Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Sr Mgr-Corporate Audit (SOX & Operations)
Lowe's Companies, Inc., Mooresville, North Carolina, United States, 28115
Sr Mgr-Corporate Audit (SOX & Operations)
The Internal Audit Senior Manager will supervise audit teams responsible for executing process, in‑flight, and compliance audits, along with advisory reviews. The role supports oversight and direction for Lowe’s Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) compliance program, ensuring alignment with compliance standards and company policies. The Senior Manager is a liaison between the SOX audit team, process owners, external auditors, and senior management to ensure quality and consistency across SOX control testing activities.
What You Will Do
Manage the annual SOX scoping, planning, and testing process in coordination with process owners, control owners, and external auditors.
Provide oversight and quality review of SOX‑related workpapers, including test plans, control design assessments, operating effectiveness testing, and deficiency evaluations.
Facilitate effective collaboration and reliance strategies between Internal Audit and external audit partners, ensuring alignment on testing coverage, timing, and documentation standards.
Oversee the preparation of quarterly and annual SOX reporting materials for management and Audit Committee, including summaries of deficiencies, compensating controls, and remediation status.
Assist the audit directors in the development of the rolling audit plan and backlog by maintaining relationships with key stakeholders in the business and staying current with significant initiatives and risks in assigned areas.
Lead audit teams in the assessment of processes and identification of risks and control gaps in processes (or supporting technology) through the execution of agile audits, inclusive of the necessary test steps and documentation of high‑quality workpapers to support conclusions reached, and communicate results to management in a clear, actionable, and timely manner.
Supervise process‑level risk assessments to identify significant risks and their related mitigating controls and oversee the development of audit test steps designed to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of those internal controls.
Review the work (audit planning documents, process flows, test plans, workpapers, draft reports) of lead, senior, and staff auditors to ensure quality is maintained and departmental methodologies are followed.
Identify and document unmitigated risks, weaknesses in control design and effectiveness based on analysis performed and draft formal audit reports with the level of quality necessary for an executive audience.
Oversee the follow‑up on key management actions from prior audit reports to determine if required action was taken, documenting and communicating the results of the review to audit and management leaders.
Utilize critical thinking and data analytics mindset to provide management with data‑driven results and recommendations and promote focus on data analytics within the team.
Drive innovation across the team using a deep understanding of audit practices, emerging technology, and retail sector knowledge.
Keep pace with change and maintain a competitive advantage within the marketplace by seeking out and learning about changes in the field.
Drive projects and tasks to completion through teams, regardless of changing conditions, by prioritizing activities by the risk to the organization.
Serve as the day‑to‑day liaison with client management during audit projects to ensure open lines of communication are maintained and audit objectives are being met.
Align the team’s time and effort on projects that are critical to activity being audited and the overall risk to the Company.
Delegate the right tasks and decisions to the people who are in the best position to execute them.
Develop project budgets and milestones and manage individual and team schedules and workloads to meet those goals.
Provide open feedback and mentorship to team members to encourage growth and greater responsibility.
Hire, train, and develop the talent necessary to achieve stated objectives, providing meaningful development opportunities for individuals in preparation for succession planning.
Provide on‑the‑job training for staff and senior auditors on audit theory, best practices, and Lowe’s agile audit methodology.
Negotiate and collaborate effectively for the organization with internal and external stakeholders and build relationships with key individuals necessary for collaboration.
Develop and present communications frequently to senior leadership (such as audit Points of View at the end of audit sprints), communicating the desired message at the appropriate level.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or another related field and 5‑7 years of audit experience (internal or external) or equivalent business experience.
Demonstrated experience managing project teams.
Demonstrated experience working cross‑functionally.
CIA, CISA, or CPA.
Preferred Skills/Education
Master’s Degree in a business‑related field.
Audit management experience.
Retail business experience.
About Lowe’s Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a Fortune® 50 home‑improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home‑improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts, and providing disaster relief to communities in need.
Lowe’s is an equal‑opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.
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What You Will Do
Manage the annual SOX scoping, planning, and testing process in coordination with process owners, control owners, and external auditors.
Provide oversight and quality review of SOX‑related workpapers, including test plans, control design assessments, operating effectiveness testing, and deficiency evaluations.
Facilitate effective collaboration and reliance strategies between Internal Audit and external audit partners, ensuring alignment on testing coverage, timing, and documentation standards.
Oversee the preparation of quarterly and annual SOX reporting materials for management and Audit Committee, including summaries of deficiencies, compensating controls, and remediation status.
Assist the audit directors in the development of the rolling audit plan and backlog by maintaining relationships with key stakeholders in the business and staying current with significant initiatives and risks in assigned areas.
Lead audit teams in the assessment of processes and identification of risks and control gaps in processes (or supporting technology) through the execution of agile audits, inclusive of the necessary test steps and documentation of high‑quality workpapers to support conclusions reached, and communicate results to management in a clear, actionable, and timely manner.
Supervise process‑level risk assessments to identify significant risks and their related mitigating controls and oversee the development of audit test steps designed to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of those internal controls.
Review the work (audit planning documents, process flows, test plans, workpapers, draft reports) of lead, senior, and staff auditors to ensure quality is maintained and departmental methodologies are followed.
Identify and document unmitigated risks, weaknesses in control design and effectiveness based on analysis performed and draft formal audit reports with the level of quality necessary for an executive audience.
Oversee the follow‑up on key management actions from prior audit reports to determine if required action was taken, documenting and communicating the results of the review to audit and management leaders.
Utilize critical thinking and data analytics mindset to provide management with data‑driven results and recommendations and promote focus on data analytics within the team.
Drive innovation across the team using a deep understanding of audit practices, emerging technology, and retail sector knowledge.
Keep pace with change and maintain a competitive advantage within the marketplace by seeking out and learning about changes in the field.
Drive projects and tasks to completion through teams, regardless of changing conditions, by prioritizing activities by the risk to the organization.
Serve as the day‑to‑day liaison with client management during audit projects to ensure open lines of communication are maintained and audit objectives are being met.
Align the team’s time and effort on projects that are critical to activity being audited and the overall risk to the Company.
Delegate the right tasks and decisions to the people who are in the best position to execute them.
Develop project budgets and milestones and manage individual and team schedules and workloads to meet those goals.
Provide open feedback and mentorship to team members to encourage growth and greater responsibility.
Hire, train, and develop the talent necessary to achieve stated objectives, providing meaningful development opportunities for individuals in preparation for succession planning.
Provide on‑the‑job training for staff and senior auditors on audit theory, best practices, and Lowe’s agile audit methodology.
Negotiate and collaborate effectively for the organization with internal and external stakeholders and build relationships with key individuals necessary for collaboration.
Develop and present communications frequently to senior leadership (such as audit Points of View at the end of audit sprints), communicating the desired message at the appropriate level.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or another related field and 5‑7 years of audit experience (internal or external) or equivalent business experience.
Demonstrated experience managing project teams.
Demonstrated experience working cross‑functionally.
CIA, CISA, or CPA.
Preferred Skills/Education
Master’s Degree in a business‑related field.
Audit management experience.
Retail business experience.
About Lowe’s Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a Fortune® 50 home‑improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home‑improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts, and providing disaster relief to communities in need.
Lowe’s is an equal‑opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.
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