Global Payments Technology Audit Lead

Bytedance; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance seeks an experienced Global Payments Technology Internal Audit Lead to join the Global Technology Audit team. You will lead audits across payment, lending, and fintech ecosystems outside China, leveraging data analytics and AI to drive risk-based assurance.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and risk owners to shape audit strategy, evaluate controls, and communicate findings to senior management across multiple jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technology auditing, FinTech, regulated payments, or lending.
• Experience leading complex technology audits or risk reviews from planning through reporting.
• Strong understanding of payment systems, transaction flows, architecture, and control environments.
• Ability to assess complex tech environments and communicate risks credibly to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Audit Delivery: develop and execute global Technology Audit strategy for payment, lending, and regulated products outside China.
• Lead complex, risk-based technology audits from planning through reporting, including risk assessment and executive communication.
• Cover Payment Technology Architecture, End-to-End Payment Processing, and Payment Security & Integrations.
• Apply data analytics/AI to detect risks, develop audit testing, and track remediation progress.

Skills

Tech auditing

FinTech/payments

Risk assessment

Stakeholder mgmt

Data analytics

AI in auditing

Education

CISA

CISSP

CRISC

CIA

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Responsibilities

Internal Audit is a global function responsible for providing independent assurance and evaluating the company's risk management, governance and internal control processes to determine if they are designed and operating effectively. The Internal Audit team plans and executes audit projects according to our risk-based audit plan by evaluating operational, compliance, IT, and financial processes and controls. We work with business functions in addressing risks and improving the control environment through timely and comprehensive audit work and tracking of remediation actions until completion.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Global Payments Technology Internal Audit Lead to join the Global Technology Audit team. The role will primarily support ByteDance businesses operating outside China and will be responsible for leading audits and risk reviews across the company’s global payment, lending, and financial technology ecosystem. The individual will utilize innovative assurance methods to impact and influence positive business outcomes across payment products.

Responsibilities

This individual will report to the Head of Global Payments Technology Audit Leader and evaluate the technology, security, operational resilience, data, and regulatory risks associated with payment processing, digital wallets, merchant and creator payments, lending products, and supporting financial infrastructure. The role provides an opportunity to shape the audit strategy and assurance approach for rapidly evolving financial products operating across multiple jurisdictions.

• Audit Delivery: Develop and execute the global Technology Audit strategy for payment, lending, and other regulated financial products across ByteDance businesses outside China. Lead complex, risk-based technology audits and advisory reviews from planning through reporting, including risk assessment, scoping, control evaluation, testing, issue development, and executive communication.
• Payments and Financial Product Coverage: Lead or support reviews covering areas such as:
• Payment Technology Architecture and Platforms: Payment system architecture, including infrastructure, data flows, application controls, digital wallets, and stored-value products.
• End-to-End Payment Processing: Payment acceptance, authorization, clearing, settlement, reconciliation, and disbursement across consumer, merchant, and platform payment flows.
• Payment Security and Integrations: Encryption, tokenization, secure data transmission, API security, service-to-service authentication, and third-party integrations.
• Technology Risk Assessment: Develop practical, risk-based recommendations that address root causes while considering product, engineering, regulatory, and business requirements. Ability to grasp complex, home grown technology stack, comfortable speaking with engineers and product teams.
• Data Analytics / AI: Leverage data analytics to detect risk signals and unearth insights. Apply AI technologies to develop innovative AI-based audit solutions and perform audit testing. Communicate issues and recommendations to senior management. Collaborate with risk owners to ensure risk mitigation plans are developed and completed, tracking and reporting on the progress of the remediation plans on a regular basis.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with management, understand the business to provide value-added services, and establish credibility as a management consultant and internal controls resource. Partner with engineering and product teams to advise on design and implementation of technology solutions.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure the overall quality and consistency of audit work, adhering to department and professional standards. Continuously seek opportunities for audit process improvement.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimally 5 years of relevant experience in technology auditing, assessing financial technology (FinTech), regulated payment, or lending products.
• Experience leading complex technology audits or risk reviews independently from planning through reporting.
• Strong understanding of payment systems, financial transaction flows, technology architecture, and supporting control environments.
• Proven analytical ability to assess complex technology environments against risk assessment outcomes, industry best practices, internal standards and external regulatory requirements.
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills combined with the ability to provide a credible technical challenge to the business.
• Strong professional judgment and the ability to make risk-based decisions in complex and evolving environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with payment regulatory requirements from Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Bank Indonesia (BI), State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
• Ability to evaluate complex technical environments and identify risks that may affect customers, financial integrity, regulatory compliance, or business operations.
• Familiarity with Payments Technology compliance controls, such as, checks during customer onboarding, transaction monitoring, PCI DSS, consumer lending, open banking, and financial data protection.
• Experience with data analytics, automated audit testing, SQL, Python, or other technology-enabled audit techniques.
• Relevant professional certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CRISC, or CIA.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, global technology company or rapidly scaling financial technology environment across different time zones.

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.