Senior Risk and Controls Auditor

Location

Irvine, California office

Semtech Corporation is a high-performance semiconductor, Internet of Things (IoT) systems and cloud connectivity service provider. The end customers for the Company’s silicon solutions are primarily original equipment manufacturers that produce and sell technology solutions.

The Company’s IoT module, router, gateway, and managed connectivity solutions ship to IoT device makers and enterprises to provide IoT connectivity to end devices.

The Company designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of products for commercial applications, the majority of which are sold into the infrastructure, high-end consumer and industrial end markets.

This position reports to the Company’s Internal Audit function. As the Senior Risk and Controls Auditor, you will monitor the risk environment and provide insights to strengthen the control environment. You will play a critical role in supporting SOX compliance program, operational audits, and other special projects.

You will experience a wide range of problem‑solving situations, both strategic and real‑time, requiring use of data collection and analysis, cross‑team collaboration, project management, and resource prioritization assessment.

You will work closely with various members of the teams to understand, define, and update systems and control procedures to make significant impact on how Semtech operates.

You will develop strong business relationships with internal and external teams.

Successful individuals will be responsible self‑starters who are able to work both independently and, in a team, setting, have good prioritization and organizational skills, be detail oriented, and have excellent systems and data analysis skills.

There may be limited international and domestic travel as required.

• Independently plan, scope, and execute multiple internal audit engagements simultaneously
• Develop comprehensive risk‑based audit programs and testing procedures
• Lead fieldwork activities including process walkthroughs, control testing, and evidence gathering
• Identify control deficiencies, evaluate root causes, and develop practical recommendations
• Prepare clear, professional audit reports and present findings to process owners and management
• Manage audit timelines, budgets, and deliverables to ensure on‑time completion
• Track management action plans and conduct follow‑up procedures to validate remediation
• Perform/support operational/compliance and other special projects as required

• Execute SOX testing procedures in accordance with PCAOB standards and COSO 2013 framework
• Evaluate design and operating effectiveness of key controls over financial reporting
• Document and assess control deficiencies (deficiency, significant deficiency, material weakness)
• Support management’s assessment of internal controls and coordinate with external auditors
• Assist in control remediation efforts and validation of corrective actions
• Evaluate IT general controls including logical access, change management, and data backup/recovery
• Assess segregation of duties within ERP and other in scope systems
• Review IT application controls and automated control testing in financial systems
• Evaluate vendor SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports for third‑party service providers

• Build effective relationships with process owners, department heads, and management
• Facilitate audit entrance and exit conferences
• Communicate audit status, issues, and results throughout the engagement lifecycle
• Collaborate with external auditors, SOX team, and other assurance providers

• Identify opportunities to enhance audit efficiency and effectiveness
• Contribute to development and refinement of audit methodology and tools
• Stay current on industry trends, emerging risks, and regulatory developments
• Support special projects and ad‑hoc requests from audit management

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field
• Minimum 5 years of internal audit, external audit (Big Four or national firm), or related experience
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