Internal Auditor – Operational Compliance (Remote)

About the Role

 As our Internal Auditor – Operational Compliance, you will play a key role in strengthening how we operate day to day. You’ll be responsible for auditing adherence to established company policies, procedures, and approval frameworks across core business functions. Your work will focus on verifying that processes are executed as designed, identifying deviations from established standards, and reinforcing accountability within operational workflows.

This is not a financial statement audit, SOX compliance, or external audit coordination role. Instead, you’ll concentrate on testing adherence to existing procedures, detecting exceptions, and helping drive operational discipline across the organization.

If you’re someone who values structure, consistency, and continuous improvement, this role gives you the opportunity to make a direct and measurable impact to drive performance and growth.

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Job Type: Remote- Must reside in Arizona
Compensation: $85,000-$90,000 annually, plus bonus
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

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What You’ll Do:

Operational Compliance Auditing (Primary Focus)

• Audit adherence to documented policies, SOPs, approval matrices, and workflow controls across core operational cycles, including:
  – Order Entry
      – Inventory management & controls
      – Order fulfillment
      – Install vendor payments
      – Sales pricing & discount approvals
      – Credit memo & write-off approvals
  
  
• Perform transactional testing (sample-based and full-population where feasible) to evaluate:
  – SOP adherence
      – Proper authorization
      – Segregation of duties
      – Timeliness of processing
      – Documentation retention requirements
  
  
• Identify deviations from established procedures and quantify operational and/or financial exposure

Exception Identification & Reporting

• Develop structured audit programs aligned to documented policies
• Maintain clear, defensible workpapers supporting audit conclusions
• Issue concise audit reports outlining:
  – Nature of non-compliance
      – Frequency and root cause
      – Risk exposure
      – Required corrective actions
  
  
• Track repeat findings and patterns of non-adherence

Monitoring, Follow-Up & Escalation

• Establish recurring compliance checks for high-risk processes
• Maintain a remediation tracking log and validate corrective action completion
• Re-test prior findings to confirm sustained compliance
• Escalate systemic or recurring non-compliance to senior leadership as appropriate

Targeted Process Evaluation (Secondary Focus)

• Assess whether policies are unclear or impractical when recurring deviations occur
• Identify potential training gaps
• Recommend refinements only when supported by repeated compliance failures

Role Scope Clarification

• Audit adherence to existing policies and reinforce execution discipline within operations
• Does not include financial statement audit, SOX compliance, or external audit coordination

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What Success Looks Like in Your First 12 Months

• Develop risk-based audit programs across major operational cycles.
• Complete multiple operational compliance audits with clear, well-documented findings
• Establish a formal remediation tracking and follow-up process
• Reduce repeat findings through structured monitoring and retesting

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What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
• 4-7 years of experience in internal audit, compliance audit, operational audit, or risk management roles.
• Experience auditing operational processes in a mid-sized company environment preferred
• Working familiarity with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred), with the ability to trace transactions and verify approvals
• Strong understanding of internal control principles, including authorization, documentation, and segregation of duties
• Experience performing structured audit testing
• Ability to operate independently while partnering constructively with operational leaders
• Clear, disciplined documentation and reporting skills
• Strong attention to detail with consistent follow-through on remediation

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Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plan options
• Company-paid virtual primary care, urgent care, and mental health coverage
• Health Savings Account (with HDHP enrollment)
• Health & dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Company-paid basic life insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Company-paid short-term disability insurance
• Voluntary long-term disability
• Company-paid Accident and Hospital Indemnity
• 401(k) with company match (Pre-tax & Roth options)
• Paid PTO, bereavement leave, and maternity leave
• 7 company-paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company-paid loss support and legacy planning