Legora
Internal Audit Manager
$158K–$186K
New York City · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; experience managing or mentoring others.
About the job
Own and build Legora’s Business Process SOX controls program, including risk assessment, testing, audit coordination, and AI-enabled efficiency improvements.
What you'll do
- Lead risk assessments, prioritize controls testing, and create testing processes, workpapers, and documentation.
- Coordinate with external audit and the co-source partner; lead walkthroughs and oversee control testing, deficiency evaluation, and remediation.
- Train control owners and implement AI-driven or automated solutions to reduce manual testing.
What they ask for
- CPA, CIA, or similar certification; Big 4 or co-source firm experience.
- 5+ years in internal audit, SOX/internal controls, or related risk/compliance, including managing or mentoring others.
- Experience building or significantly enhancing a controls program or testing methodology from scratch; strong external audit and/or co-source relationship management.
- Hands-on walkthrough, testing, and deficiency evaluation experience; proficiency with Auditboard, Vanta, NetSuite, Google Docs/Workspace, major LLM providers (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini), Salesforce, and Workday.
Nice to have
- Experience applying AI or automation in audit or testing workflows.
- Experience scaling controls through rapid growth, using data analytics or continuous monitoring tools, delivering stakeholder training, or working in a SOX-compliant or public-company-readiness environment.
Pay
USD $158.1K – $186K base salary
Tools
Auditboard, Vanta, NetSuite, Google Docs/Workspace, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Salesforce
AI focus
Apply AI and automation to reduce manual audit testing and improve efficiency.
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