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Principal Auditor jobs are open across financial services, healthcare, government, and manufacturing, from senior associate to principal and director levels, with specializations in internal audit, compliance, and IT or operational risk. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Date: Nov 12, 2026
Location(s): Juno Beach, FL, US, 33408
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 98781
Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.
Position Specific Description
Employees in this role will engage in the full audit process, from prioritizing risks and planning to fieldwork and communicating results. A successful candidate will have:
- a bachelors and/or masters degree in accounting/finance
- industry experience in accounting, procurement, compliance, and/or risk
- a collaborative mindset
- strong communication
- strong leadership skills fostering insightful relationships
- critical thinking and technical expertise
- solid written and oral communication skills
- strong excel and analytical skills
- a smart brevity mindset
This role offers exposure to many areas of the company, making each day unique. Internal Audit handles SOX testing, internal audits, consultations, and investigations as needed. Employees partner with the company as risks change or needs arise.
Job Overview
Employees in this job possess and apply their comprehensive knowledge of the Company's Internal Audit principles, practices and procedures to plan, conduct and complete the most complex, confidential or high risk assignments and investigations.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Develops new or modified standards or recommends modifications to existing audit processes to enhance the effectiveness of audits
- Directs large, complex audit projects by developing project scope, making recommendations and writing audit reports
- Conducts audits independently or with minimal supervision
- Writes audit reports with minimal changes required
- Provides mentoring to new and Intermediate Internal Auditors
- Performs Sarbanes-Oxley testing as necessary
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- High School Grad / GED
- Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
- Experience: 6+ years
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Master's Degree
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Audit
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
Relocation Provided: No
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.
NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies.
Nearest Major Market: Palm Beach
Nearest Secondary Market: Miami
Date: Nov 12, 2026
Location(s): Juno Beach, FL, US, 33408
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 98781
Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.
Position Specific Description
Employees in this role will engage in the full audit process, from prioritizing risks and planning to fieldwork and communicating results. A successful candidate will have:
- a bachelors and/or masters degree in accounting/finance
- industry experience in accounting, procurement, compliance, and/or risk
- a collaborative mindset
- strong communication
- strong leadership skills fostering insightful relationships
- critical thinking and technical expertise
- solid written and oral communication skills
- strong excel and analytical skills
- a smart brevity mindset
This role offers exposure to many areas of the company, making each day unique. Internal Audit handles SOX testing, internal audits, consultations, and investigations as needed. Employees partner with the company as risks change or needs arise.
Job Overview
Employees in this job possess and apply their comprehensive knowledge of the Company's Internal Audit principles, practices and procedures to plan, conduct and complete the most complex, confidential or high risk assignments and investigations.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Develops new or modified standards or recommends modifications to existing audit processes to enhance the effectiveness of audits
- Directs large, complex audit projects by developing project scope, making recommendations and writing audit reports
- Conducts audits independently or with minimal supervision
- Writes audit reports with minimal changes required
- Provides mentoring to new and Intermediate Internal Auditors
- Performs Sarbanes-Oxley testing as necessary
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- High School Grad / GED
- Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
- Experience: 6+ years
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Master's Degree
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Audit
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
Relocation Provided: No
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.
NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies.
Nearest Major Market: Palm Beach
Nearest Secondary Market: Miami
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal auditor jobs.
- CPA, CIA, or CISA certification required or strongly preferred
- 7 or more years of internal or external audit experience
- Deep knowledge of IIA Standards, COSO framework, and SOX compliance
- Experience leading end-to-end audit engagements independently
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
- Proficiency with audit management and data analytics tools such as ACL or TeamMate
Tips for Your Principal Auditor Job Search
Tailor your resume to audit frameworks
Hiring managers for principal auditor roles scan for specific frameworks like COSO, COBIT, or IIA Standards. Name the ones you've applied in practice, not just studied, and tie each to a concrete engagement outcome on your resume.
Lead with engagement scope and findings
Generic audit experience reads flat at the principal level. Quantify the scope of audits you've led, the number of control deficiencies identified, and whether findings reached the board or audit committee. Reviewers want evidence of independent judgment, not just participation.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists principal auditor openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by industry specialization
Principal auditor roles in financial services require different technical depth than those in healthcare or federal contracting. Search with industry-specific terms like SOX, HIPAA, or FAR to surface openings that match your domain expertise before you apply.
Prepare a case-walkthrough answer for interviews
Interviewers at the principal level almost always ask you to walk through a complex engagement from planning to reporting. Practice a structured narrative covering risk identification, sampling decisions, management pushback, and your final recommendation.
Negotiate scope before accepting an offer
At the principal level, your reporting line and audit committee access matter as much as compensation. Before accepting, clarify whether you'll have direct access to leadership, ownership over the audit plan, and authority to escalate findings without filtering.
Principal Auditor Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most principal auditors?
The companies hiring the most principal auditors right now include Capital One, SAIC, and Deutsche Bank, with the largest share of openings in New York, North Carolina, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Financial institutions, large healthcare systems, and federal contractors tend to post the highest volume of principal auditor openings consistently.
How many principal auditor jobs are remote?
About 67% of principal auditor openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the audit function's growing acceptance of distributed teams. IT audit and risk advisory sub-specializations tend to offer the highest share of remote or hybrid arrangements, while operational and facilities-based audit roles more often require on-site presence.
How do you become a principal auditor?
Start by earning a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, then obtain a CPA or CIA credential to establish technical credibility. Build experience across multiple audit cycles in internal or external audit, progressively taking ownership of engagement planning and fieldwork. Move into senior auditor roles where you lead smaller teams, then pursue positions with broader scope, independent reporting responsibilities, and direct interaction with audit committees.
Can you get hired as a principal auditor without direct experience at that level?
Some candidates move into principal auditor roles from senior auditor positions if they can demonstrate they've functioned at that scope informally. Focus your application materials on engagements where you owned the planning, led the testing, and delivered findings to management without close supervision. Certifications like the CIA or CISA and experience with risk-based audit methodology can offset a title gap in many organizations.
What does the principal auditor interview process look like?
Most processes include a recruiter screen, a technical interview covering audit standards and methodology, and a behavioral or case-based interview with the internal audit director or chief audit executive. Some employers add a written exercise asking you to design an audit program for a hypothetical risk area. References are typically checked after a verbal offer, and final approvals often involve the CFO or audit committee chair at larger organizations.
Where can I find and apply to principal auditor jobs?
You can find and apply to principal auditor jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your industry background, certification level, and preferred location, then apply directly to each opening that fits.
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