Senior Internal Auditor

Overview

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., is seeking an experienced Senior Internal Auditor to join our Internal Audit team.

The Senior Internal Auditor is responsible for leading operational audits, advisory engagements, investigations, analytics-driven projects, and SOX compliance activities across the organization. Approximately 75% of the role is focused on operational audits, advisory engagements, investigations, and analytics-driven projects, with approximately 25% focused on traditional SOX control testing.

This position reports to an Internal Audit Manager, who provides engagement objectives, coaching, and quality oversight. The Senior Internal Auditor leads assigned engagements from planning and scoping through fieldwork, findings development, and reporting while providing coaching and workpaper review for staff auditors. Within each engagement, this role operates with a high degree of independence, manages multiple concurrent engagements, and partners with stakeholders across dealership operations and corporate functions to identify risk, improve processes, and develop practical recommendations that support business performance.

The ideal candidate is a self-directed and analytical audit professional who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, managing ambiguity, and designing an audit approach based on the business objective rather than relying solely on predefined audit programs. Success in this role is measured by the ability to deliver actionable insights, reduce risk, strengthen controls, and drive meaningful process improvement. In return, it is an environment where strong auditors grow quickly: every engagement stretches a different skill, decisions carry real weight, and no two quarters look the same.

What This Role Offers You

• Real variety: Operational audits, advisory work, fraud investigations, and analytics projects across dealership operations, F&I, compliance, and corporate functions.
• Real ownership: You are given the question the business needs answered and the trust to design the approach with the Audit Manager. Your judgment is the tool we hired, not just your ability to execute a program.
• Modern tooling: A function already built on Qlik-based continuous monitoring, Alteryx, and Power BI, with AI embedded in daily audit work through OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft Copilot tools, all managed on the Optro (Audit Board) platform. You will sharpen skills here that most audit shops are still talking about adopting.
• Visibility: Your work reaches senior leadership, and strong work gets seen. This is a function with a track record of developing auditors into leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Audit & Advisory

• Lead operational audits and advisory engagements from planning and scoping through fieldwork, findings development, and reporting.
• Assess operational efficiency, control effectiveness, business risks, and opportunities to improve business outcomes.
• Independently develop audit procedures and approaches based on engagement objectives and identified risks.
• Translate audit findings into practical, business-relevant recommendations that improve operations, strengthen controls, and reduce risk.
• Communicate findings and recommendations effectively with dealership, regional, and corporate leadership.

SOX Compliance & Internal Controls

• Perform and document SOX walkthroughs and control testing for assigned processes.
• Evaluate control design and operating effectiveness and identify potential control deficiencies.
• Coordinate remediation activities and follow-up with process owners and external audit.
• Maintain accurate and complete documentation supporting testing procedures and conclusions.

Data Analytics & Continuous Monitoring

• Incorporate data analytics into audit procedures and evaluate full populations rather than samples where practical.
• Utilize tools such as Qlik Sense, Alteryx, Power BI, Power Query, and SQL to extract, transform, and analyze data.
• Identify trends, anomalies, exceptions, and potential areas of risk through data analysis.
• Develop and automate repeatable audit procedures where appropriate.
• Support the design, maintenance, and interpretation of continuous monitoring analytics across key risk areas.
• Evaluate and elevate significant exceptions with clear, fact-based support.

Investigations & Special Projects

• Support and, where appropriate, lead investigations, fraud risk assessments, and special advisory projects.
• Analyze data, documentation, and other evidence to develop objective and well-supported conclusions.
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality, independence, and professionalism throughout investigative activities.
• Support other risk-based projects and initiatives as business needs arise.

Engagement & Project Management

• Manage multiple audit and advisory engagements at different stages simultaneously.
• Independently manage project priorities, timelines, and deliverables while adjusting to changing risks and business needs.
• Communicate engagement status, issues, and potential…