviewing individuals, and reporting findings to appropriate stakeholders.

· Build Stakeholder Relationships: Continuously interact with and develop strong relationships with management teams across the organization to promote open and timely communication and collaboration.

· Strategic Contribution: Improve existing internal audit methodology and audit programs to ensure they adequately address all key business risks and align with evolving industry standards as well as

support other key activities including presentations, cost improvement initiatives, strategic analysis, due diligence reviews.

Qualifications

· Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field. Master's degree is a plus.

· Experience: A minimum of 5+ years of progressive work experience in internal audit, external audit, or a relevant finance/accounting leadership role, with at least 2 years in a leadership or supervisory capacity.

· MS Office Applications: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

· Data & Analytics: Strong familiarity with the Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot) is a significant plus. Experience with specialized audit analytics tools (e.g., ACL, IDEA) or a willingness to learn basic scripting (e.g., Python) for data analysis is highly valued.

· Mobility: Ability and willingness to travel to business units anywhere in the US, up to 30%. Valid driver’s license required.

· Certifications: CPA or CIA certifications are strongly preferred.

Skills

· Exceptional Leadership & Collaboration: Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a collaborative and accountable environment. A collaborative team player who thrives in a shared success environment.

· Strategic & Critical Thinking: Strong analytical skills with robust risk awareness and a thorough understanding of processes and controls. Capable of quickly identifying problems and situations that require attention, as well as understanding business requirements.

· Expert Communication: Outstanding verbal, writing, and presentation skills, capable of communicating complex information clearly, concisely, and persuasively to diverse audiences, including executive management.

· Project Management Excellence: Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and provide quality review across deliverables, ensuring timely results within a dynamic environment.

· Proactiveness & Initiative: A highly proactive mindset, consistently driving improvements and taking ownership of tasks and projects from inception through successful implementation. Self-starter and creative thinker with high professional standards and integrity.

· Adaptability & Flexibility: Ability to adjust to changing priorities, new information, unexpected challenges, and a diverse range of working styles and team dynamics within the organization.

Apply to Compass Group today!

Compass Group is an equal opportunity employer. At Compass, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Associates fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.

Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer: this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with a criminal history (including relevant driving history), in a manner consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York Fair Chance Act. We encourage applicants with a criminal history (and driving history) to apply.

Compass Corporate maintains a drug-free workplace.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Associates at Corporate are offered many fantastic benefits.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance/ AD
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
• Personal Leave
• Associate Shopping Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Discount Marketplace
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Associates may also be eligible for paid and/or unpaid time off benefits in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For positions in Washington State, Maryland, or to be performed Remotely, click here for paid time off benefits information.

Req ID: 1447553

Compass Corporate

Julia Vogel

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