Audit Manager

Are you an auditor or other business professional who wants to be a part of a high-performing team that strives to improve the company’s performance through assurance and advisory services designed to evaluate the company’s risk management, operations, and governance functions?  Do you love working across geographies and business cultures to share best practices and advocate effective risk management and process excellence?  If you want to make a difference and love a challenge, this is the position for you.  

The Audit Manager will be a self-starter who excels at learning new processes and business functions and is able to critically analyze controls to assess effectiveness, opportunities for improvements, and efficiency gains.  The Audit Manager  will be comfortable dealing with ambiguity, leveraging data and emerging tools (including AI-assisted capabilities) and have proficient problem solving and collaboration skills. This position involves significant exposure to senior management and requires the ability to communicate complex issues and recommendations with clarity and conviction. This is not a people manager role.

•    Develop detailed test plans for key segments of audits by developing understanding of audit area and analyzing available data and information.
•    Conduct audit fieldwork using appropriate auditing methods, leveraging data analytics and AI-enabled tools to enhance testing and efficiency.
•    Draft audit issues based on fieldwork, supporting evidence, and risk-based implications, incorporating insights derived from data and AI-assisted analysis where appropriate. 
•    Translate complex findings into clear narratives and facilitate stakeholder discussions that drive understanding, alignment, and action.
•    Establish and maintain stakeholder relationships. 
•    Apply critical thinking to assess outputs from data analytics and AI tools, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with business context.
•    Continuously enhance knowledge of auditing, accounting, business operations, company products, and the use of modern tools through self-study and continuing education.

Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business Administration or related field AND 3+ years demonstrated work experience in audit or a combination of auditing and other experience that includes audit or another relevant field including privacy, sales and supply chain, control and compliance, or controllership.

Additional or preferred qualifications 

• Professional certifications including CIA, CPA, Chartered Accountant, or CISA.  
• Specialized audit skills or industry experience such as fraud, privacy, business operations, online services, finance
• Foundational understanding of AI concepts and business applications, with the ability to leverage AI-powered tools (e.g., Copilot-type assistants) to improve productivity and insights. 
• Proficient communication and influence skills, including the ability to translate complex findings into compelling narratives, craft impactful messages for executive audiences, and facilitate thoughtful discussions with curiosity to deepen understanding, drive alignment, and enable informed decision-making.

Internal Audit IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $77,800 - $153,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $102,200 - $169,900 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.