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Bright Horizons

Senior Internal Auditor

🇺🇸 Newton, MA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Finance

🗓️ March 31st, 2025

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Bright Horizons is hiring a Senior Internal Auditor. The role involves leading audit engagements, guiding junior auditors, and ensuring effective internal controls and compliance processes. The position requires execution of audit planning, management, communication, team collaboration, and performing ad-hoc responsibilities.
 
Highlights 
  • Lead audit engagements and provide guidance to junior auditors
  • Ensure effectiveness of internal controls and compliance processes
  • Required: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Computer Science or related field
  • Preferred certifications: CIA, CISA, CPA
  • Minimum of 3 years of relevant audit experience
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and strong analytical skills
  • Understanding of auditing standards, risk management, and internal controls
  • Strong knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley requirements

Senior Internal Auditor Full Description

Senior Internal Auditor

Location
Newton, Massachusetts, United States of America, 02459

Category
Corporate
Job Type
Full time

Primary Purpose
The Assurance and Advisory Senior Auditor will play a key role in the internal audit team, bridging the gap between Auditors and Assistant Managers. This position involves leading audit engagements, providing guidance to junior auditors, and ensuring the effectiveness of internal controls and compliance processes.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities
  • Audit Planning and Execution:
    • Assist in the execution of audit engagements, ensuring thorough documentation and adherence to timelines.
    • Identify key risks and controls and, under supervision, design audit procedures to evaluate their effectiveness.
    • Perform and document testing.

  • Management and Control:
    • Participate in drafting recommendations to remediate identified deficiencies.
    • Help evaluate the design and effectiveness of internal controls and identify areas for improvement.

  • Communication and Reporting:
    • Monitor the implementation of audit recommendations and follow up on action plans when assigned to.

  • Team Collaboration and Leadership:
    • Provide mentorship to junior auditors.
    • Assist in preparing policies, procedures, job aids, and guides to improve team or business processes.

  • Ad-Hoc Responsibilities:
    • Assist in performing investigations arising from instances or suspicions of fraud or theft.
    • Perform ad-hoc analysis as required.

Decision Making
Receives general direction and exercises some independent judgement

Influence
Regularly influences function or department

Impact
Team

Job Requirements – Education/Experience
Bachelor's Degree In Accounting, Finance, Business, Computer Science or related discipline desired - Required

CIA, CISA, CPA, or other relevant certification - Preferred

Minimum of 3 years of relevant audit experience - Required

Additional Job Requirements
  • General understanding of auditing standards, risk management, and internal controls.
  • Strong Knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley requirements
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
  • High level of integrity and professionalism.

Life at Bright Horizons:

Our people are the heart of our company. Because we’re as committed to our own employees as we are to the children, families, and clients we serve, our collaborative workplaces are designed to grow careers and support personal lives. Come build a brighter future with us.

Bright Horizons provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law. Bright Horizons complies with the laws and regulations described in the following federal government resources: Know Your Rights, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).

If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in completing these application materials or any aspect of the application and hiring process, please contact the recruitment helpdesk at 855-877-6866 or bhrecruit@brighthorizons.com. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.