Internal Audit Manager
About The Position
Payward, the parent company of Kraken and other financial platforms, is seeking an Internal Audit Manager to join their Integrated Assurance organization. This role will partner with leadership to conduct risk-based operational audits across the business, focusing on governance, regulatory, financial, and operational risks. A key priority will be post-acquisition integration audits, evaluating controls in newly acquired businesses and assessing integration risks. The position has a global mandate and requires the ability to direct specialist support for technical areas. This role offers significant breadth and high-visibility impact within a growing company.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in internal audit, risk management, or regulatory examination within financial services, fintech, or crypto.
- Strong generalist audit background with proven ability to plan and lead audits across business, financial, operational, and regulatory processes.
- Experience auditing complex, regulated environments.
- Multi-jurisdiction experience, auditing or assessing controls across more than one regulatory regime.
- Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar business models and direct specialist support.
- Experience communicating findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders, including board or audit committee audiences.
- Leadership experience, including managing audit workstreams, engagement teams, and co-sourced specialists.
- Comfortable operating across multiple time zones and partnering with globally distributed teams.
- Experience utilizing generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight.
Nice To Haves
- Relevant certifications: CIA, CISA, CAMS, CFE, or equivalent.
- Prior M&A or integration audit, or transaction diligence, experience.
- Familiarity with crypto, fintech, or digital-asset business models.
Responsibilities
- Lead risk-based operational audits across the business, including governance, regulatory, financial, and operational processes.
- Lead post-acquisition integration audits, focusing on readiness, onboarding of acquired entities, and the effectiveness of controls.
- Assess integration and change risk related to governance, regulatory licensing, finance, operations, data migration, key-person retention, and culture.
- Perform risk assessments to identify key areas of exposure and prioritize audit coverage.
- Direct co-sourced specialist support for technical areas, maintaining Internal Audit ownership.
- Lead AI-enabled auditing, applying generative AI, agentic workflows, and data analytics.
- Lead multiple audit engagements concurrently, managing planning, fieldwork, and reporting.
- Document audit findings, control gaps, and root causes, and draft workpapers and reports.
- Track and validate remediation of identified issues, escalating delays.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of audit methodologies and frameworks.
- Lead engagement teams, including staffing and coordinating co-sourced specialists, and mentor junior auditors.
- Partner with stakeholders across business, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Finance, and Engineering teams.
- Monitor the audit plan, acquisition pipeline, and evolving regulatory expectations.
- Partner with other Internal Audit managers and co-sourced specialists for coordinated coverage.
Benefits
- The job description does not explicitly list benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
