Operational Program Manager, Internal Audit

Tesla Internal Audit Team's mission is to protect the company by calling attention to critical risks and driving management action to address those risks. Internal projects are driven by two guiding principles - Keep Tesla Safe and Enable Operational Excellence. The Team achieves its objective by collaborating with functional and business/product groups to identify areas of risk, making valuable recommendations on process and control improvements, cost reduction, and operational excellence. The Internal Audit team works closely with functional and business/product work groups to identify areas of risk, make valuable recommendations on process and control standardization, and influence decision-making process to drive change.

• Conduct operational and financial audits across different functions related to Tesla's automotive and energy business including (but not limited to) manufacturing, supply chain, financial services, vehicle sales, service, and delivery

• Identify and recommend control enhancements to support high-growth environment and constant change while mitigating critical risk

• Facilitate the tracking, validation and closure of remediation plans pertaining to prior audit recommendations

• Independently lead process improvement initiatives due to process change caused by business growth

• Develop strong relationships with business, technology partners and external auditors at all levels

• Leverage leadership experience to coach, mentor and develop solution driven teams

• Prepare and provide written and oral reports, communications and/or presentations to management and executives

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in Public Accounting, Internal Auditing, and Risk Assessment

• Detailed knowledge of critical business processes across key industries such as Automotive, Manufacturing, Retail, Insurance & Financial Services or high growth companies is strongly preferred

• CIA/CPA/CISA qualification with a 5+ years of experience with a Big 4 public accounting firm is strongly preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or equivalent experience

• Experience working with computer-aided auditing, continuous monitoring and data analytic tools (Power BI, Tableau)

• Demonstrated strong leadership, verbal and written communication skills, with ability to navigate fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Experience managing a team preferred with strong knowledge of critical processes such as Business Operations, Order to Cash, Inventory, Production, Service, Supply Chain and Financial Service etc.