Manager, Internal Audit

Role Summary

The Financial, Compliance & Operational Internal Audit Manager leads risk-based engagements across Carrier's international business units. This role focuses on assessing and improving internal control frameworks to manage risk. Functioning as a developmental entry point into Carrier Finance, the role provides leadership exposure, strategic networking, and career progression toward future business unit rotation.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Plan, scope, and execute risk-based financial, operational, and compliance audits, managing 1–4 staff auditors per engagement.
• Map key processes to evaluate control effectiveness, identify control gaps, and recommend value-added operational improvements.
• Coordinate and participate in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance reviews and collaborate directly with external audit teams.
• Prepare concise audit deliverables and present findings and strategic recommendations to business unit leadership.
• Supervise, coach, and review audit staff during engagements, providing continuous feedback and performance reviews.
• Lead special projects focused on departmental quality initiatives and modernizing audit techniques/technologies.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or Economics
• 5+ years of progressive audit experience in Public accounting, Internal Audit, or Accounting
• 3+ yrs experience with US GAAP, internal control frameworks (COSO), and SOX testing methodologies.
• 1+ yrs of a proven track record of guiding multi-person engagement teams, coaching staff, and managing on-time deliverables.
• Ability and willingness to travel 25–40% within the Americas region.

Preferred Requirements

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Analytics, or Master of Business Administration (MBA).
• Experience with internal audit with direct experience in a manufacturing environment
• Active CPA, CIA, CFE, or equivalent professional designation.
• Big 4 or top-tier regional public accounting firm experience.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills to deliver complex findings clearly and persuasively to leadership.
• Demonstrated capability to analyze complex operational processes, identify root causes, and facilitate efficient solutions.
• Proactive, metrics-driven mindset with the flexibility to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed global environment.
• Bilingual in Spanish or French

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employer sponsorship is not available for this role.