Senior Director - Internal Audit: Processes & Systems (Hybrid--Richmond, VA or Laurel, MD

Senior Director - Internal Audit:
Processes & Systems (Hybrid--Richmond, VA or Laurel, MD)

Job Category: Legal, Compliance & Audit

Requisition Number: SENIO
010398

• Posted :
  August 19, 2026
• Full-Time

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Laurel Building
319 Main Street
Suites 101, 104 & 200
Laurel, MD 20707, USA

Laurel Building
319 Main Street
Suites 101, 104 & 200
Laurel, MD 20707, USA

Career Specialization:
Internal Audit:
Processes & Systems

Position Description

This senior leadership role helps shape the future of Internal Audit by setting strategy, leading high-performing teams, and ensuring risk-based audit coverage across the enterprise. The Senior Director partners with executive leadership, business leaders, external auditors, and regulators to provide independent assurance over governance, risk management, controls, and compliance while strengthening the organization’s control environment and culture of continuous improvement.

Sub-Family Definition

Internal Audit is responsible for examining, evaluating, and reporting on financial, operational and managerial processes, systems and outcomes to ensure integrity and compliance. Activities may include-

• Process and operations monitoring and review
• Financial transaction monitoring and review
• Audit reporting for external auditors, regulatory authorities, and joint venture partners

Career Specialization Definition and Position Responsibilities

Internal Audit
- Processes & System includes work across multiple audit areas, which may include-

• Process/operations monitoring and review (review of operational and/or financial processes; documentation of performance and productivity)
• Financial transaction monitoring and review (verification and inspection of financial statements, transactions, reports, and policies)
• Audit reporting for external auditors, regulatory authorities, joint venture partners, etc.
• Setting direction for multiple audit teams, promoting a high-performance culture, and ensuring audit work is delivered with quality, independence, objectivity, and professional skepticism.
• Contributing to the internal audit risk assessment, developing and executing a risk-based audit plan, monitoring emerging risks, overseeing audit issue validation and follow-up, and communicating thematic trends, control concerns, and remediation progress to executive leadership and governance committees
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with Line of Business stakeholders, executive leadership and regulators
• Managing and developing team of senior managers and managers, building succession depth and setting performance expectations
• Supporting continuous improvement of audit methodology, tools and use of data analytics and AI
• Other duties as assigned

Responsible for strategy execution and operational direction of a small business function or a part of a function within a local entity/business unit. Responsibilities typically include:

• Supporting strategy development for their functional area.
• Interacting with executive leadership concerning matters of significance to the organization.
• Typically manages multiple teams led by senior managers and managers.

Knowledge & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree required; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
• Typically requires mastery level knowledge and skills within assigned discipline, with broad understanding of areas within the job function, generally gained through experience
• Typically requires 12+ years prior leadership experience, and demonstrates advanced management and leadership knowledge to lead multiple job areas
• Active professional certification such as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and/or Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) required
• Ideal candidates will have a demonstrated ability to interact with executive management, the Board of Directors, external auditors and regulatory agencies with tact and diplomacy while achieving stated objectives
• Experience in a regulated financial services environment is strongly desired, including familiarity with banking regulations, regulatory examination processes, risk management…