Manager, Audit Services (Remote - GA)

Progressive Leasing is a leading provider of in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions. With more than 20 years in FinTech, we’ve grown from start-up to industry leader by innovating, simplifying, and valuing people. We are a subsidiary of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), a FinTech holding company with three business segments: Progressive Leasing, Purchasing Power (a leading employee purchase program for consumer products and services using payroll deduction), and Four, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform.
We are currently hiring a Manager, Audit Services to help grow our company and ensure our mission is achieved!

 

Employee Value Proposition (EVP): PROG is dedicated to providing people with opportunity; opportunity for inclusive collaboration, opportunity for innovation, and opportunity for development.

 

WE ARE: A team of risk and assurance professionals dedicated to enhancing and protecting organizational value through risk-based audit and advisory services. We partner closely with the business to strengthen governance, risk management, and internal controls while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We are dedicated to creating a culture of belonging, inclusion, diversity, and equity in our teams and celebrate each individual contributions and uniqueness. 

 

YOU ARE: In this role, you will be accountable for the execution of the audit program and the delivery of high-quality, risk-based assurance and advisory services. You will lead and develop audit resources and oversee complex financial, operational, and compliance assurance and advisory engagements, including SOX control design and operating effectiveness assessments. You are expected to ensure consistent application of audit methodology and professional standards, identify and assess key risks and control gaps, and deliver practical, value-added recommendations. You will exercise sound professional judgment, proactively surface and frame risks, and build strong, collaborative relationships with business leaders while translating issues into clear business impact and actionable recommendations.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY:

Manage and execute the risk-based audit plan in alignment with the annual audit plan

Supervise and develop audit team members, including performance management, coaching, and formal review of work

Oversee the planning, execution, and reporting of assurance and advisory engagements

Perform and review engagement-level risk assessments, including fraud risk considerations, to identify key risks, controls, and improvement opportunities

Coordinate and oversee the SOX audit program, including tests of design and operating effectiveness of key internal controls

Partner with Financial Controls and business stakeholders to ensure effective coverage of business processes

Collaborate with audit leadership to ensure risks are considered and develop an integrated audit approach, as appropriate

Review and approve audit programs to ensure alignment with our audit methodology and recognized frameworks as applicable (e.g., COSO)

Evaluate audit results, determine issue severity, assess root causes, and ensure practical, value-added recommendations

Communicate engagement status, emerging risks, and audit results clearly and timely to management and audit leadership

Coordinate with external auditors to support reliance on internal audit work, as appropriate

Ensure audit engagements are completed in accordance with departmental quality standards, professional auditing standards, budgets, and timelines

Support the annual audit risk assessment and development of the annual audit plan

Prepare and review audit reports and present results to management

Periodically communicate status and remediation progress of open audit issues to ERM stakeholders

Contribute to Audit Committee materials and reporting, including open audit issue status

Promote continuous improvement in audit methodology, tools, and the use of AI and data analytics

YOU’LL BRING:

8+ years of audit (internal or external auditing) experience (public companies preferred) or equivalent Big 4 public accounting experience

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business

Professional accounting or auditing designation (CIA, CPA)

Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Experience with audit and analytics tools (e.g. AuditBoard, ACL, PowerBI, Access, SQL)

Possess unquestionable personal and professional ethics

Demonstrated experience leading complex audit engagements and supervising others

Strong knowledge of control and risk frameworks

Demonstrated project management experience, including managing multiple, concurrent projects

Ability to adapt to change quickly; easily shift priorities with a can-do attitude in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

Ability to interface effectively and build and maintain strong relationships externally and internally across business functions

Possess exceptional intellect, with decisive analytical skills and the capacity to think out-of-the-box, bringing novel solutions to overcome barriers to success

Superior written and oral communication skills; ability to persuasively present and communicate

Exceptional professionalism; comfortable working with C-level executives

Current knowledge of The Institute of Internal Auditor’s Global Internal Audit Standards

Occasional travel as needed to support business objectives

Experience collaborating and coordinating in a geographically dispersed organization (US)

WE OFFER:

Competitive compensation + STI & LTI

Opportunity to work remotely

Full Health Benefits: Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance + Paid Parental Leave

Company Matched 401k

Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays + Paid Volunteer Time

Diversity Alliance Resource Groups

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Charitable Gift Matching

Job Required Equipment & Services Will Be Provided

Progressive Leasing welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Progressive Leasing does business.
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