Lead Internal Auditor - Licensed Entity and Regulatory Audit

Come join Intuit's Internal Audit department as a Lead Internal Auditor in our Center of Excellence (CoE) audit team. This role will report to the CoE Senior Manager based in Bangalore, focusing on licensing and regulatory audits at Intuit. Internal Audit is part of the broader Finance organization that is focused on accelerating growth and creating sustainable value across Intuit's evolving platform. Finance operates across boundaries with a platform mindset, partners deeply to drive results, and leads in shaping Intuit's aspirations, enabling operational excellence at scale.

Internal Audit supports the achievement of Intuit's goals through trusted partnerships, objective risk identification, and innovative audit services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute integrated audits with a focus on regulatory and compliance requirements covering U.S. and international licensed entities, with limited management oversight. No direct reports, but proactively influences, leads and coaches across the Internal Audit organization and third party vendor resources.

• Identify scope to assess and evaluate risks within an end-to-end process to develop a risk-based audit scope and test plan

• Manages and executes walkthroughs of key processes to identify risks and create process documentation

• Design and execute test plans that address significant risks and ensure test conclusions are properly supported and documented

• Document audit procedures that consistently meet Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) standards

• Implement data analytics techniques where appropriate to test populations or alternative test strategies for complex, data driven processes

• Act in an advisory and consulting role, including the monitoring of management's progress on remediation activities

• Gain agreement with the business on the root cause of issues and appropriate corrective actions while maintaining positive relationships and independence

• Draft impactful and persuasive written audit reports to specified standards with minimal editorial changes, providing clear and sufficient evidence to support recommendations and audit findings

• Develop strong relationships with employees at all levels of the organization to influence and foster a risk and control mindset

• Drive department-wide initiatives focused on improving internal processes/procedures and responding to new guidance

• Build institutional knowledge of Intuit's products, systems, and processes; and stay current with industry trends and emerging risks, including regulatory compliance requirements

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Business or Accounting, MS or MBA is a plus, or equivalent experience

• 7+ years of relevant work experience in Big 4 Public Accounting, Internal Auditing, and/or in the financial services industry, with a proven track record of project leadership or mentoring junior auditors/third party resources.

• CPA, CIA, CAMS, or CISA certification preferred

• Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance audits, ability to perform more complex data analytics, and good knowledge of general IT controls.

• Strong knowledge of US/UK/EMEA payments and banking laws and regulations are preferred but not required.

• Prior experience in global (preferably US based) Internal audit organization in technology or FinTech companies, working with a cross geographical team preferred.

• Collaborative, forward-thinking, and able to influence senior leaders while building trusted relationships.

• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment and adapt to change very quickly.

• Ability to work flexible hours to ensure adequate overlap with global stakeholders.

• Experience managing audits within a complex operational and regulatory environment

• Adept at assessing complex business processes and IT environments to identify potential financial, operational, IT and compliance risks

• Must possess strong attention to detail, excellent organizational and multitasking skills

• Ability to proactively look ahead, anticipate questions, independently assess risk, and think critically and creatively to achieve the best outcome

• Demonstrate influencing skills including the ability to explain complex topics in simple terms

• Possess confidence, good judgment, energy, and personality to work in a dynamic, multi-business unit environment across all levels of management and across business units and functions

• Excellent written communication, oral communication, and interpersonal skills to engage, influence action, and drive change

• Willingness to pilot AI-driven audit techniques, such as automated control testing or LLM assisted report drafting

• Must be able to be hybrid out of the Bangalore office 3 times a week

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.