Internal Audit Manager  

Division:  Compliance Risk & Assurance
Job location: Remote (Canada)
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 

Employment type: Full Time Permanent
Salary:   100-140K

A little about us

Aurora is proud to be a global leader in the cannabis industry. With a smart strategy, unmatched talent and focus on our long-term success, we believe we have a bright future. 

At Aurora, we’re passionate about helping patients improve their lives through high-quality premium medical cannabis under brands they can trust and rely on. Our products, available across Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, include leading brands like Pedanios, IndiMed, San Raf, Tasty’s, Whistler, Greybeard and CraftPlant. 

Our diverse team works passionately across various roles, from manufacturing to corporate positions, and many more, united by our purpose: Opening the World to Cannabis. Enabled by science and empowered by people, for patients and consumers.  We collaborate globally, embrace change with courage, stay agile, and treat everyone with compassion. We live our values daily, making a meaningful impact on patients, communities, and our A-Team.

Job Summary

The Manager, Internal Audit, will be responsible for audits and control assessments focused on both business processes and technology-driven initiatives. The role combines traditional SOX responsibilities—such as leading walkthroughs, identifying controls and potential gaps, and performing or reviewing control testing to ensure high-quality documentation—with involvement in IT-focused initiatives. These include supporting system implementations, assessing automation and technology-enabled controls, and contributing to cross-functional process improvement projects.

Reporting to the Director, Internal Audit, the ideal candidate will collaborate closely with both business and IT teams at Aurora to develop an understanding of our critical processes and controls end to end, ensure the sufficiency of business and IT controls in the process, create succinct documentation and reporting. Combining strategic thinking and hands-on execution, you will simplify and operationalize complex audit initiatives.  Interesting? Here is a little more…
 

As the Manager, Internal Audit you will…

• Facilitate and conduct internal audit engagements as defined by the risk-based audit and advisory plan, which includes both overseeing the execution of audit projects and junior resources, as well as directly executing on assurance procedures
• Plan and develop the audit scope and actively participate in project execution for complex audit-related assessments, including SOX (Business and IT), operational audits and other IT audits (e.g., system implementations, automations). This includes a robust understanding of business risks and how both business and IT controls are addressing these risks.
• Lead and oversee the design and operating effectiveness of internal control testing through documentation of financial processes, including planning documents, narratives, process maps, walkthroughs and supporting working papers.
• Provide guidance to controls owners on designing and implementing effective controls, while monitoring and driving timely remediation of control deficiencies and recommending improvements to strengthen internal controls
• Support the team’s project management efforts by helping monitor progress of tasks and key deadlines, including oversight of team members and provide coaching as needed
• Leverage strong communication skills to deliver timely, concise, and meaningful updates to management—highlighting key issues and risks—and to prepare clear written materials such as memos, summaries, and recommendations
• Develop strong, trusted relationships with key stakeholders—both internal and external—including external auditors, co-source partners, control owners, and process owners.
•  Provide support to cross functional stakeholders on matters spanning SOX, operational audits, and IT audits - while driving innovation through a critical thinking and a solution-oriented mindset.

You will be setup for success if you have…

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance
• CPA (CA, CMA, or CGA) designation (CIA or CISA designation is considered an asset)
• Minimum 5 years external/internal audit or public accounting experience, with an emphasis on internal control knowledge in a SOX environment
• Strong knowledge of the COSO Integrated Framework (2013) with experience implementing or testing COSO control objectives with large public companies (1000+ employees, more than four physical locations, international presence, etc.)

Bonus points if you have…

• Experience with Sage X3 is considered an asset
• Self-motivated and exercises sound business acumen with a high level of autonomy
• Strong knowledge and background with IT general controls, application control, and COBIT framework are considered differentiators
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Why you’ll love working at Aurora

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! You will be empowered to achieve work-life balance with flexible hours, remote work options, meeting-free-Friday-afternoons and more!  

• Total Rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, professional development opportunities, company SWAG, team activities and modern technology. 

• Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with cannabis.

Next steps
Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition Team and not an AI software/system.  The we will contact you if we see a fit via email.

Think you’re the ideal candidate but you don’t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways. We would love to review your application to see if you’re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity.  Not the role for you? Share this posting with your network while subscribing to our Talent Community to learn more about upcoming opportunities (hot tip: if you are an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by sharing this posting with someone in your network! If they are the successful candidate, you may be eligible for a bonus!).  

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Accessibility

At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers – and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic.

We value the unique skills and experience each person brings to Aurora and are committed to creating and maintaining an accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Human Resources team know by contacting us at hr.services@auroramj.com

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