Lead Internal Auditor (Guadalajara)

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Internal Auditor will lead the audit and SOX 404 efforts for our Mexico operations, encompassing multiple manufacturing plants. This role will serve as the primary audit partner for site leadership and operations, supporting the implementation and ongoing compliance of SOX 404 across both business processes and IT systems.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in designing, evaluating, and testing internal controls, including business process controls, IT general controls (ITGCs), and key application controls. In addition to SOX responsibilities, this position will proactively review endâtoâend manufacturing and operational processes to identify control gaps, strengthen risk mitigation, improve efficiency, and drive costâsaving opportunities across the location.

CORE FUNCTIONS

• Serve as the primary Internal Audit and SOX 404 lead for RealTruck’s Mexico operations, covering multiple manufacturing plants and supporting functions.
• Build rapport and partner with local financial and operational leaders to drive compliance and improvement initiatives.
• Partner with plant leadership, finance, operations, and IT to identify control gaps, assess risk, and recommend practical, sustainable remediation actions.
• Plan, execute, and document SOX 404 control design and operating effectiveness testing across key business processes and IT systems.
• Perform endâtoâend process reviews across manufacturing, inventory, procurement, cost accounting, and financial close to identify opportunities to strengthen controls, improve efficiency, and reduce cost.
• Assess risks associated with manual processes, system configurations, plantâlevel activities, and management override, and design mitigating controls where needed.
• Prepare clear, concise audit findings, control deficiency assessments, and management recommendations, including rootâcause analysis.
• Monitor and validate remediation plans to ensure timely and effective resolutio