Internal Audit Director

The Planet Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Group is seeking an Internal Audit Director in a role open to candidates in Downers Grove, Atlanta, and New York. This full-time position offers 5-month contracting with potential conversion, and a pay rate of 90–100/hour.

You will lead a talented audit team, manage executive relationships, and drive risk-based, data-driven audits across the organization. Strong asset management knowledge and agile approaches are valued.

Qualifications

• CPA or CIA certification (or pursuing) preferred.
• 8+ years of experience as an auditor in asset management.
• Proven experience leading audit teams.
• Ability to coach a senior team and manage relationships with executives.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Solid Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Access skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% domestically.

Responsibilities

• Provide thought leadership in maintaining a dynamic audit universe and risk assessment.
• Plan and conduct audits across the full audit cycle: planning, fieldwork and reporting.
• Identify key processes, risks and controls; prepare audit programs and test procedures.
• Communicate recommendations to remediate control deficiencies.
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels within business lines and control functions.
• Monitor action plans and perform substantive tests of compliance as needed.
• Coach and develop staff; support performance management processes.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Audit planning

Risk management

Education

CPA or CIA certification (or pursuing)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Access

Job description

Job Title:Internal Audit Director

Location: Open to candidates in Downers Grove, Atlanta, and New York

Contract length: 5 months then conversion potential

Schedule: Fulltime

Pay: 90-100/hr

The Department

The client Internal Audit function provides assurance, advisory, and forensic investigative services for the organization. IA serves as valued business advisors that provide meaningful solutions and insights. Our team continuously seeks creative solutions to maximize value to the organization by leveraging technology, data, and agile principles.

Your Role

Reporting to the Head of Audit - Americas and Global Technology, the Internal Audit Director is responsible for leading, managing and developing a talented team of experienced audit professionals with responsibility for all aspects of assigned internal audit engagements, as well as management of relationships with executive management and other key stakeholders across client. This is an opportunity for a candidate with strong internal audit skills and knowledge of asset management to make a real impact in a dynamic firm across its front to back operations. The Internal Audit Director drives key strategic initiatives of the Audit function as part of a global, collaborative team of business and technology auditors. The Director partners closely with business leaders, focusing on the most critical risks and issues facing the organization to deliver strategic, innovative, and data-driven results.

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Providing thought leadership in the maintenance of a dynamic audit universe, providing updates to the risk assessment and keeping it evergreen by identifying emerging risks, divestitures, and significant changes to the businesses.
• Planning and conducting formal audits across the full spectrum of the audit cycle of planning, fieldwork and reporting. This includes:
  • Identification and evaluation of key processes, risks and controls;
  • Preparation of audit programs and other procedures to test controls;
  • Preparation and communication of recommendations to remediate control deficiencies.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, at all levels, within the business lines and control functions.
• Monitoring and reporting on the disposition and status of action plans and conducting substantive tests of compliance, as necessary.
• Performing pre-implementation and post-mortem type reviews, as necessary.
• Keeping abreast of industry and product specific developments and raising any risk and control related topics of interest to Internal Audit management.
• Promoting the department's value proposition.
• Advising and collaborating with staff to create and deliver innovative approaches that meet the objectives of both audit and advisory engagements. Fostering a culture of agility, innovation, and continuous improvement within the Internal Audit function.
• Working with the Internal Audit leadership team to prepare and deliver regular updates to stakeholders, including senior executives, management committees, audit committees, board of directors, and external auditors and/or regulators.
• Assisting in training and development of team members by providing on the job coaching, delivering constructive and motivating feedback, and participation in the performance management process.
• Actively contributing to developing a culture of risk and control awareness throughout the organization. Collaborating across Internal Audit to design techniques and solutions to improve the organization's control environment.

The Experience You Bring:

• An undergraduate degree, with solid financial management and auditing training. A CPA or CIA certification (or pursuing) is preferred.
• 8+ years of experience working as an auditor covering complex and highly regulated asset management firms.
• Proven experience in managing and developing high-performing audit teams.
• Ability to lead, drive and coach a senior team of audit professionals.
• Excellent relationship, project and team management skills.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong understanding of risk management principles and practices.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with senior management and the Board of Directors.
• Solid understanding of Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access and comon internal audit work paper tools (i.e., automated work papers).
• Ability to adapt to a changing regulatory environments and business needs.

Please note there may be a need for up to 10% domestic travel.