Senior Audit Analytics & AI Automation Leader

Blue Signal Search; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Signal is seeking a Senior Audit Analytics & Automation Leader to modernize a large enterprise audit function through data-driven analytics, automation, and practical AI adoption.

You will build roadmaps, dashboards, automated testing, and continuous-monitoring capabilities, partnering with audit, finance, data, tech, and enterprise AI stakeholders.

This high-visibility role emphasizes scale, governance, and responsible AI use, with executive-level compensation and long-term impact.

Qualifications

• 12+ years across internal/external audit, analytics, risk, or finance transformation.
• Big Four or national public accounting foundation preferred.
• Strong credibility in audit, risk, controls, SOX, or finance processes.
• Experience applying analytics, automation, AI to audit and compliance.
• Translate complex tech to clear insights for executives.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute the audit analytics and AI roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to automate audit planning, testing, reporting, and issue follow-up.
• Develop dashboards, reusable analytics, automated testing, and continuous-monitoring approaches.
• Partner with audit, finance, data, technology, and enterprise AI stakeholders.
• Strengthen team capabilities in data analytics, automation, and AI adoption.

Skills

Audit analytics

AI adoption

Automation

Data governance

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/data science

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Alteryx

Power Automate

Copilot

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure

AWS

Job description

Blue Signal is seeking a Senior Audit Analytics & Automation Leader to modernize a large enterprise audit function through data-driven analytics, automation, and practical AI adoption.

You will build roadmaps, dashboards, automated testing, and continuous-monitoring capabilities, partnering with audit, finance, data, tech, and enterprise AI stakeholders.

This high-visibility role emphasizes scale, governance, and responsible AI use, with executive-level compensation and long-term impact.