Vice President, Internal Audit

At the University of Phoenix, we are committed to the future of work by providing a fully remote, work-from-home environment. This strategy enables us to attract top talent nationwide. Are you looking for a rewarding and fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the opportunity to make a significant impact while collaborating with a team of fun, innovative individuals? Would you prefer to work with an organization that positively contributes to the world?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

Are you searching for a rewarding, fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the ability to make a big impact while working side-by-side with a team of fun, innovative people? Ideally, would you like this position to be with an organization that makes a positive contribution to the world? If so…we would love to hear from you!

University of Phoenix is a leading higher education institution founded in 1976 by Dr. John Sperling. Our mission is to improve the lives of our students, their families and future generations through higher education. Our values (which hopefully you share) are:
Brave. Honest. Focused.

Our University values and embraces all team members and their unique perspectives. We fundamentally believe in fostering an environment which deeply respects, celebrates, and actively encourages a diverse workforce. We are committed to hiring – and learning from – those who share our passion to help others achieve their educational aspirations.

We offer excellent benefits, an effective recognition program, and outstanding learning and development tools, including tuition vouchers for employees and their qualified family members.

The Vice President, Internal Audit serves as the University’s Chief Audit Executive and provides strategic leadership and independent oversight of the organization’s internal audit function, ensuring a risk-based approach to evaluating governance, risk management, and internal controls. The VP leads the development and execution of the annual audit plan and provides oversight and assurance of the organization’s SOX compliance program. This role advises senior management and the Audit Committee on significant audit findings, control deficiencies, and emerging risks and oversees the timely remediation of identified issues.

The VP ensures the Internal Audit function operates in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and professional standards while evolving its approach to meet the changing needs and risk profile of the organization. The position maintains the independence and objectivity of Internal Audit and has direct and unrestricted access to the Audit Committee and its chair.

• Establishes and leads a risk-based internal audit strategy and annual audit plan, prioritizing areas of greatest organizational, financial, operational, technology, and regulatory risk and adjusting the plan as business risks and priorities evolve. This includes, but is not limited to, leading and facilitating the Company’s enterprise-wide risk management process, incorporating input from senior leadership, the Board/Audit Committee and other functions.
• Evaluates the organization’s governance, risk management, and internal control environment, considering the organization’s business strategies, risk appetite, and risk tolerance. Identifies and escalates significant or emerging risks and control concerns to senior management and the Audit Committee.
• Assesses fraud risk and, as appropriate, leads or supports investigations involving suspected fraud, misconduct, conflicts of interest, or other significant control matters in coordination with Legal, Compliance, Human Resources, and other functions.
• Oversees the execution of…