The Sr. Director ofInternal Audit is a critical enterprise leader responsible for helping Nordstrom protect long-term value, strengthen operational resilience, and ensure the business scales with discipline in a privatecompany environment.As Nordstrom continues tooperatewith a longerhorizon ownership model, this role plays an essential part in ensuring risks are surfaced early, controls scale with the business, and audit insight meaningfully informs leadership decisionmaking.

This leader shapes how Internal Audit partners with the business,moving beyond point-in-time reviews toward more continuous, analytics-enabled assurance across retail, supply chain, digital, and technology-enabled operations. The role balances independence and rigor with practicality and judgment, positioning Internal Audit as a trusted enterprise partner while preserving its role as a strong third line of defense.

TheHead of Internal Auditcollaboratesclosely with leaders acrossthe organizationto align audit priorities with Nordstrom27s strategicobjectives, evolving risk profile, and privatecompany value agenda.

This is a hybrid role based in Seattle, reporting to the Audit and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors with administrative reporting to the Chief Financial Officer.

A day in the life

• Set and execute a modern Internal Audit strategy that reflects Nordstrom27s longterm ownership model, enterprise risks, and operational complexity.
• Translate evolving risks into clear audit priorities, ensuring coverage stays relevant as business models, technology, and controls change.
• Lead audits across core retail, supply chain, digital, and technologyenabled processes, with increasing use of analytics and continuous monitoring.
• Partner with senior leadership to surface early signals on control breakdowns, emerging risks, and margineroding issues before theyimpactcustomers or the business.
• Expand governance and audit oversight of AIenabled, automated, and datadriven decisioning as these capabilities scale across the enterprise.
• Strengthen technology, cybersecurity, identity, and thirdparty risk assurance in close collaboration with Technology and Security leaders.
• Develop, coach, andretaina highperforming Internal Audit leadership team, building capabilities in judgment, analytics, and enterprise influence.
• Communicate clearly with executive leadership and the Audit Committee, delivering concise, actionable insight rather than complianceoriented reporting.

You own this if you have

• Have led or materially shaped an enterprise Internal Audit function in a complex organization, withsustainedfocus on long-term value, strong governance, and sound judgment.
• Bring 15+ years of progressive experience across Internal Audit, risk, or advisory environments, including senior leadership roles with responsibility for setting strategy, prioritizing risk, and influencing executive stakeholders.
• Have deep experience auditing technologyenabled processes, including ERP environments, data platforms, and increasingly automated or AIinfluenced workflows, and understand how controls must evolve as business models and technology change.
• Have successfully advanced audit execution models, moving from pointintime, samplebased testing toward more continuous, analyticsdriven, and riskresponsive assurance.
• Haveoperatedcredibly in retail orconsumerfacingenvironments, withdemonstratedimpact protecting inventory integrity, margins, and operational execution across stores, supply chain, and digital channels.
• Bring strong technology, cybersecurity, identity, and thirdparty risk assurance experience, particularly in cloudbased and highly interconnected ecosystems.
• Are comfortable leading in a private company context, where strong financial controls support longterm resilience, disciplined risktaking, and protection of enterprise value.
• Haveexperience developing and leading senior audit managers and directors, building teams known for judgment, independence, and enterpriselevel thinking.
• Bring a combination of in-house leadership andinternalaudit or advisory experience, with professional certifications such as CPA, CIA, or CISA strongly preferred.
• Communicate with clarity and credibility at the executive and Board level, able to translate complex risk issues into concise, actionable insight.

We27ve got you covered

Our employees are our most important asset and that27s reflected in our benefits.Nordstrom is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support employees and their families, including:

• Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away

• Life Insurance and Disability

• Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources

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