Director, Internal Audit
Director, Internal Audit
Mission
Define audit standards as enterprise authority
Tour of Duty
Define audit standards that strengthen governance
About This Job Family
People in this job family manage the money—budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and ensuring the company can fund its ambitions. They provide the financial clarity that enables good decisions and the controls that keep the company out of trouble.
What You'll Do
Internal Audit professionals provide independent assurance over the organization's controls, risks, and governance. They evaluate processes, identify weaknesses, and recommend improvements. Success means the organization has confidence in its control environment.
- • Define audit standards and risk assessment framework as enterprise authority
- • Design governance frameworks for audit independence and objectivity
- • Provide strategic counsel on complex assurance scenarios
- • Shape audit committee reporting through expert communication
- • Establish audit coverage and quality standards through thought leadership
- • Codify best practices and mentor senior audit professionals
Every responsibility is an accomplishment waiting to happen. The question is: will you own the outcome, or just do the task?
Manage a Team?
Great managers are practitioners first. The IC responsibilities above are your foundation—the craft you model for your team. Your management responsibilities are additive:
- • Hire finance professionals who partner with the business—not just police it
- • Coach business acumen—finance must speak the language of operations
- • Run 1:1s that develop both technical skills and executive presence
- • Give feedback that balances precision with pragmatism
- • Remove blockers—fight for system access, clean data, and stakeholder time
Your team's accomplishments are your accomplishments. Help them craft S.M.A.R.T wins—specific, measurable, and ready to stand on their own.
AI as an Accelerator
AI isn't a skill we call out. It's invisible in the accomplishment but easily visible in the velocity and scale of your outcomes. Here's how people in this role are accelerating their work with AI:
- → Analyzing audit patterns at scale
- → Building standards documentation
- → Creating committee reports
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The Competencies That Matter
Skills fill your toolbox. Competencies are how you wield them. Three matter most at this level:
1. FINANCE (4) Strong Finance skills required at this level.
2. LEGAL & COMPLIANCE (3) Strong Legal & Compliance skills required at this level.
3. OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE (3) Strong Operational Excellence skills required at this level.
The radar shows the full picture. These three are where you need to be undeniable.
Your Journey From Here
Going up? Your next Tour of Duty:
→ Senior Director, Internal Audit - Internal Audit (L7) "Build the audit function that provides assurance"
The L6 → L7 gap is about SCALE and INFLUENCE: • From owning a project → shaping how projects get built • From leading work → leading people who lead work • From shipping features → building systems that outlast you
These are your stretch accomplishments. Start doing L7 work now. When you can prove it with accomplishments, you're ready.
Going sideways? That's valid too.
Up isn't the only direction. It's your career. You own it.
Competency Requirements
Competency Shape
- Finance
- Proficiency: 4
- Operational Excellence
- Proficiency: 3
- Legal & Compliance
- Proficiency: 3
- Strategy
- Proficiency: 2
- Analytics & BI
- Proficiency: 1
- Information Security
- Proficiency: 1
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Effective Date
July 2025
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