Manager – Internal Audit
Posted on 3/28/2023
INACTIVE
Justworks

1,001-5,000 employees

Payroll and benefits facilities platform
Company Overview
Justworks’ mission is to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence. The company is building software for payroll, benefits, HR, and compliance.
Data & Analytics

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$160M

Founded

2012

Headquarters

New York, New York

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

11%

1 year growth

18%

2 year growth

61%
Locations
New York, NY, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Agile
Communications
Management
Requirements
  • Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You're an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others
  • Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You're curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others
  • Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You're committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude
  • Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You're honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example
  • Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
  • Minimum of 6 years of experience in SEC financial audit and risk advisory services at a public accounting firm, or within operational/financial audit experience within Internal audit at a medium to large organization
  • Well versed with enterprise level and process risks, control procedures, COSO standards, IIA requirements, agile audit and other leading audit techniques
  • Well versed in terms of managing the audit pipeline and leading the audit team, engaging with stakeholders, planning and executing audits and reporting on the audit outcomes. Exposure to working with various with business, legal, and tech teams to provide gap remediation recommendations and strategies
  • Experience at HR, Tech, SAAS companies preferred
  • Experience with process design, process improvement and/or Six Sigma techniques preferred
  • Experience with SOX and/or public company controls preferred
  • CPA/CIA certifications preferred
  • Ability to communicate effectively across various levels of the organization and can present in a simple and concise way
  • Well-versed in project management, strong time management skills and a demonstrated ability to flex between being an independent contributor and a collaborative team member based on project needs
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills, and be comfortable dealing with ambiguity, problem solving and conflict management
  • Experienced team leader capable of coaching and supporting junior staff
Responsibilities
  • Plan and perform operational, financial and integrated audits that meet IIA standards
  • Own specific areas of the annual Audit Plan and develop an organizational view of business, financial risks and associated systems
  • Lead the operational audit team as the management advisor and independent auditor for Justworks in a complex business processing environment
  • Support the annual audit planning, risk monitoring, and Enterprise Risk Management in line with COSO specifications
  • Be the Audit SME for building towards SOX requirements and also enhancing SOC controls
  • Evaluate key risks, establish continuous risk prioritized monitoring, perform control assessments, report results, and make recommendations to improve existing controls over business processes, and financial reporting
  • Track audit reporting and issue resolution to ensure that agreed upon actions are completed adequately by the appropriate stakeholders within the specified timeframes
  • Build relationships with the external auditors to support the delivery of SOX requirements
  • Guide process improvement initiatives, across key processes and help to enable performance metric reporting
  • Partner with the Head of Audit to design and deliver risk and control(s) awareness training and Risk tabletop exercises
  • Detail-oriented - exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation
  • Ethical practice - the ability to integrate core values, integrity and accountability throughout all organizational and business practices
  • Clear communication - the ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to gain understanding
  • Analytical - uses a logical reasoning process to break down and work through a situation or problem to arrive at an outcome
  • Good judgment - the exercise of critical thinking, analyzing and assessing problems and implications, identifying patterns, making connections of underlying issues, understanding risks and developing mitigation strategies, and taking ownership of the outcome