Corporate Director of Internal Audit

HHM Hotels; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages for full time and…

Medical, Dental and Vision Health Ins.

Paid Time Off

401(k) Company Match

Life Insurance (Basic)

Travel Discounts

Commute benefits (Transit/Parking)

Annual Incentive Program

Employee Assistance and Wellness

Educational/Professional Development

Technology Reimbursements

Referral Bonus Program

Annual Incentives

Job summary

HHM Hotels is seeking a Corporate Director of Internal Audit to lead the internal audit, financial controls, and governance across its multi-brand portfolio of 200+ assets. You will report to the CFO and drive risk assessment, control frameworks, and quarterly reporting to executives and the audit committee.

The role requires building and leading a dispersed team, ensuring remediation of findings, and improving overall control environments across properties and corporate functions worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or related field.
• 10+ years in internal audit, financial controls, hospitality finance, or public accounting, including leadership of a function.
• Strong command of internal controls and audit methodology with a track record of building scale in a large organization.
• Experience owning risk assessment and audit planning across a large multi-property portfolio.
• Advanced Excel, AI, and data analytics skills (Python, Power BI, SQL).
• Experience with audit documentation and GRC tools; AuditBoard and BlackLine preferred.
• Hospitality accounting and hotel operations background; familiarity with USALI and GAAP; ERP/PMS/Procurement systems knowledge.
• Comfortable advising and presenting to C-level executives, ownership groups, and the audit committee.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to build teams and manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own the direction and multi-year plan for Internal Audit across 200+ properties and plan team structure and priorities.
• Advise the CFO and senior executives on major financial, operational, and compliance exposures.
• Lead annual risk assessment and audit plan focusing on highest risks.
• Oversee audit program with thousands of findings and 80% remediation, leveraging analytics to improve efficiency and fraud detection.
• Set control policy and design supporting frameworks, including month-end close processes.
• Report audit results and risk trends to executive leadership, ownership, and the audit committee quarterly and year-end.
• Collaborate with Corporate Accounting, Shared Services, and regional teams to tighten month-end close and reporting accuracy.
• Lead training and rollout across properties for standards and controls.

Skills

Internal controls

Audit planning

Data analytics

Excel

Python

Power BI

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/economics

Tools

AuditBoard

BlackLine

Oracle Cloud

M3

Opera

Birchstreet

Job description

Opportunity: Corporate Director of Internal Audit

The Corporate Director of Internal Audit leads the company’s internal audit, financial controls, and governance function across a multi-brand portfolio of over 200 assets. Reporting to the CFO, the Director is responsible for how internal control oversight, certification, and risk management are structured and prioritized across the company. The role works closely with Corporate Accounting, Corporate Shared Services, Treasury, senior finance and operations leadership, and property teams to improve the control environment, the accuracy of reporting, and day-to-day consistency across the portfolio.

This is a senior, highly visible role. The Director sets financial-controls and governance policy for the company and is the person who explains to the executive team, ownership groups, and the audit committee where the real financial, operational, and compliance risks sit and what should be done about them. The Director also runs the audit and controls organization: hiring and developing the team, setting the standards other groups are expected to meet, and holding property and corporate teams to them. The role requires travel and regular in-person time at the Philadelphia, PA and Camp Hill, PA corporate offices as well as hotels.

Your Focus

• Own the direction and multi-year plan for the Internal Audit, Financial Controls, and Governance function across roughly 200+ properties, including how the team is structured and how work gets prioritized.
• Advise the CFO and other senior executives on the company’s most significant financial, operational, and compliance exposures, and represent the function to ownership groups and the audit committee.
• Lead the annual risk assessment and audit plan, concentrating coverage on the areas of greatest risk to the business and to ownership.
• Oversee an audit program that produces more than 3,000 findings a year with over 80% remediation, and use analytics and automation to work more efficiently and catch fraud earlier.
• Set control policy and design the supporting frameworks, including certification and month-end close processes, and put the teams and oversight in place to keep them running.
• Report audit results, risk trends, and remediation progress to executive leadership, ownership, and the audit committee each quarter and at year end.
• Work with Corporate Accounting and Shared Services, regional finance teams, and property Directors of Finance to tighten month-end close, balance sheet integrity, and the accuracy of ownership reporting.
• Run the property review program and the recurring finance and operations forums that keep practices consistent across the portfolio, expand audit coverage, and turn SOPs into standards that people follow.
• Manage recurring reporting, including monthly financial statement completion and certification, balance sheet scorecards, and self-assessments that close control gaps.
• Find and fix financial exposure, and put lasting controls in place so the same issues do not come back.
• Support improvements to financial systems and processes across ERP, PMS, and reporting platforms, including standards transitions such as USALI, and lead the related training, onboarding, and consistent rollout across properties.
• Build and lead a geographically dispersed team, and develop Directors of Finance and audit leaders into stronger business partners.

Your Background and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a related field required.
• 10+ years in internal audit, financial controls, hospitality finance, or public accounting, including several years leading an audit, controls, or governance function.
• Strong command of internal controls and audit methodology, with a track record of building and scaling control and governance programs at a large organization.
• Experience owning risk assessment and audit planning across a large, multi-property or multi-entity portfolio.
• Advanced Excel, AI, and data analytics skills, including hands-on use of tools like Python, Power BI, or SQL to improve audit efficiency and detect fraud.
• Experience with audit documentation and GRC tools; AuditBoard (OpsAudit, CrossComply, Analytics, Accelerate) and BlackLine preferred.
• Hospitality accounting and hotel operations background strongly preferred, including familiarity with USALI and GAAP; exposure to ERP, PMS, and procurement/payroll systems such as Oracle Cloud, M3, Opera, or Birchstreet a plus.
• Comfortable advising and presenting to C-level executives, ownership groups, and the audit committee.
• A strong leader and communicator who can build teams, manage competing priorities, and work independently at a senior level.

HHM Benefits and Perks

• Competitive wages for full time and part time opportunities
• Medical, Dental and Vision Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401k Company Match
• Free Basic Life Insurance
• Travel Discounts
• Commuter Transit and Commuter Parking Benefits
• Annual Incentive Program
• Employee Assistance and Wellness Program
• Educational/Professional Development
• Technology Reimbursements
• Referral Bonus Program
• Annual Incentives

Work Environment and Context

• Typical for an office environment, may require occasional weekend/evening work, recurring travel required.
• Requires sitting for extended periods, use of hands and fingers to operate computers and keyboards.

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