The Director, Internal Audit, is responsible for leading and executing a risk-based financial and operational audit strategy across assigned business areas, ensuring alignment with enterprise risks and strategic priorities, regulatory requirements, and Internal Audit standards. This role provides strategic oversight of audit execution, drives continuous improvement in audit quality and methodology, and serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.
The Director is accountable for delivering high impact assurance and advisory engagements, developing talent, and enhancing the overall effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal control processes.
Key Responsibilities
Audit Strategy and Planning
• Lead the development and execution of the annual audit plan, ensuring alignment with enterprise risk priorities
• Partner with Internal Audit leadership to evolve audit coverage
• Leverage data analytics and technology to enhance audit effectiveness
• Evaluate the significance of audit findings, review findings, recommendations and corrective action with appropriate levels of management and executives
Audit Execution and Quality
• Oversee end to end audit execution
• Ensure quality and consistency of audit deliverables and internal documentation
• Drive clear articulation of risks and remediation plans
Stakeholder Engagement
• Serve as liaison with senior management
• Align on findings and remediation
• Influence business leaders through actionable insights
Risk and Control Leadership
• Identify emerging risks
• Drive risk based audit methodology
• Provide advisory on control design and governance
Team Leadership and Talent Development
• Lead and develop audit teams
• Foster high performance culture
• Drive accountability for achieving key performance metrics, while advancing AI enabled insights and broader technology transformation initiatives
Reporting and Communication
• Oversee the preparation and quality of audit reports delivered to leadership and the Audit Committee
• Provide updates to various governance forums
• Maintain Internal Audit policy manual
• Communicate complex topics effectively
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Advance degree preferred
• 10 plus years of relevant experience
• Prior people leadership experience
Preferred Qualifications
• CPA, CIA, or CISA
• Big 4 or large corporate internal audit experience
• Integrated audit experience
• Executive stakeholder exposure
Critical Skills
• Risk based auditing expertise
• Leadership and team development
• Executive communication
• Relationship building
• Analytical problem solving
• Continuous improvement mindset
Education
• 4 year degree required
• Master’s degree a plus
Certifications
• CPA, CIA, CISA or related certifications preferred
Physical Requirements
• General office demands
• Must have the ability to travel up to 25% of the time
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$137,400 - $229,000
