Internal Audit Manager
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Salary analysis
Compared with the selected benchmark ("All roles in Remote - Canada"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 94% lower. The offer sits below the benchmark range (€6,078–€21,708). The listed pay band (€579–€1,158) is tighter than the benchmark, which suggests lower salary variability. This benchmark is based on 5 comparable listings.
| Market | Lower bound (25th percentile) | Median | Upper bound (75th percentile) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All roles in Remote - Canada | €6,078/per month | €10,418/per month | €21,708/per month |
| Pay in our data — not quoted in ad (Manager) | €579/per month | €868/per month | €1,158/per month |
Payward's Audit & Risk function operates as an Integrated Assurance organization, bringing together Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management under a unified risk oversight strategy. The function spans Internal Audit, SOX Compliance, and Enterprise Risk Management across multiple regulated entities and jurisdictions. Internal Audit partners with co-sourced providers, maintains direct reporting lines to the Global and Local Audit Committees, and is building in-house assurance capability at the pace of a business that is acquiring and integrating new businesses across the globe.\n\nYou'll partner with Internal Audit leadership to run risk-based operational audits across the business, evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of controls across governance, regulatory, financial, and operational risk - with an immediate priority on post-acquisition integration as the business grows through acquisition. It's a global, multi-jurisdiction mandate, entity and region agnostic, and you'll direct specialist support wherever deep-technical depth is needed. If you want operational audit work with genuine breadth and immediate, high-visibility impact, this is it.\n\nResponsibilities span the following areas:\nOperational & integration audit leadership\n - Lead risk-based operational audits across the business - governance, regulatory, financial, and operational processes - and help shape coverage across the audit plan...
Job Details
Responsibilities
- Lead risk-based operational audits across the business - governance, regulatory, financial, and operational processes - and help shape coverage across the audit plan
- As the current priority, lead post-acquisition integration audits - readiness, onboarding of acquired entities into the control environment, and the design and operating effectiveness of controls in acquired businesses
- Assess integration and change risk across governance, regulatory licensing and change-of-control conditions, finance and operations, data migration, key-person retention, and conduct and culture
- Perform risk assessments to identify key areas of exposure and prioritize audit coverage across the plan and the acquisition pipeline
- Direct co-sourced specialist (SME) support for deep-technical areas, retaining Internal Audit ownership of judgment and conclusions
- Lead AI-enabled auditing - apply generative AI, agentic workflows, and data analytics across the audit lifecycle to expand coverage and efficiency, while retaining human ownership of judgment and conclusions
- Lead multiple audit engagements concurrently, managing planning, fieldwork, and reporting end-to-end
- Document audit findings, including control gaps and root cause, and draft clear, well-supported workpapers and reports
- Track and validate remediation of identified issues, escalating delays or gaps to Internal Audit leadership
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of audit methodologies and frameworks, and ensure conformance with the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards and the function's quality assurance requirements
- Lead engagement teams, including staffing and coordinating co-sourced specialists, and mentor junior auditors to ensure quality and timely delivery across audits
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in internal audit, risk management, or regulatory examination within financial services, fintech, or crypto
- Strong generalist audit background -- proven ability to plan and lead audits across business, financial, operational, and regulatory processes
- Experience auditing complex, regulated environments; exposure to post-acquisition or M&A integration is a strong plus
- Multi-jurisdiction experience -- auditing or assessing controls across more than one regulatory regime, ideally with globally distributed teams
- Ability to get up to speed quickly on unfamiliar business models and direct specialist support where deep-technical depth is required
- 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, partnering with globally distributed audit and business teams
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
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