Global Payments Tech Audit Lead

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 220,400; Full time

Job summary

TikTok seeks a Technology Internal Audit Lead – Global Payment to drive audit strategy across payment, lending, and regulated financial products for TikTok and affiliates outside China. You will lead complex audits, collaborate with engineering and product teams, and influence risk management and controls in a fast-paced, global fintech environment.

The role emphasizes strong analytical capability, technical depth in payment ecosystems, and the ability to communicate findings to executive

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in technology auditing, assessing financial technology (FinTech), regulated payment, or lending products.
• Strong understanding of payment systems, financial transaction flows, technology architecture, and supporting control environments.
• Experience leading complex technology audits or risk reviews independently from planning through executive reporting.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Audit Delivery: Develop and execute the global Technology Audit strategy for payment, lending, and other regulated financial products across TikTok and 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, end-to-end payment processing, payment security and integrations, and data analytics / AI for risk detection.
• Technology Risk Assessment: Develop practical, risk-based recommendations addressing root causes while considering product, engineering, regulatory, and business requirements.
• Data Analytics / AI: Leverage data analytics to detect risk signals and unearth insights; apply AI technologies to develop audit solutions and perform testing.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Build collaborative relationships with management; partner with engineering and product teams to advise on design and implementation of technology solutions.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure overall audit quality and consistency; seek opportunities for process improvements.

Skills

Technology auditing

Payments systems

Analytical thinking

Communication

Risk assessment

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

TikTok seeks a Technology Internal Audit Lead – Global Payment to drive audit strategy across payment, lending, and regulated financial products for TikTok and affiliates outside China. You will lead complex audits, collaborate with engineering and product teams, and influence risk management and controls in a fast-paced, global fintech environment.

The role emphasizes strong analytical capability, technical depth in payment ecosystems, and the ability to communicate findings to executive