Senior Internal Auditor, Technology

Position Overview

REI Co-op is united in finding, building, and celebrating better ways to work. This helps people find and enjoy a love of the outdoors. When you work for the co-op, you do your best work with support to live your best life. You also help shape the future of the outdoors for people and the planet. This role helps REI succeed by using a careful, risk-based approach to assess and improve governance, risk management, and internal controls. The Senior Internal Auditor scopes, plans, and completes assurance and advisory reviews, acting as a consultative partner on key initiatives. Working with colleagues across the co-op, you will provide guidance on risk and control practices, join integrated audits – including technology and process reviews – all in line with REI’s mission and values.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop exceptional client relationships and work closely with the business divisions and key support functions.
• Develop positive working relationships with management and foster open communication so internal audit is seen as a trusted advisor.
• Ensure REI’s internal audit projects align with co-op priorities by identifying areas for improvement and communicating them clearly and concisely.
• Provide value-added consultation on governance, risk, and control related topics.
• Scope, plan, and execute audit engagements on time in a collaborative style with the internal audit team.
• Present audit findings verbally and in writing to internal audit management and to senior and mid-management in the business, suggesting improvements where appropriate.
• Ensure that findings and value-added observations are validated, effectively communicated, tracked, and followed up on.
• Represent internal audit professionally while maintaining good working knowledge of company policies and procedures.
• Participate in co-op–wide risk assessments and other special projects as requested by internal audit management.
• Integrate data analytics into audit planning and fieldwork to enhance insight generation and audit efficiency.
• Coordinate with external auditors or third parties to support audit coverage and minimize duplication of effort.
• Stay current on emerging risks, technologies, and audit techniques relevant to retail and IT environments.
• Demonstrate adaptability by embracing new technologies and proactively seeking opportunities to improve processes.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, engineering, accounting or equivalent
• Experience Required: 3+ years internal audit and/or risk management consulting experience in IT or technology-enabled audits
• Experience Required: 2+ years of supervisory experience in a mid to large company environment
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of internal audit, risk management and compliance standards and frameworks (COSO, COBIT, NIST, etc.)
• Qualifications: Experience using automation, data analytics and dashboarding tools (i.e. ACL, Tableau, Sigma)
• Qualifications: Relevant certification (CISA, CISSP, CIA, CPA) or ability to obtain within 12 months
• Limited travel required (10%)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s in management information systems, computer science or related field
• SAP ERP experience preferred
• Cybersecurity audit/knowledge experience preferred
• Prior experience in the retail/consumer business industry highly preferred

Benefits & Perks

• Benefits: REI offers all regular employees a generous employee discount, access to health benefits, a retirement savings plan and accrued time off. For a detailed overview of benefits plans by employee profile, please follow the provided link.
• Compensation: $85,400.00 - $136,700.00 per year