Director, Internal Audit - Finance, Treasury & Capital

Description

The Director, Internal Audit - Finance, Treasury & Capital is responsible for leading a portfolio of risk-based assurance and advisory activities focused on finance, treasury, capital planning, accounting, and financial risk management. This role serves as an Engagement Owner and trusted advisor to executive leadership, providing independent assessments of governance, risk management, internal controls, and financial integrity across the organization.

The Director oversees audit planning, execution, reporting, issue validation, and regulatory engagement activities while ensuring adherence to Internal Audit standards and methodologies. This role plays a key leadership role in evaluating financial, treasury, liquidity, capital, and investment-related risks, while providing insights that strengthen the organization's control environment and support sound financial management practices.

Here’s what you can expect from the job and what you need to be successful:

What You’ll Do:

• Lead a portfolio of risk-based finance, treasury, and capital audit engagements, ensuring timely execution, consistent methodology application, and high-quality deliverables.
• Oversee audit planning, risk assessments, scoping decisions, testing strategies, audit conclusions, and reporting activities across assigned areas.
• Review and approve audit findings, issue severity ratings, remediation plans, and issue validation activities.
• Contribute to development and execution of the annual audit plan through participation in audit universe maintenance, risk assessments, and audit coverage planning.
• Provide independent assessments of governance, risk management, and internal controls related to:
• Financial reporting and accounting processes
• General ledger and financial close activities
• Management reporting
• Budgeting and forecasting governance
• Allowance and reserve methodologies
• Treasury operations
• Liquidity risk management
• Interest rate risk management (IRR)
• Investment activities
• Capital planning and stress testing frameworks
• Evaluate the design and effectiveness of controls that support financial integrity, valuation, regulatory reporting, governance, and management decision-making.
• Lead audits of reconciliation processes, investment accounting, funds transfer activities, cash management practices, liquidity contingency planning, ALM processes, and model governance activities where applicable.
• Assess management assumptions, forecasts, key judgments, and financial risk management practices for reasonableness, governance, and control effectiveness.
• Identify emerging risks, control weaknesses, and opportunities to improve financial, treasury, liquidity, and capital risk management practices.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with executive leadership, including the CFO, Controller, Treasurer, FP&A leaders, Risk Management, and Finance Committees while maintaining audit independence and objectivity.
• Represent Internal Audit in governance forums, committees, working groups, and strategic initiatives as appropriate.
• Lead interactions with regulators, external auditors, and other stakeholders related to assigned audit activities.
• Monitor regulatory developments, accounting changes, industry trends, and emerging risks to ensure appropriate audit coverage and risk insight.
• Drive continuous improvement of audit methodologies, reporting capabilities, audit quality, and team effectiveness.
• Lead issue management activities, including remediation validation and assessment of sustainable corrective actions.
• Develop and mentor audit professionals through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and technical capability development.

Essential

Skills:

• Required Experience:
  
  8+ years of internal audit standards, methodologies, and professional practices.
• 4+ years of experience leading a diverse team including hiring, coaching and performance management.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Financial reporting and accounting controls
  • General ledger and close processes
  • Management reporting
  • Budgeting and forecasting governance
  • Allowance and reserve methodologies
  • Treasury operations
  • Liquidity risk management
  • Interest rate risk management
  • Investment activities
  • Capital planning…