Head of Internal Audit

EXCELLENT PAY AND BENEFITS!

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Star One Credit Union is one of Silicon Valley's largest, member-owned financial institutions. Star One offers financial services to more than 129,000 members worldwide. With assets over $9 billion, Star One is ranked 19th in total assets among over 4,900 credit unions nationally. For ten years in a row, Star One has been ranked #1 by America's Credit Unions for providing the highest direct financial benefit to the members we serve.

We offer AMAZING BENEFITS that help keep our employees healthy and shining bright!!!

• 401(k) Plan, Match, and Profit Sharing
• Annual Wellness Benefit
• Education Assistance
• Employee Loan Discounts
• Medical, Dental, and Vision (Effective date of hire)
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off Program
• Staff Incentive Variable Pay (Bonus)
  
  
  

Job Title: Head of Internal Audit

Hours: Normal business hours.

Salary Range: $137,300 - $217,150, which is base pay with a 12% discretionary bonus structure. Compensation will be based on candidate qualifications.

Job Scope/Duties:

• Leads the Internal Audit function and contributes to broader Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) initiatives, exploring how integrated data, continuous monitoring, analytics, intelligent workflows, and emerging AI/ML approaches can strengthen organizational awareness, assurance capabilities, and executive decision-making.
• Manages the Internal Audit function, including audit planning, execution, reporting, issue validation, and overall audit methodology.
• Provides independent audit reporting, audit status updates, issue escalation, and emerging audit or control insights to the Supervisory Committee and executive leadership.
• Oversees the full audit lifecycle, including enterprise risk assessment integration, annual audit planning, audit execution, reporting, remediation validation, and follow-up activities.
• Coordinates and oversee external audit activities and support effective collaboration among external auditors, regulators, management, and internal stakeholders.
• Supports ongoing enhancement of audit methodologies, continuous monitoring capabilities, analytics-enabled assurance approaches, and technology-enabled audit processes.
• Collaborates with broader GRC initiatives involving integrated monitoring, analytics, intelligent workflows, and emerging AI/ML-enabled assurance capabilities.
• Fosters a collaborative, independent, risk-focused, and continuous-improvement-oriented audit culture.
  
  
  

Experience/Minimum Education Requirements:

• Requires a minimum of eight years (8) of progressive audit experience within financial services (banks or credit unions), fintechs or other regulated environments.
• Relevant experience with auditing technology, cybersecurity, operational resilience, data governance, or technology-enabled business processes is required.
• Experience interacting with executive leadership, supervisory committees, audit committees, regulators, or external auditors.
• Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent level of education and experience in compliance, law, risk management, or related field.
• Requires one or more of the following certifications: Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Cybersecurity related certifications such as CISSP, CISM CRISC, or similar are preferred.
  
  
  

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of internal audit standards, risk-based auditing, internal controls, governance practices, and regulatory expectations.
• Strong understanding of information technology, information security, cybersecurity risks, system controls, and technology-enabled operational environments.
• Familiarity with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platforms (e.g., AuditBoard) and data intelligence, analytics, or visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Sigma, Alteryx).
• Excellent communication, leadership, and collaborative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to support modernization initiatives involving analytics, automation, integrated monitoring, or emerging technologies.
• Ability to oversee the full audit lifecycle, including risk assessment, audit planning, fieldwork, reporting, issue validation, and committee reporting.
• Ability to interact effectively with executive leadership, supervisory committees, audit committees, regulators, and external auditors.
  
  
  

MUST HAVE GOOD CREDIT.

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