What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Internal Audit position at Motion Recruitment?
Our client is seeking an Internal Audit Director to lead and manage complex internal audit engagements across a global asset management organization. This role will partner closely with executive leadership, business stakeholders, and audit teams to provide strategic risk insights, strengthen internal controls, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across the business.
The ideal candidate brings deep experience auditing highly regulated financial services or asset management organizations and has a proven track record of leading audit teams, managing stakeholder relationships, and delivering risk-based audit programs. This individual will play a critical role in shaping audit strategy, identifying emerging risks, advising business leaders, and promoting a strong culture of governance, compliance, and operational excellence.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys influencing senior leadership, leading high-performing teams, evaluating enterprise-wide risks, and driving meaningful business impact through strategic internal audit initiatives.
Travel Requirement: Up to 10% Domestic Travel
Contract Duration: 6 months
Required Experience:
- 8 years of Internal Audit experience within asset management, investment management, financial services, or other highly regulated industries
- Experience leading the full audit lifecycle including planning, risk assessment, fieldwork, testing, reporting, and remediation tracking
- Proven experience managing and developing high-performing audit teams
- Strong knowledge of risk management, governance, internal controls, and regulatory compliance frameworks
- Experience auditing complex operational, financial, and business processes across large organizations
- Ability to identify key risks, evaluate controls, and provide actionable recommendations to senior leadership
- Experience building and maintaining relationships with executive stakeholders and business leaders
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple audits and priorities simultaneously
- Excellent analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presenting findings to executive leadership and audit committees
- Experience preparing audit reports, risk assessments, executive presentations, and management updates
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and audit management/workpaper tools
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field
Preferred Experience:
- CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and/or CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) certification
- Direct experience auditing asset management, investment operations, trading, portfolio management, fund administration, or investment advisory functions
- Experience working with Boards of Directors, Audit Committees, regulators, and external auditors
- Strong understanding of evolving regulatory requirements affecting the asset management industry
- Experience leading enterprise risk assessments and developing audit universe methodologies
- Exposure to data analytics, continuous auditing, and technology-enabled audit practices
- Experience supporting advisory engagements, process improvement initiatives, and control transformation projects
- Proven ability to drive innovation, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement within Internal Audit functions