Legora
Internal Audit Manager
New York City. Posted a month ago
The role
The Internal Audit Manager will own the Business Process SOX controls program. You will build testing processes from scratch and manage risk assessments while applying AI to improve efficiency.
What you will do
- Build a business process controls program from the ground up
- Own the end to end risk assessment process and translate it into a prioritized controls testing plan
- Design new testing processes, workpaper templates, and documentation frameworks
- Coordinate with external audit and the co-source partner on timelines and deliverables
- Lead and perform control walkthroughs with process owners
- Assess control deficiencies for severity and root cause and drive remediation
- Develop and deliver training to control owners and stakeholders
- Implement AI-driven and automated solutions to reduce manual testing
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Finance, IT, and the business
Required qualifications
- CPA, CIA, or similar certification
- Big 4 or co-source firm experience
- 5+ years of experience in internal audit, SOX/internal controls, or a related risk/compliance function
- Experience managing or mentoring others
- Demonstrated experience building or significantly enhancing a controls program or testing methodology from scratch
- Strong track record managing external audit and/or co-source relationships
- Hands-on experience performing and overseeing walkthroughs, testing, and deficiency evaluation
- Proficiency with Auditboard, Vanta, NetSuite, Google Docs/Workspace, major LLM providers (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini), Salesforce, and Workday
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience building or scaling a controls function through a period of rapid growth
- Prior experience applying AI or automation tools directly within an audit or testing workflow
- Experience with data analytics or continuous monitoring tools (e.g., SQL, Power BI, Tableau, ACL)
- Experience designing and delivering training programs to non-audit stakeholders
- Background in a SOX-compliant or public-company-readiness environment
Benefits
- Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Multiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente
- HSA or Healthcare FSA
- Dental plans via MetLife
- Vision plans via Vision Care
- Generous parental leave
- Free access to Maven Clinic
- Dependent Care FSA
- Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Life Insurance + STD/LTD
About the company
Legora is an AI-native workspace for legal professionals. The company has 2,100+ customers across 80+ countries and has scaled to $200M+ in ARR.