Job Title: Head of Internal AuditHours: Normal business hours.
Salary Range: $137,300 - $217,150, which is base pay with a 12% discretionary bonus structure. Compensation will be based on candidate qualifications.
Job Scope/Duties: - Leads the Internal Audit function and contributes to broader Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) initiatives, exploring how integrated data, continuous monitoring, analytics, intelligent workflows, and emerging AI/ML approaches can strengthen organizational awareness, assurance capabilities, and executive decision-making.
- Manages the Internal Audit function, including audit planning, execution, reporting, issue validation, and overall audit methodology.
- Provides independent audit reporting, audit status updates, issue escalation, and emerging audit or control insights to the Supervisory Committee and executive leadership.
- Oversees the full audit lifecycle, including enterprise risk assessment integration, annual audit planning, audit execution, reporting, remediation validation, and follow-up activities.
- Coordinates and oversee external audit activities and support effective collaboration among external auditors, regulators, management, and internal stakeholders.
- Supports ongoing enhancement of audit methodologies, continuous monitoring capabilities, analytics-enabled assurance approaches, and technology-enabled audit processes.
- Collaborates with broader GRC initiatives involving integrated monitoring, analytics, intelligent workflows, and emerging AI/ML-enabled assurance capabilities.
- Fosters a collaborative, independent, risk-focused, and continuous-improvement-oriented audit culture.
Experience/Minimum Education Requirements: - Requires a minimum of eight years (8) of progressive audit experience within financial services (banks or credit unions), fintechs or other regulated environments.
- Relevant experience with auditing technology, cybersecurity, operational resilience, data governance, or technology-enabled business processes is required.
- Experience interacting with executive leadership, supervisory committees, audit committees, regulators, or external auditors.
- Bachelor's degree or the equivalent level of education and experience in compliance, law, risk management, or related field.
- Requires one or more of the following certifications: Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
- Cybersecurity related certifications such as CISSP, CISM CRISC, or similar are preferred.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities- Extensive knowledge of internal audit standards, risk-based auditing, internal controls, governance practices, and regulatory expectations.
- Strong understanding of information technology, information security, cybersecurity risks, system controls, and technology-enabled operational environments.
- Familiarity with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platforms (e.g., AuditBoard) and data intelligence, analytics, or visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Sigma, Alteryx).
- Excellent communication, leadership, and collaborative problem-solving skills.
- Ability to support modernization initiatives involving analytics, automation, integrated monitoring, or emerging technologies.
- Ability to oversee the full audit lifecycle, including risk assessment, audit planning, fieldwork, reporting, issue validation, and committee reporting.
- Ability to interact effectively with executive leadership, supervisory committees, audit committees, regulators, and external auditors.
MUST HAVE GOOD CREDIT.
