Senior Fraud Investigator

Dealership:
L0105 Lithia Home Office
Senior Fraud Investigator
The Asset Protection and Compliance Senior Associate (Senior Fraud Investigator) will be responsible for planning and conducting audits and investigations covering a broad range of the Company's operations to determine if functional areas are conducting operations in accordance with established guidelines, policies, procedures, and governmental and legal requirements.
The Asset Protection and Compliance Senior Associate reports to the Asset Protection and Compliance Senior Manager or Manager.
Compensation Range: $66,000 - $85,800 annually
Location: Tigard, OR (Hybrid)
Responsibilities

• Lead projects of data analysis, audits, and investigations of the Company's Compliance and Fraud & Ethics functions, including planning, organizing, execution, and reporting of results
• Assist in supervising team members (associates, interns, and rotational members) to include interviewing, training, mentoring, and evaluation
• Perform detail analyses and develop tools targeted at the identification of potential compliance gaps
• Contribute to the identification of risks, scoping, and developing detailed audit programs and investigations
• Assist with oral and written presentations to management during and at project conclusion, discuss deficiencies, recommend corrective actions, and assist in appraising the status of changes to be made
• Perform ongoing monitoring, analysis, and reporting to support the successful operation of the business
• Engage in cross-collaboration efforts between Home Office teams and Store Operations to ensure store support of company initiatives
• Support the team's acquisition and divestiture activities, which may include flexible hours or travel

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail
• Sense of urgency
• Excellent communication, written and verbal
• Critical thinking
• Time management, ability to manage and prioritize project deadlines and manage one's own time
• 2 - 5 years of audit or compliance experience in public accounting and/or private industry, Big 4 experience a plus

• BS/BA degree in an accounting or finance related field from an accredited college or university
• CPA/CIA/CFE certification or eligible candidate preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Power BI, and SharePoint
• Experience with CDK, Hyperion Financial Management, SQL, and/or Workiva audit software a plus

Competencies

• Does the right thing, takes action and adapts to change
• Self-motivates, believes in accountability, focuses on results, makes plans, and follows through
• Believes in humility, shares best practices, desires to keep learning, measures performance and adapts to improve results
• Thrives on a team, stays positive, lives our values

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. *

• Up to 1/3 of time: standing, walking, lifting up to 25 pounds
• Up to 2/3 of time: sitting, kneeling, reaching, talking, hearing

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
NOTE: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the job. While this list is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the company reserves the right to revise the functions and duties of the job or to require that additional or different tasks be performed.
We offer best in class industry benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Paid Holidays & PTO
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Lithia Learning Center
• Vehicle Purchase Discounts
• Wellness Programs

High School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. Acceptable driving record and a valid driver's license in your state of residence necessary for select roles. We are a drug free workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.