Associate Officer, Audit & Risk Management (LTE)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation•Seattle, WA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Foundation is the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally. The Assurance & Enterprise Risk Management (ARM) team helps protect the integrity of the foundation’s brand and reputation in the service of impact. We provide assurance to foundation leadership and the trustees over the dollars we invest, the data we gather, and the de‐sign of business processes we rely on. We do this through: • Providing objective and independent assurance to the trustees and to foundation leadership; • Monitoring the foundation’s risk exposure; • Assessing the foundation’s and its partners’ performance and capabilities; • Investigating possible illegal, unethical, or improper conduct related to our grantmaking. This position reports to the Director of Assurance and Enterprise Risk Management. We are looking for a full-time Associate to support the team in the implementation of technology solutions, specifically AuditBoard (now known as Optro), and a strong focus on AI tools. This role does not require existing audit experience. It does require skills and experience with systems design, configuration, and implementation, that would be helpful in translating audit and risk management needs into technology solutions. The position lead and/or contribute to the configuration, rollout, and continuous improvement of audit tools and workflows while supporting ongoing audits. This role is ideal for someone with a strong foundation in systems implementation, business analysis, or technology enablement and a demonstrated understanding of using AI tools and an understanding of or experience in audit processes. This position is a limited-term position for 8 months and is based in Seattle. Relocation will not be provided.

Requirements

Bachelor or Advanced degree in Accounting, Management, or related ﬁeld, or equivalent blend of education and experience
Experience with database design and tailoring (AuditBoard/Optro or similar audit platforms preferred)
Experience in systems implementation, configuration, or business process design
Familiarity with internal controls, risk assessment practices and audit methodologies
Demonstrates strong comfort with technology and AI, including quickly learning and adopting new systems, tools, and platforms to enhance audit processes and team efficiency
Curiosity and openness to emerging technologies, including AI, with the ability to identify practical applications to improve audit quality, automation, and insights
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
Ability to plan, coordinate, and execute projects with clear timelines, deliverables, and attention to detail
Relationship manager: ability to work independently and as part of coordinated, complementary teams and be comfortable in varied settings, tight deadlines, and with different work and learning style
Awareness of and ability to implement change management activities in support of organizational goals
Superlative oral and written communication skills to inform and persuade audiences through stakeholder management
Adaptability: ability to learn quickly and adapt to change in processes and organization
Comfort with ambiguity, complexity, volatility
Understand risk assessment and mitigation practices and tools
Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where this position is located.
The Foundation does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. This includes direct company sponsorship and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g. H-1B, O-1, L-1, E, OPT, STEM-OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.).

Nice To Haves

This role does not require existing audit experience.
understanding of or experience in audit processes.

Responsibilities

Lead and support the design, implementation and continuous improvement of audit management tools (primarily AuditBoard): Assess current audit processes and conduct stakeholder interviews to understand audit team needs, pain points, and workflow requirements
Develop and maintain implementation roadmaps and project timelines
Configure AuditBoard to align with audit methodologies and workflows
Define user roles, access controls, and governance structures
Design and customize audit templates, workflows, and reporting outputs
Lead data migration of historical audit records into AuditBoard
Partner with stakeholders to conduct user acceptance testing (UAT)
Provide hands-on support during implementation
Develop training materials (user guides, quick references, videos) and deliver training sessions to facilitate team onboarding
Establish feedback loops and continuous improvement mechanisms
Work with the Assurance team to ensure that audits are conducted at a high level of quality, and in line with our expectations.
Supervise daily workflow and project activities, ensuring jobs and responsibilities are clear, tasks and results are met, and action items are completed.
Track results and supervising status, including document creation, presentation preparation, logistical support, and systems management.
Work on special team projects as needed, including ad hoc support of Grantee and Internal Audit.