Internal Audit Analyst

Job Description

Internal Audit Analyst

About Toyota Financial Services

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) provides retail, leasing and wholesale financial services to Toyota and Lexus dealerships and customers across Canada. TFS is a member of Toyota Financial Services Corporation (TFSC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan with the Canadian operation headquarters in Markham, Ontario

What Sets Us Apart?

At Toyota Financial Services (TFS), you will help create best in class customer experiences in an innovative, collaborative and team focused environment. TFS is an important part of the Toyota family, an award-winning global company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, continuous improvement and environmental responsibility.

TFS currently has an exciting opportunity as the Internal Audit Analyst, reporting to the Manager, Internal Audit in the Internal Audit department. This role is intended for an experienced audit professional who can support audit planning and walkthrough activities led by the Manager, Internal Audit, and independently perform high-quality fieldwork and SOX testing.

What You’ll Be Doing

As an Internal Audit Analyst, you will work closely with the Manager, Internal Audit to support walkthroughs and execute the fieldwork phase of internal audits and SOX testing. This role requires strong audit judgment, the ability to independently gather and analyze information, determine appropriate populations and samples, perform design and operating effectiveness testing, and document work clearly in TeamMate+.

This is a strong opportunity to gain broad exposure across Toyota Financial Services, including audits in IT, cybersecurity, treasury, business operations, legal, compliance, enterprise risk management, and other key areas. The role offers exposure to Toyota processes, senior stakeholders, and opportunities to build audit, analytical, communication, and presentation skills.

Audit Planning Support, Fieldwork & SOX Testing

• Support audit planning activities led by the Manager, Internal Audit, including attending walkthroughs, understanding business processes, identifying key risks and controls, and contributing to audit programs and testing approaches.
• Independently gather and assess relevant information during fieldwork, including policies, procedures, reports, system extracts, transaction data, and supporting evidence required for audit and SOX testing.
• Determine appropriate testing populations and samples in accordance with Internal Audit methodology, and document the basis for population completeness, sampling approach, and testing rationale.
• Perform design and operating effectiveness testing by asking targeted questions, evaluating control activities, analyzing evidence, identifying exceptions, and supporting conclusions with clear audit logic.
• Document fieldwork, testing procedures, evidence reviewed, results, exceptions, and conclusions in TeamMate in a clear, organized, and methodology-aligned manner.
• Escalate potential issues, testing exceptions, delays, and judgment areas to the Manager, Internal Audit with clear supporting facts and preliminary analysis.
• Manage the closure of assigned audit findings by assessing remediation evidence, performing re-testing, validating management action plan completion, and documenting results in detail.
• Maintain clear, complete, and review-ready documentation, recognizing that Internal Audit work may be reviewed by regional and global stakeholders, including teams in Japan and the U.S.
  
  

Analysis & Insight Generation

• Leverage the Data Analytics team, Excel, Power BI, TeamMate, and other audit tools to validate populations, perform analysis, identify trends or anomalies, expand audit coverage, and support testing conclusions.
• Prepare clear, organized, and well-supported working papers that demonstrate the work performed, evidence reviewed, test results, conclusions reached, and alignment to audit methodology.
  
  

Communication & Escalation

• Communicate testing status, evidence gaps, process questions, and potential exceptions to the Manager, Internal Audit in a timely, clear, and well-supported manner.
• Work with process owners and stakeholders to clarify processes, obtain evidence, validate understanding, and support audit fieldwork; formal audit reporting is led by the Manager, Internal Audit.
• Collaborate with second line of defence teams, including Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management, to understand risk themes, control expectations, monitoring activities, and information relevant to audit fieldwork and follow-up.
• Support the preparation of PowerPoint presentations and materials for management and executive audiences.
  
  

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to strengthen processes, improve operational efficiency, and support the ongoing enhancement of Internal Audit practices.
• Support special projects, advisory reviews, and emerging risk assessments as needed.
  
  

What You’ll Bring

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.

2+ years of progressive internal audit, external audit, SOX, risk, controls, or compliance experience, with demonstrated ability to execute audit fieldwork and SOX testing with limited direction.

• Strong understanding of audit methodology, risk and control concepts, testing approaches, sampling, population completeness, audit evidence requirements, and working paper documentation standards.
• Hands-on experience executing SOX testing, including walkthrough support, control design assessments, operating effectiveness testing, evidence evaluation, exception documentation, and clear escalation of deficiencies or testing concerns.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including the ability to prepare professional deliverables for management and executive audiences.
• Experience using audit management systems such as TeamMate to document testing, evidence, exceptions, and conclusions is strongly preferred.
• Experience using data analytics techniques and working with data analytics resources to support audit testing, population validation, trend analysis, and exception identification.
  
  

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess risk, understand control objectives, evaluate evidence, identify control gaps, and support practical recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex issues for business and senior audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently during fieldwork, ask thoughtful follow-up questions, manage evidence requests, analyze information, and deliver high-quality audit documentation within agreed timelines.
• Highly adaptable and collaborative, with the confidence to work directly with process owners and management while maintaining trust and open communication.
  
  

What We Will Bring

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
• Competitive salary including bonus
• Health and dental benefits effective immediately.
• Company pension plan with matched contribution
• Associate vehicle discount program
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Fitness reimbursement
• Great company culture-Respect for people and continuous improvement is at our core
• Hybrid work environment (based on role requirements)
  
  

The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $74,500 - 94,000. The offered salary will be based on the candidate’s experience, knowledge, skills and qualifications.

What You Should Know

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.