Data & Audit Readiness Program Lead

Favia; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Payward is seeking an experienced program manager to join the Data & Audit Readiness team. You will serve as the coordination layer between the Data team and internal Audit, Risk, Security, Finance, Compliance, and external auditors.

You will own inventories, playbooks, catalogs, and access processes that keep the Data team's systems audit ready, translating audit engagements into coordinated, well-documented responses. This role reports to the Director, Regulatory Analytics & Reporting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of program or project management, audit coordination, or data governance in regulated environments.
• Experience with SOC, SOX, IT general controls or regulatory audit frameworks.
• Coordinating audit engagements or liaising with Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, or external auditors.
• Strong organizational skills with inventories, playbooks, or documentation for recurring processes.
• Familiarity with data cataloging, tagging, or governance practices for audit readiness.
• Understanding of data access management and fit-for-purpose access evaluation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to satisfy technical and auditing stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as the program management layer for the Data team during audits, interfacing with audit and risk functions.
• Own audit readiness as a continuous, always-on practice with inventories, playbooks, and catalogs.
• Create and manage an inventory of audit tests, requested items, and response playbooks.
• Maintain a catalog of data sources in scope with readiness status and improvement areas.
• Align with Finance, Security, and Compliance to provide coordination during audits.
• Implement tagging and governance to identify datasets considered audit ready.
• Manage the auditor data access role to ensure access is fit for purpose.

Skills

Program management

Audit coordination

Data governance

Cross-functional coordination

Documentation

Data cataloging

Data access management

Communication skills

Tools

AuditBoard

Jira

Workiva

Job description

Payward is seeking an experienced program manager to join the Data & Audit Readiness team. You will serve as the coordination layer between the Data team and internal Audit, Risk, Security, Finance, Compliance, and external auditors.

You will own inventories, playbooks, catalogs, and access processes that keep the Data team's systems audit ready, translating audit engagements into coordinated, well-documented responses. This role reports to the Director, Regulatory Analytics & Reporting.