Internal Auditor - Director

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. 
You'll help banks, asset management and insurance organizations own their future by helping them to transform and create new business models to meet changing customer needs and drive sustainability.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

As a Director in the Financial Institutions Internal Audit discipline, you will be required to work and support the internal audit team in the market through business development, proposal development, project planning, internal audit project execution, and issue validation. You will deliver the following capabilities to clients:

• Assisting with proposal, budget, and timeline development.

• Delivering internal audit risk assessment and internal audit planning by conducting research on client background and risks, leading internal audit risk assessment, developing internal audit plan, preparing for kick off meeting with client and other necessary planning activities.

• Executing an internal audit plan including conducting interviews with senior management, overseeing day-to-day engagement team, providing guidance to junior team members during fieldwork, reviewing work papers prepared by junior team members, providing feedback, and preparing for kickoff and exit meetings with client.

• Managing end-to-end internal audit engagement economics, including monitoring of the scope, engagement progress, budget vs. actual, risks and issues, and billing.

• Preparing draft reports and wrapping up internal audit work

• Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with client personnel to identify further work opportunities.

• Building strong internal relationships across other service lines.

• Contributing to the development of thought leadership materials

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or a related field.

• Minimum 7 years of experience with internal audit and AML, BSA, OFAC compliance in a big public accounting and consulting firm, regulatory environment or the banking sector.

• Strong knowledge of IIA Standards, auditing standards and procedures, relevant laws, rules, and regulations with the Financial Services industry

• Broad abilities in process and controls, risk assessment

• Extensive experience in developing and implementing internal audit programs including but not limited to financial, operational, technology, and compliance audits

• Proven track record in managing co-sourcing and outsourcing engagements and leveraging advanced technology and AI tools, e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Enterprise ChatGPT, copilot, etc.

• Excellent client-facing and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.

• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.

• Flexible, multitasking and ability to deliver quality work under tight deadlines.

• Willingness and ability to travel to client sites as needed

• Industry related certification (e.g., CIA, CPA, CAMS)