Internal Audit Senior

Senior Internal Auditor - Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Hyatt Hotels Corporation seeks a Senior Internal Auditor to join our Internal Audit team, where you will partner with Directors of Finance, General Managers, and hotel leadership across Hyatt's diverse portfolio to evaluate risks, strengthen internal controls, identify operational efficiencies, and support compliance with company standards. This role offers unique exposure to hotel operations, financial processes, and business strategies across multiple brands and markets, providing opportunities to travel, build relationships with key stakeholders, and serve as a trusted advisor who helps drive operational excellence and continuous improvement.

As part of a collaborative and dynamic team, you will contribute to hotel audits, compliance initiatives, and advisory projects while gaining broad business insight and professional growth within one of the world’s leading hospitality companies. You will be part of a team that is passionate about our purpose, committed to nurturing curiosity and new skills, and building connections across the organization with colleagues, customers, and guests.

As our ideal candidate, you understand the power and purpose of our culture of care, and embody our core values of Empathy, Inclusion, Integrity, Experimentation, Respect, and Wellbeing. You enjoy working with others, are results‑driven, and are looking for a variety of opportunities to develop personally and professionally.

As a member of the Internal Audit team, the Senior Internal Auditor will support Hyatt’s hotel audit activities, SOC 1 compliance, Sarbanes‑Oxley Act compliance, and corporate audit and advisory projects. This role will evaluate financial, operational, and compliance processes across hotels and corporate functions, with a primary focus on the U.S. and Canada region.

Reporting to the Internal Audit Manager, the Senior Internal Auditor will work under limited supervision and exercise sound judgment in planning, executing, and documenting audit procedures. The individual will be responsible for identifying control gaps, assessing process effectiveness, recommending practical improvements, and communicating audit results to appropriate stakeholders. The Senior Internal Auditor will also coordinate audit‑related activities with external service providers, external auditors, hotel leadership, corporate departments, and other members of the Internal Audit team as needed.

This role serves as a business partner to hotel Finance leadership, including Directors of Finance, by providing objective evaluations, process improvement recommendations, and guidance on effective internal control standards. The Senior Internal Auditor will help promote compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and established audit practices while supporting consistent and effective control environments across the organization.

• Lead and execute assigned Management Operations Reviews, MORs, and internal audit engagements in accordance with approved scope, audit methodology, timelines, and department standards.
• Support the annual audit planning process by identifying and evaluating key risk areas across hotel operations, financial processes, systems, and compliance activities.
• Perform audit procedures, including walkthroughs, interviews, evidence review, testing, data analysis, issue identification, and preparation of audit work papers.
• Develop a strong understanding of hotel operations, property‑level systems, financial workflows, internal controls, and company policies to support effective risk assessment and audit execution.
• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls, identify control gaps or process inefficiencies, and assess the root cause and potential business impact of audit findings.
• Develop practical, risk‑based recommendations using independent judgment to strengthen controls, improve operational effectiveness, and support compliance with company standards.
• Prepare and communicate audit results through clear work papers, written reports, issue summaries, oral presentations to hotel leadership, corporate…