Executive Director: Finance Audit & Control Oversight Lead

PowerToFly; New York (NY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Senior Finance Risk lead in New York to oversee all internal audit-related interactions across Finance. This role involves collaborating with finance leadership for audit preparedness and providing insights into global regulatory plans.

Candidates should possess strong audit knowledge, excellent communication skills, and experience in Finance, Audit, or Risk roles. The position offers a competitive compensation package with a base salary range of $165,000 to $275,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Ability to synthesize complex information into actionable insights.
• Proven controller or control-focused experience in Finance, Audit, or Risk roles.
• Strong understanding of audit processes and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior Finance Risk lead for audit interactions.
• Act as point of contact for Internal Audit across Finance.
• Partner with finance leadership for audit preparedness.

Skills

Audit processes

Internal controls

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Role Summary

Serve as senior Finance Risk lead for all internal audit‑related interactions across Finance. The Finance‑Wide Audit and Control Oversight lead serves as a key senior point of contact between the finance department leads and internal audit teams, ensuring comprehensive oversight of all audit activities, findings, and control framework evaluations across the organization. This role is responsible for maintaining a holistic, cross‑functional perspective on all interactions related to audits and controls, supporting the organization’s commitment to effective risk management, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as day‑to‑day POC for Internal Audit across Finance and a key stakeholder within internal audit continuous monitoring discussions.
• Partner closely with Head of Finance Risk & Assurance (FinRiA), Finance Operations, Chief Accounting Officer, Finance Management and Finance Technology to align and coordinate across the Internal Audit life cycle.
• Partner with finance leadership to ensure Finance is prepared for audits including cross‑Finance coordination and feedback on the annual audit plan and the proactive identification of control gaps ahead of internal audit reviews, in conjunction with the Non‑Financial Risk and Control Assessment process.
• Ensure consistent and high‑quality audit responses, documentation, and remediation plans.
• Objectively and consistently mediate, and elevate where necessary, audit rating discussions.
• Maintain a read‑across view of all audit engagements, including discussions on preliminary findings, root cause analysis, and work plans.
• Assess control frameworks across Finance functions; identify gaps and drive consistent sustained remediation efforts, including—as appropriate—coordination with Finance Change and Transformation initiatives.
• Develop and present thematic analysis of audit results and control issues with recommendations to senior stakeholders. Own rules of the road to ensure remediation is consistent and timely across Finance functions/departments.
• Collaborate across the FinRiA organization to strengthen control environment and governance practices.
• Provide updates and insights into global regulatory plans and issue remediation, including closure verification activities by Internal Audit.
• Identify and recommend areas where additional reviews by either Internal Audit or Finance Quality Assurance functions can assist Finance Management in providing insight into the adequacy of controls.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, comprehend, and distill audit findings across multiple functional areas with clarity, connecting outcomes to actionable plans across the organization.
• Strong understanding of audit processes, internal controls, risk management, issue management and relevant governance frameworks.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to constructively challenge and influence stakeholders at senior levels both within and outside Finance.
• Proven controller or control‑focused experience in Finance, Audit, or Risk roles.

Compensation

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $165,000 and $275,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long‑term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).