Senior Auditor - Finance and Operations

About the role

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is seeking an experienced Senior Auditor - Finance and Operations to join our Internal Audit function. This role is calibrated to Manager-level experience at a Big Four firm, or equivalent internal audit experience in industry. You will independently execute SOX testing and advisory work across several core financial and operational processes.

Responsibilities

• Independently execute SOX testing and advisory work across assigned financial and operational process areas, exercising independent judgment on complex or ambiguous control questions.
• Contribute to the annual SOX scoping and risk assessment process for assigned process areas, in alignment with the overall ICFR program.
• Maintain ICFR/SOX 404 documentation for assigned processes, including COSO framework mapping, process and control narratives/flowcharts, and risk and controls matrices.
• Review the testing work of co-sourced resources or junior team members for quality, completeness, and adherence to methodology.
• Cook up evidence collection and remediation efforts, holding process owners accountable to agreed timelines.
• Identify control deficiencies, evaluate severity and root cause, and partner with Finance and business leadership to design and validate effective remediation.
• Apply professional skepticism to independently evaluate and conclude on control design and operating effectiveness.
• Execute internal audit and advisory projects on operational risk areas beyond core SOX scope - such as revenue/billing reconciliation, vendor and Service Level Agreement (SLA) controls, and contract-related financial risk.
• Advise Finance, Revenue, Procurement, and Operations process owners on control design for new products, systems, or contract structures.
• Contribute to components of Lambda’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process, including risk identification, assessment, and prioritization workshops.
• Audit and evaluate the severity and impact of control deficiencies, including evaluation of aggregation and compensating controls.
• Work with Controllership, FP&A, Revenue, Procurement, and Treasury process owners to develop, track, and validate remediation plans.
• Recommend process improvements and efficiency opportunities while maintaining control effectiveness.
• Serve as the day-to-day liaison with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, Treasury, and business process owners on SOX and assurance activities for assigned areas.
• Support external auditors during financial-process SOX testing for assigned areas, providing evidence, walkthroughs, and context as needed.
• Provide guidance to process owners, and informal coaching to co-sourced or junior team members, on control requirements and leading practices.
• Prepare clear workpapers, findings summaries, and status updates for the Head of Internal Audit, including materials to support Audit Committee reporting.
• Communicate control issues and remediation status in clear, business-oriented language to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Monitor relevant accounting, regulatory, and industry developments (e.g., revenue recognition, PCAOB guidance) that may affect assigned process areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• CPA or CIA strongly preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in internal audit, external audit, or accounting/SOX compliance, at a level equivalent to Manager at a Big Four accounting firm, or an internal audit professional with comparable scope and seniority in industry.
• Deep working knowledge of COSO framework, ICFR, internal audit methodology, and IIA standards.
• Experience independently leading testing of financial close, revenue, procurement, treasury, or other core business-process controls.
• Demonstrated experience in enterprise risk management and operational (non-SOX) audit work.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to independently evaluate financial and operational risk across complex, fast-changing processes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with, and influence, both finance and non-finance senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to review and quality-check the work of junior team members or co-sourced resources, even without formal direct reports.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple concurrent process areas in a dynamic, fast-growth environment with minimal oversight.

Skills & Competencies

• Experience with usage-based, subscription, or long-term/take-or-pay revenue models, and related revenue recognition considerations (e.g., ASC 606).
• Prior experience in a fast-growth or pre-IPO organization, building or scaling a SOX program ahead of public-company readiness.
• Experience with data analytics tools (e.g., SQL, ACL, Power BI, Python) to enhance testing efficiency and insights.
• Experience with audit management tools (e.g., AuditBoard, Archer, Workiva).
• Exposure to data centre, cloud infrastructure, or other capital-intensive business models.
• Prior involvement in ERM program design or risk assessment workshops.
• Experience presenting findings to senior leadership or an Audit Committee.

Benefits

Compensation Range: $184K - $245K

Pay

Salary Range Information The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

Schedule

This role requires presence in our San Jose or San Francisco office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.