Internal Audit Director - job 8 of 10

At Visa our purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Are you ready to work for the best payment company in the world by partnering with cutting-edge business, product, and technology teams to identify areas of risk? Are you interested in diving deep into technologies and processes across Visa and its subsidiaries to identify risks? Are you looking for a position that will leverage and grow your skills, expand your knowledge, and provide opportunities to problem solve with some of the best minds in the industry?

As an Audit Director in our Corporate Functions team Internal Audit team, you will manage and execute aspects of the internal annual plan covering operations and processes in Finance, Risk, Legal, People and Corporate Affairs, and Marketing. You will lead audit engagement planning and scoping activities, oversee the execution of all phases of the audit, and supervise a team of multi-disciplined audit (and co-sourced) professionals. You will coach and develop team members and exhibit good judgment and accuracy in all work. You will work directly with senior internal stakeholders and business leaders, serve as a key contact throughout the audit process, and own executive relationships. You will understand their respective business areas (, strategy, , laws and regulations, risks, controls ), and influence decisions related to risk mitigation. You will be forward-thinking in terms risk remediation design and help to drive scalable, automated solutions that impact business roadmaps. You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, constantly working to protect our customers and the company. You will think big and identify opportunities to make an impact as you develop domain expertise and address recurring risk themes that fit our rapidly growing and complex environment. You will champion bold ideas on how to evolve and grow or audit capabilities.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for assisting the VP in the execution of the audit plan, as approved by the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board of Directors. Lead audit risk assessment, planning, scope development, and audit execution.
• Possess outstanding written and oral communication skills and demonstrate these skills during the audit process to the appropriate level of Visa and Audit management. Ideas should be expressed clearly and concisely.
• Maintain a strong knowledge of overall business issues. Understand company structure and functional responsibilities. Assess efficiency and effectiveness of a business unit (during a project) and align with Visa-wide strategy and objectives.
• Coordinate with Audit project team members in working towards departmental goals.
• Maintain business relationships with appropriate levels of management to ensure that Audit is aware of changes in business activities and objectives.
• Promote thought leadership for new ideas and new ways of executing projects and processes to drive continuous improvements in the delivery of internal audit services.
• Provide ongoing coaching to audit professionals of various levels and experience, including consultants. 
• Prepare performance evaluations for auditors.
• During each audit, provide day-to-day and on-site support to ensure quality of Audit:
  • Provide direction to auditors to ensure that audits are performed in accordance with department and professional standards.
  • Review audit work papers.
  • Review draft audit findings, and ensure issues are appropriately vetted and constructed given the circumstances.
  • Provide reports to management on the effectiveness of their business unit's internal control structure along with recommendations that improve the effectiveness and / or efficiency of a control or process.
  • Evaluate the adequacy of management's response and the corrective action plans on all significant weaknesses noted in the reports.
  • Coordinates with other risk management functions and independent public accountants to minimize duplication of effort and to ensure that issues raised as a result of their reviews are appropriately addressed. 

      For Special Projects, as assigned:

• Participate in activities related to systems development, department initiatives, and analyze new policies to ensure that control considerations are evaluated in the early stages of these activities.
• Provide control consulting services to management to assist in redesign efforts that improve the control environment.
• Enhance Audit's policies, procedures, and methodologies to improve Audit's effectiveness in achieving its Charter.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.