Lead Internal Audit, Automation and Analytics

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Full Time Professional Chicago, IL, US

5 days ago Requisition

Company Summary

We are a U.S.

-based, well-diversified, growing precious metals producer with seven wholly-owned operations: the New Afton gold-copper mine in British Columbia, Canada, the Rainy River gold-silver mine in Ontario, Canada, the Las Chispas silver-gold mine in Sonora, Mexico, the Palmarejo gold-silver mine in Chihuahua, Mexico, the Rochester silver-gold mine in Nevada, the Kensington gold mine in Alaska and the Wharf gold mine in South Dakota.

In addition, the Company wholly-owns the Silvertip polymetallic critical minerals exploration project in British Columbia, Canada.

Coeur is the only mining company with headquarters in Chicago. The office is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Chicago, near public transportation. Coeur offers a flexible, hybrid work model and a culture that prioritizes health and safety, teamwork, career development, and growth. We are a growing business with various opportunities in accounting, IT, engineering, technical services, HR, and other corporate functions.

If you want to grow your career in a progressive, team-oriented environment,

Position Overview

Role Overview: This position combines internal audit experience, data analytics, automation, and responsible AI practices to strengthen audit execution, expand continuous monitoring, and improve assurance quality across SOX compliance and operational risk-based audits.

Primary Purpose
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The Lead Internal Audit, Automation and Analytics Lead modernizes the Internal Audit function by developing sustainable audit analytics, AI-enabled capabilities, and automated control-testing routines. The role supports risk-based audits and SOX compliance activities under the annual audit plan, improving audit efficiency, expanding testing coverage, and enhancing the quality and consistency of assurance across SOX compliance and operational risk-based audits.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing AI-enabled and automation-driven audit solutions that improve the efficiency, depth, and consistency of audit procedures.
• Designing and implementing automated SOX control testing routines across critical financial reporting processes.
• Supporting operational risk-based audits through data analytics, exception identification, root-cause analysis, and continuous monitoring techniques.
• Integrating analytics outputs into Audit Board work papers, SOX testing workflows, issue tracking, and audit reporting processes.
• Building a reusable library of audit analytics procedures, automated scripts, dashboards, and documented testing logic.
• Collaborating with Internal Audit leadership to identify high-value automation opportunities across SOX compliance, operational audits, and advisory engagements.
• Coordinating with IT, Finance, Risk Management, SOX stakeholders, and business process owners to obtain data, validate results, and support the remediation of identified issues.
• Establishing appropriate governance over audit automation, including documentation standards, change control, evidence retention, data quality validation, and reviewer sign-offs.
• Enhancing continuous auditing and monitoring capabilities across key business processes such as Procure-to-Pay, Financial Close, Inventory, Payroll, and system access controls.
• Assisting with SOX walkthroughs, design and operating effectiveness testing, deficiency evaluation, and control optimization opportunities.
• Conduct risk-based audits as needed to support Internal Audit in delivering the overall plan.
• Supporting operational audits by applying analytics to improve scoping, testing precision, and insight generation.
• Promoting the responsible and controlled use of AI within Internal Audit, including necessary human reviews, confidentiality safeguards, and defensible audit documentation.
• Training and coaching Internal Audit team members on analytics, automation, Tableau dashboards, and data-driven audit techniques.
• Staying informed about emerging trends…