Internal Audit Manager
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Construction Management, or a related field is required.
- Eight to twelve or more years of experience in internal audit, project controls, external audit, construction accounting, or operational audit, including five or more years in a leadership role.
- Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills are required.
- Familiarity with ERP systems such as Viewpoint, HCSS, and Autodesk ACC is required.
- Ability to manage multiple projects independently is required.
- Willingness to travel to job sites and regional offices is required.
- Plan and lead risk-based audits across corporate, regional, and project environments, including field audits at active construction sites.
- Evaluate internal controls, financial reporting, and adherence to policies, safety, and contractual requirements.
- Identify inefficiencies, control weaknesses, fraud risks, and cost recovery opportunities; develop audit programs and testing procedures.
- Assess project controls related to labor, equipment, production tracking, and cost forecasting.
- Ensure regulatory and policy compliance; assist with fraud investigations and special audits.
- Monitor remediation actions and verify corrective action closure.
- Prepare and present audit findings to management and executive leadership.
- Train and supervise audit staff, review deliverables, and provide guidance.
- Recommend process improvements and support audit methodology, analytics tools, and dashboard development.
- Experience in heavy civil construction, infrastructure, or industrial contracting; auditing self-performed construction operations is highly desirable.
- CPA, CIA, or CFE credential.
- Experience in heavy highway, earthwork, underground utilities, concrete, or asphalt paving.
- Knowledge of prevailing wage.
- DOT, CAS/FAR, and public works compliance experience.
About the company
Kokosing builds infrastructure and industrial projects for public agencies, utilities and private businesses, mainly in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Its companies construct roads, bridges, pipelines, water-treatment facilities and marine works, alongside industrial plants and power projects. The group also supplies asphalt, sand, gravel and limestone and provides pipe fabrication and ongoing industrial maintenance. Customers engage its specialist companies for construction and related services, while its materials businesses sell products used on building and civil-engineering jobs. Kokosing was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Westerville, OH
Founded
1951
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Learning has a dedicated platform: Kokosing University provides more than 100 online and in-person training courses.
- Career goals get regular attention: Kokosing pairs team members with supervisors for quarterly development discussions.
- Senior engineering includes profit sharing: Kokosing's lead construction design engineer opening lists an annual profit share.
What critics are saying
- Heavy lifting is explicit: Kokosing's Staunton skilled laborer role requires lifting or moving up to one hundred pounds.
- Bridge carpentry includes heights: Kokosing's Wallops Island opening requires working tied off to fall protection.
- Tools are a personal requirement: Kokosing's advertised Virginia carpenter position requires workers to have their own hand tools.
What makes Kokosing unique
- Ownership spans generations: Kokosing describes itself as a third-generation family-owned company.
- Work stays in-house: Kokosing reports capacity to self-perform up to 80% of project work.
- Equipment is owned: Kokosing maintains a private fleet valued at $500 million on its company overview.
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