The Senior IT Audit Director is a senior leadership role within Internal Audit, responsible for leading the formulation and implementation of the global technology audit plan across a complex fintech environment. Reporting to the Head of IT Audit, this role leads risk-based assurance over critical technology domains including cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, application development, IT general controls, and emerging technologies. The position is a member of the Audit Leadership Team and partners closely with senior management to provide clear, actionable insight on technology risk, control effectiveness, and remediation progress. This leader will manage a distributed team across regions and help elevate the function’s quality, impact, and data-driven audit capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and execute a risk-based technology audit plan aligned to enterprise priorities, regulatory expectations, and emerging technology risks.
• Lead technology risk assessments to identify and prioritize coverage across ITGC, SOX readiness, cybersecurity, cloud platforms, infrastructure, IAM, application controls, and third-party risk.
• Direct end-to-end audits covering AWS/cloud environments, product engineering and SDLC, vulnerability management, incident response, disaster recovery/business continuity, data governance, and infrastructure controls.
• Provide assurance over key cybersecurity and resilience domains using recognized frameworks such as NIST CSF, COBIT, ISO 27001, SOC 1/SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI DSS, as applicable.
• Oversee reviews of emerging and business-critical technologies, including blockchain, AI/GPT/agentic solutions, digital wallets, and digital currency-related processes and controls.
• Evaluate design and operating effectiveness of IT general controls and support SOX/ITGC readiness and related assurance activities where relevant.
• Produce clear, concise, audit committee-ready reporting that highlights risk themes, root causes, control gaps, and practical remediation actions.
• Build strong relationships with technology, security, product, engineering, compliance, and business stakeholders while maintaining audit independence and objectivity.
• Brief senior management, the Head of IT Audit, and the Chief Audit Executive on audit results, thematic insights, and changes in the technology risk landscape.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of IT audit professionals across the US and India; set expectations, review quality, and support career growth and performance.
• Drive consistency, quality assurance, and adherence to Internal Audit standards, including Global IIA-aligned methodology, documentation, and reporting practices.
• Monitor and validate management action plans, perform issue follow-up and closure testing, and escalate overdue or insufficient remediation where needed.
• Advance the use of GRC tools, analytics, and data-driven auditing techniques to improve audit efficiency, coverage, and insight generation.
Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of experience in IT audit, technology risk, cybersecurity, or broader risk management, including significant leadership responsibility.
• Proven experience leading technology audits in complex, regulated, and fast-paced environments, ideally within financial services, fintech, or similarly technology-intensive sectors.
• Strong knowledge of ITGC, SOX readiness, cloud risk, cybersecurity controls, IAM, infrastructure, application/SDLC controls, third-party risk, and resilience disciplines.
• Hands-on familiarity with audit coverage across vulnerability management, incident response, DR/BCP, data governance, and technology control environments.
• Working knowledge of major control frameworks and standards, including NIST CSF, COBIT, ISO 27001, SOC 1/SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.
• Demonstrated ability to build and execute risk assessments and audit plans, manage multiple concurrent audits, and deliver high-quality reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Experience writing audit reports and presenting complex technology risk topics to senior management and executive audit leadership.
• Track record of leading distributed teams effectively across cultures, time zones, and regions.
• Experience with GRC platforms and data-enabled auditing approaches; comfort working with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Archer GRC, and AutoAudit (Optial/Optra-style audit workflow tools).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in information systems, computer science, accounting, cybersecurity, or a related field.
• CISA certification required or strongly preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
• Additional certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CRISC, or CIA.
• Experience in a global fintech, payments, banking, capital markets, or digital assets environment.
• Exposure to audits involving blockchain platforms, AI/GPT/agentic technologies, digital wallets, or digital currency ecosystems.
• Experience using analytics to enhance audit scoping, testing, continuous monitoring, or issue validation.
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance expectations relevant to highly regulated technology and data environments.
• Experience contributing to audit methodology improvements, quality assurance programs, or function transformation initiatives.
Working Model / Travel
• Location options: New York, NY; Cluj, Romania; Bangalore, India; or Hyderabad, India.
• Global remit with leadership responsibility across a distributed team and international stakeholder base.
• Travel expected at approximately 10–20%, domestic and international, as business needs require.
Salary range $200,000.00- $220,000.00. Bonus Eligible.
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