Compliance and Internal Audit Manager
Application Deadline: 25 September 2026
Department: Internal Audit
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: United States/Remote
Reporting To: Compliance and Internal Audit Director
Description
ROLE PURPOSE
This role is remote, but ideally within commutable distance of a Glory office.
To act as Compliance & Internal Audit Manager for Glory Global Solutions, its subsidiaries and managed entities, and provide assurance to GGS and Glory Ltd on the effective management of compliance, operational and financial risks. The role is responsible for working under the guidance of the Compliance & Internal Audit Director to develop compliance and auditing processes and has the authority to direct management on governance responsibilities in terms of legal compliance.
You will be working within the GGS group to monitor and evaluate how well risks are being managed, the business is being governed and internal processes are working. Assisting in providing a consulting service, advising management on how to improve systems, processes, and controls.
This role will require a systematic, analytical, and objective approach to evaluating how strategic, operational, financial, and legal risks and opportunities are being managed. As well as providing management with insight and advice on the effectiveness of the organisation’s policies, systems, processes, and controls.
You will be expected to travel, which is currently estimated at around 25% of your time.
Key Responsibilities
The role is responsible for helping to protects assets by planning and completing compliance, operational and financial internal audits; identifying inadequate, inefficient, or ineffective internal controls; recommending improvements, considering factors such as reputation, growth, environmental impact, treatment of employees and ethics.
Audits
- Assess and identify, with clear and accurate precision, the most relevant and key risks to the organisation: significantly this will include compliance, operational, people, systems, financial or other risks. This will be achieved by having a comprehensive understanding of the organisation’s objectives, structure, people, policies, processes, internal controls, applicable external regulation, and other relevant information
- Prepare good quality clear and concise audit plans, scope, objectives, and methodology aligned to key risks.
- Assess completely and precisely the effectiveness and efficiency of manual and IT processes and internal controls through execution of audit program, inquiry, observation, and test of underlying evidence.
- Assess risk of control observations. Define and communicate accurately the overall risk-impact of individual control observations based on logical rationale, relevant standards and evidence, with easy-to-understand explanation and examples.
- Identify root causes; provide practical and proportionate recommendations and consistently secure management’s agreement.
- Document and communicate clearly and accurately, audit tests, progress, findings and key actions required, ensuring alignment with all key stakeholders.
- Monitor, assess and communicate timely on management’s control corrective actions, and anticipate potential significant delays.
- Perform J-SOX audit work effectively to enable external auditors to place reliance on the work of Internal Audit.
- Report effectively on compliance with J-SOX requirements to protect against reputational damage and fines.
Consulting / Advisory and Investigations (where applicable):
- Assess relevant information and provide rationale to line manager as to whether management’s consulting requests should be accepted
- Draft scope and method of IA work, and roles-responsibilities of stakeholders which includes suitable audit independence safeguards
- Execute consultancy work in accordance with approved scope and methodology.
- Provide advice and guidance, with suitable audit independence safeguards.
- Assist management in coordinating external auditor’s requirements for J-SOX audits.
Other responsibilities (where and to extent applicable)
- Manage internal and external stakeholders
- Manage consultant staff including review of work; support other team members as needed
- Update line manager on key matters timely.
- Perform responsibilities by travelling to different sites and other effective means of communication.
- Keep audit knowledge updated and contribute to on-going development and improvement of compliance and audit methodology, processes and/or technology.
- Protect the reputation of Internal Audit and Glory.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Chartered or Certified Practicing Accountant qualification (or equivalent)
REQUIRED SKILLS, COMPETENCIES AND KNOWLEDGE
- Internal and external audit manager experience within an international organisation
- Working knowledge of J-SOX or similar requirements
- Ability to identify and define people-process-system risks
- Ability to problem-solve
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize work appropriately
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with stakeholders whilst maintaining objectivity and impartiality
- Ability to promote and influence good governance behaviours within the business at all levels.
- A driven individual who strives to provide a high-quality audit service to the business
- Good understanding of relevant regulations and industry expectations
- Ability to manage external teams of advisors or consultants to agreed levels of service
- Ability to manage, develop or support team members
- Additional major complementary language skill(s) is advantageous.