Internal Auditor - Director

Huron; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Huron invites a Director‑level professionals with deep Internal Audit and AML/BSA/OFAC experience to join our Financial Institutions Advisory team in the United States. You will shape risk based audit approaches spanning strategy, people, process and technology for financial services clients.

This client‑facing role requires leading engagements, ensuring compliance with IIA standards, and collaborating across service lines to deliver value while traveling to client sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, economics or a related field.
• 7+ years of internal audit and AML/BSA/OFAC compliance experience in financial services or public accounting.
• Strong knowledge of IIA standards, auditing procedures and applicable financial services regulations.
• Experience leading end-to-end internal audit engagements and managing engagement economics.

Responsibilities

• Assist with proposal, budget, and timeline development.
• Deliver internal audit risk assessments and planning with client background research.
• Lead fieldwork: interviews, guidance to junior staff, review of work papers.
• Manage engagement economics: scope, progress, budget vs. actual, risks, billing.
• Prepare draft reports and client communications; foster client relationships.
• Develop thought leadership and collaborate with other service lines.

Skills

Internal audit

AML compliance

BSA compliance

OFAC compliance

Client-facing

Regulatory knowledge

Project management

Analytical thinking

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/business

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Enterprise ChatGPT

Copilot

Job description

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future.

You’ll help banks, asset management and insurance organizations own their future by helping them to transform and create new business models to meet changing customer needs and drive sustainability.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

Huron is seeking Director level candidates with experience in Internal Audit, AML, BSA, OFAC within the financial services industry to join our Financial Institutions Advisory team. In this client‑facing role, you will leverage your deep understanding of banking regulations, policies and governance to help clients develop an integrated and sustainable internal audit approach that encompasses a holistic view of strategy, people, process and technology.

Required

• Assisting with proposal, budget and timeline development.
• Delivering internal audit risk assessment and internal audit planning by conducting research on client background and risks, leading internal audit risk assessment, developing an internal audit plan, preparing for kick‑off meetings with clients and other necessary planning activities.
• Executing an internal audit plan, including conducting interviews with senior management, overseeing day‑to‑day engagement teams, providing guidance to junior team members during fieldwork, reviewing work papers prepared by junior team members, providing feedback, and preparing for kickoff and exit meetings with clients.
• Managing end‑to‑end internal audit engagement economics, including monitoring scope, engagement progress, budget versus actual, risks and issues, and billing.
• Preparing draft reports and wrapping up internal audit work.
• Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with client personnel to identify further work opportunities.
• Building strong internal relationships across other service lines.
• Contributing to the development of thought‑leadership materials.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, economics or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience with internal audit and AML, BSA, OFAC compliance in a big public accounting and consulting firm, regulatory environment or the banking sector.
• Strong knowledge of IIA Standards, auditing standards and procedures, relevant laws, rules and regulations with the financial services industry.
• Broad abilities in process and controls and risk assessment.
• Extensive experience in developing and implementing internal audit programs including but not limited to financial, operational, technology and compliance audits.
• Proven track record in managing co‑sourcing and outsourcing engagements and leveraging advanced technology and AI tools, e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Enterprise ChatGPT, copilot, etc.
• Excellent client‑facing and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem‑solving abilities.
• Flexible, multitasking and ability to deliver quality work under tight deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to travel to client sites as needed.
• Industry related certification (e.g., CIA, CPA, CAMS).

Position Level

Director

Country

United States of America