Operations & Compliance Audit Leader

Responsibilities

• Lead risk-based audits and advisory reviews across finance, operations, compliance, and other significant enterprise risks.
• Drive governance and oversight of critical business programs, including financial management, regulatory compliance, third-party risk, operational resilience, and enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Evaluate financial and operational processes and controls across areas such as financial reporting, accounting, treasury, tax, revenue, procurement, payroll, expense management, and financial planning, with a focus on material risks affecting execution, scalability, efficiency, and resilience.
• Assess compliance programs and emerging business risks, including those arising from new products, markets, partnerships, organizational changes, and the use of AI in financial, operational, and compliance processes.
• Translate complex technical findings into clear business implications and practical recommendations that enable innovation while supporting effective risk management.
• Build advanced audit capabilities using data analytics, automation, and AI to improve risk assessment, audit scoping, testing, continuous monitoring, and reporting, including identifying anomalies, control weaknesses, and emerging risks.
• Build trusted relationships across the organization and support clear, effective reporting to executive management, regulators, and the Board.
• Monitor developments in regulation, enforcement activity, business practices, and industry risk to keep the audit approach current and forward-looking.
• Coach colleagues, share technical expertise, and contribute to a culture of high standards, sound judgment, curiosity, ownership, and continuous learning.

Requirements

• 10–12+ years of relevant experience in internal audit, finance, accounting, compliance, operational risk, enterprise risk, or a related field.
• Strong expertise across multiple areas, such as financial reporting, accounting, treasury, revenue, procurement, regulatory compliance, third-party risk, operational resilience, or enterprise governance, including experience leading complex audits from risk assessment through reporting and issue validation.
• A strong understanding of data and AI risks—including data quality, lineage, governance, access, and analytics—along with experience using automation or AI-assisted techniques in audit, finance, compliance, risk management, or control testing.
• The ability to understand end-to-end business processes, ask incisive questions, evaluate incomplete information, and reach well-supported conclusions with sound judgment.
• The confidence to challenge constructively and a business-enabling mindset that balances innovation, speed, operational impact, compliance obligations, and risk.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including the ability to explain complex issues clearly to executives and collaborate effectively across finance, legal, compliance, operations, product, and senior management.
• The initiative, curiosity, and adaptability to help build a new capability in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• A relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Certifications such as CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE, CAMS, or CRMA are valued but not required.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience building advanced audit capabilities using data analytics, automation, and AI.
• Strong expertise in data and AI risks.