Manager, Internal Audit Transformation & Operations

Job Description

Thomson Reuters (TR) is the world's leading provider of intelligent information and technology solutions for professionals in the legal, tax, corporate, government, and media markets. Our mission is to inform the way forward — empowering professionals with trusted data, insights, and innovative tools to make confident decisions, achieve operational excellence, and uphold integrity.

The Internal Audit (IA) function is embarking on a strategic transformation to become a digitally powered, AI-enabled, and automation-first organization. This transformation spans three critical domains: Internal Audit engagements, Forensic investigations, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) / Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) testing. This function is committed to independence, integrity, and continuous improvement, positioned as a trusted strategic partner aligned with TR's objectives.

We are seeking an experienced and disciplined Manager, Internal Audit Transformation & Operations to serve as the execution lead for our Internal Audit transformation program. This role is critical to ensuring that automation, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence are embedded into audit, forensics, and controls workflows at pace and scale, while managing scope, dependencies, and team capacity.

Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Internal Audit Transformation & Technology, this individual will be the guardian of sprint rhythm, backlog discipline, and operational excellence, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Beyond transformation execution, this role is the operational backbone of Internal Audit — building and managing the mechanisms that keep the function running day to day, such as work allocation, resourcing, and capacity planning. This is an exceptional opportunity for a change agent committed to building a career within the Internal Audit function across its three domains. This individual will:

Champion agile delivery and transformation execution

Enforce scope discipline and protect the team from distraction

Manage pilot sequencing and cross-functional dependencies

Remove blockers and escalate risks with transparency

Coach the IA team and delivery partners on agile practices and continuous improvement

Serve as a durable change agent, driving transformation not only during the program but positioning for ongoing evolution and leadership within the IA function

Enable the transformation to move at velocity without sacrificing quality or strategic alignment

Build and manage the operational mechanisms that underpin day-to-day delivery across the IA function, including work allocation, resourcing, and capacity planning

This position is based in Zug, Switzerland or New York, USA and reports directly to the Senior Director, Internal Audit Transformation & Technology.

Key Responsibilities:

Own the sprint rhythm, ceremonies (planning, standups, retros, demos), and backlog grooming across all transformation work streams (Continuous Monitoring & Data-Driven Assurance, Digitizing & AI-Enabling IA)

Own the operational mechanisms of the IA function — including work allocation, resourcing, and capacity planning — serving as the operational backbone that keeps audit, forensics, and controls delivery running smoothly alongside the transformation agenda

Maintain and groom the transformation backlog with ruthless prioritization; enforce "in-scope" and "out-of-scope" decisions to protect delivery milestones and prevent scope creep

Manage pilot dependencies, sequencing, and resource allocation across concurrent initiatives; identify and escalate blockers early

Track team velocity, capacity, and burndown; surface risks and bottlenecks to the Senior Director and leadership; facilitate corrective actions

Maintain the transformation program dashboard and milestone tracker; provide weekly and monthly visibility to stakeholders on delivery readiness, pilot health, and delivery confidence

Remove impediments preventing the team from executing; advocate for the team to leadership and coordinate resourcing across Finance, Technology, and enterprise technology partners

Coach the IA team, development partners, and extended team on agile principles, ceremonies, and delivery discipline; foster a culture of continuous improvement and psychological safety

Facilitate communication across work streams, managing dependencies across all transformation initiatives

Partner with the Senior Director to translate strategic vision into quarterly and sprint-level delivery roadmaps; ensure backlog reflects business priorities and MVP/phasing discipline

Lead sprint retrospectives focused on identifying what's working, what's not, and how the team can improve delivery cadence and quality in the next sprint

Serve as a trusted advisor to the IA leadership team on program health, team morale, and organizational readiness for transformation adoption

Manage the integration and onboarding of new team members onto the transformation program; ensure knowledge transfer and role clarity

Track and report on key metrics: burndown, velocity, pilot adoption, and team engagement; use data to drive continuous improvement decisions

Required Qualifications:

Extensive experience (7+ years) in risk consulting, internal audit, governance, risk, or compliance environments; demonstrated success in complex transformation or modernization programs is essential

• •Strong background as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or similar delivery leadership role in a transformation program; experience running SAFe or other scaled-agile frameworks preferred
• •Proven track record in managing complex, multi-workstream programs with dependencies across technology, business, and compliance teams

Experience working with distributed teams across time zones and geographies

Demonstrated excellence in facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder communication; ability to influence without authority

Strong data literacy; comfort using dashboards, burndown charts, and metrics to drive decision-making

Genuine curiosity about continuous improvement and passion for removing obstacles for delivery teams; commitment to driving sustainable change beyond the transformation program

Comfort in ambiguity; ability to adapt methodology and ceremonies as the transformation evolves and learns

Familiarity with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) technologies and platforms; experience with enterprise data infrastructure (data warehouses, analytics platforms, automation tools) is valuable

Familiarity with audit, forensics, SOX/ICFR testing, controls, or risk management domains is valuable; willingness to rapidly develop expertise across all three IA domains is essential

Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to juggle multiple priorities without losing sight of the big picture

Self-directed learner and change agent; career ambition to grow within the Internal Audit function and contribute to building lasting capability across audit, forensics, and controls domains

Experience designing or managing team operating mechanisms — work allocation, resourcing, and capacity planning — within a professional services, audit, or similarly matrixed environment

Preferred Qualifications:

Deep familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and ceremonies; strong knowledge of agile approaches and practices demonstrated through professional application

University degree at Master's level (MSc or equivalent) preferred, in business administration, computer science, engineering, finance, or related field

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What’s in it For You?

• •Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• •Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to