Director, Internal Audit

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Description:

The Internal Audit department adds value to Hard Rock, Inc., Hard Rock Cafes, Seminole Hard Rock Support Services, and Hard Rock Digital (collectively “Hard Rock”) by helping ensure assets are safeguarded, transactions are properly authorized and recorded, financial information is complete and accurate, and processes are efficient. The Director of Internal Audit – Internal Controls and Workday provides strategic and operational leadership for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of a common control framework that enables consistent, scalable, and compliant business processes across Hard Rock’s multi-jurisdictional casino gaming operations and related lines of business, including hotels and cafés.In

this role, the Director oversees the implementation and governance of the common control framework, including control standards, control ownership, documentation, training, monitoring, and reporting. The Director also oversees controls and process integrity within Workday (e.g., security, business process configuration, roles-based access, segregation of duties, change management, and key interfaces) to support regulatory compliance, financial reporting integrity, and efficient operations. The Director partners with business and technology leaders to identify and remediate control gaps, drive sustainable process improvements, and support audits, investigations, and special projects as needed, with particular focus on meeting multi-jurisdictional gaming regulatory expectations and examination readiness.

SUPERVISORYThe Director of Internal Audit – Internal Controls and Workday receives administrative direction from the Vice President of Internal Audit – Hard Rock and provides functional leadership and oversight to Internal Audit Managers and team members supporting internal controls, the common control framework, and Workday controls/processes across Seminole Hard Rock Support Services, Hard Rock Digital, and Cafes, Hotels, and Franchises. The Director coordinates with process owners, technology partners, and property leadership to implement consistent control expectations while accounting for jurisdiction-specific regulatory standards (e.g., gaming commission requirements, licensing conditions, internal control submissions/approvals, and audit/examination protocols) and ensuring timely incorporation of regulatory changes into control design and operation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

(These functions are intended as a general illustration of the work performed in this job classification and are not all-inclusive for this position)
Provide exceptional service to internal customers and work collaboratively with stakeholders across gaming, hotel, and café operations.

Recruit, train, motivate, and evaluate the performance of Internal Auditors, Senior Internal Auditors, and Internal Audit Managers.

Lead the enterprise implementation and ongoing governance of a common control framework across gaming, hotels, and café operations, including definition of control standards, minimum control requirements, and documentation expectations.

Partner with business and technology leaders to design and maintain standardized process flows and control activities, balancing enterprise consistency with jurisdictional regulatory requirements.

Maintain a jurisdictional regulatory requirements inventory and mapping to the common control framework (including identification of where controls must be localized), and coordinate with compliance/legal and property leaders to validate regulatory interpretations and expectations.

Drive examination readiness by establishing evidence and documentation standards aligned to gaming regulators and other oversight bodies, coordinating responses to regulatory…