Internal Audit

Kforce's entertainment client, located in New York, is seeking an Internal Auditor for a long-term contract assignment. Responsibilities:

• Execute risk-based operational audits, advisory engagements and special projects across, media, streaming, advertising, and production businesses
• Support the development of clear audit objectives, scopes, and risk assessments aligned to business priorities
• Evaluate the effectiveness of processes, controls, and governance, identifying opportunities to reduce friction, improve accountability, and support sustainable growth
• Participate in end-to-end process walkthroughs and evaluate processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement
• Perform root cause analysis to help identify underlying issues rather than isolated control failures
• Support assessments of operational maturity and scalability in high-growth or changing environments
• Leverage data analytics to inform audit planning, testing, and continuous risk monitoring
• Analyze transactional and operational data-such as production costs, T&E spend, payroll, vendor payments, and advertising revenue-to identify trends, anomalies, and emerging risks
• Partner with analytics or data resources, as needed, to incorporate targeted, meaningful analytics into audit work
• Identify insights from data visuals, dashboards, and presentations and document them clearly in workpapers and other written deliverables
• Clearly communicate audit results and recommendations, explaining root cause, risk, and business impact in straightforward language
• Develop practical, business-aligned recommendations that strengthen controls without slowing the business down
• Assessing audit and operational risk and determining appropriate audit focus areas
• Identifying control gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities to improve accountability
• Managing multiple engagements simultaneously and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Professional certification(s) such as CIA, CPA, CFE, CISA, or equivalent (active or in progress) preferred
• Strong understanding of operational risk, internal controls, and audit methodologies
• Experience leading or executing operational audits (e.g., T&E, production, vendor payments, revenue processes)
• Strong understanding of the Institute of Internal Auditors' Global Internal Audit Standards
• Extensive experience leveraging data insights to develop risk-based audit methodologies and interpreting analytics to support audit conclusions
• Organized, self-directed, with strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities at once
• Highly prefer prior entertainment or media (would be helpful if they have worked in a production environment in media)
• Big Four or consulting experience preferred