Manager, Internal Audit

Alcon•Fort Worth, TX

About The Position

At Alcon, the Manager, Internal Audit supports the Internal Audit Team by leading and executing audit engagements across financial, operational, and compliance areas. The role collaborates with global stakeholders across Finance, Compliance, Information Technology, and Business Continuity to execute risk-based audits and promote a strong organizational control environment. The manager leads IT internal audit engagements, assesses risks, communicates findings and recommendations to business leaders, and prepares concise audit reports. As an Audit Lead, the manager guides and reviews team members’ work to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with audit methodology and quality standards. The role also contributes to audit planning, shares best practices and professional development learnings, and supports special projects and initiatives that strengthen governance, risk management, and compliance. Travel of up to 20% is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience; alternatively, high school plus 13 years, an associate degree plus 9 years, an M.S. plus 2 years, or a Ph.D. with 0 years of experience.
Fluency in reading, writing, understanding, and communicating in English.
Five years of relevant experience.
Willingness and ability to travel up to 20%.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a global, matrixed environment with cross-functional teams.
Experience leading audit engagements and guiding internal or external team members.
Knowledge of internal audit standards, risk assessment methodologies, and control frameworks.
Familiarity with SOX, COBIT, and NIST frameworks.
IT risk and control expertise, including ITGC, disaster recovery, cloud, data, and SDLC controls.
Cybersecurity and identity security experience or knowledge.
Industry experience in life sciences, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, or other regulated environments.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience partnering with Legal, Compliance, Finance, and FP&A teams.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality results.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with global stakeholders across Finance, Compliance, Information Technology, and Business Continuity to execute risk-based audit engagements and strengthen the control environment.
Lead and execute IT internal audit engagements, including planning, testing, documenting, and evaluating IT controls and audit projects.
Assess risks and communicate audit results by discussing observations, impacts, and recommendations with business leaders.
Prepare concise audit reports that support informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
Serve as Audit Lead on assigned engagements and guide and review team members’ work to ensure quality, accuracy, consistency, and adherence to audit methodology.
Support Internal Audit planning and continuous improvement, share best practices and professional development learnings, and contribute to special projects and initiatives that strengthen governance, risk management, and compliance.