Ford | Internal Audit Manager

What you’ll do…

• When you join us, you’ll be able to contribute financial expertise that impacts all areas of our company, including planning, manufacturing, marketing and global distribution.
• This highly visible role offers the opportunity to work across Ford’s global operations, engage senior leaders, and strengthen governance, risk management, and internal controls.
• The role oversees engagements from planning through reporting, ensures audit quality, and partners with business leaders to drive meaningful improvements.
• You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams.
• You will guide engagements from planning through reporting and ensure conclusions are grounded in clear analysis and sufficient evidence.
• You will also coach auditors, build productive relationships with business partners, and identify opportunities to improve audit quality and efficiency.
• Assess Engagement Risks: Develop an understanding of the business objectives, processes, and controls relevant to each audit engagement to identify key risks and inform the engagement’s scope and testing approach.
• Lead Engagements: Guide audits from planning through reporting, establishing clear objectives, risk-focused scope, testing approaches, and delivery milestones.
• Ensure Quality: Review testing and workpapers to confirm that findings, root causes, and conclusions are supported by sufficient, reliable, and relevant evidence and meet Company and Internal Audit standards.
• Manage Delivery: Coordinate resources and priorities, monitor progress, and escalate issues that could affect engagement quality, scope, or timing.
• Communicate with Impact: Prepare clear, executive-ready reports and presentations that explain findings, business implications, and recommended actions.
• Build Trusted Relationships: Engage business partners throughout the audit, validate facts, discuss management action plans, and maintain an independent, objective perspective.
• Develop Audit Talent: Coach and mentor auditors, provide timely feedback, and support recruiting, training, and professional development.
• Foster Accountability: Build a collaborative team environment grounded in professional skepticism, high-quality work, and continuous learning.
• Established and active employee resource groups

Skills?

• Knowledge of governance, risk management, internal controls, and risk-based audit methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative information, evaluate evidence, and identify root causes.'.
• Experience using data analytics, visualization, automation, or AI-enabled tools to support analysis and decision-making.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including the ability to explain complex issues clearly and work effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple engagements, priorities, and deadlines with sound judgment, accountability, and attention to detail.
• Experience leading audit engagements and coaching or mentoring a team.
• Experience improving audit methodologies or applying analytics, automation, or approved AI tools to audit work.
• Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Ford

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