Senior Global Payments Technology Audit Lead

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking an experienced Global Payments Technology Audit Leader to join the Global Technology Audit team. The role develops and implements technology audit strategies for payment, lending, and other regulated financial products across TikTok’s businesses outside China.

You will lead audits and risk reviews of payment processing, digital wallets, lender products, and supporting infrastructure, collaborating with engineering and product teams to ensure compliance and strong controls

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive compliance or technology auditing experience within payments companies, fintech platforms, lending businesses, professional services firms, or regulatory bodies.
• Strong understanding of payment regulations, and performing reviews of payment systems, technology architecture, and supporting control environments for compliance.
• Experience building audit plans for payment / FinTech entities in APAC or EMEA, and leading complex technology audits or risk reviews independently from planning through executive reporting.
• Prior experience working with regulators responsible for payment or money transmitter related regulations.
• 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 Strategy: Develop and implement technology audit strategies and plans for payment, lending, and other regulated financial products across TikTok payment entities in APAC and EMEA.
• Audit Delivery: 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.
• Payment Regulators Collaboration: Act as the primary Technology Audit Leader with regulators and supervisory authorities, maintaining constructive, transparent relationships with relevant authorities in APAC, EMEA, LATAM etc.
• 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.
• Technology Risk Assessment: Develop practical, risk-based recommendations that address root causes while considering product, engineering, regulatory and business requirements.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with management, understand the business to provide value-added services, and establish credibility as a management consultant and internal controls resource.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure the overall quality and consistency of audit work, adhering to department and professional standards. Continuously seek opportunities for audit process improvement.

Skills

Audit leadership

Regulatory payment knowledge

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Regulatory compliance

Project management

Education

CISA

CISSP

CRISC

CAMS

CIA

Tools

SQL

Python

Data analytics tooling

Job description

TikTok is seeking an experienced Global Payments Technology Audit Leader to join the Global Technology Audit team. The role develops and implements technology audit strategies for payment, lending, and other regulated financial products across TikTok’s businesses outside China.

You will lead audits and risk reviews of payment processing, digital wallets, lender products, and supporting infrastructure, collaborating with engineering and product teams to ensure compliance and strong controls