Sr Director, Technology Audit

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Job Description

The Sr Director, Technology Audit will participate in leading the execution of major segments of the Visa Inc. audit plan as approved by the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board of Directors. This critical role will lead the design and execution of selected audit engagements as well as own key administrative aspects of audit department management including auditable entity maintenance, audit scheduling and staff performance management. The Sr Director will coach and develop team members, as appropriate, serving as a key contact with client management throughout the audit process and with senior clients on an ongoing basis. It is important that this Sr Director stay abreast of company business strategies, industry advances, and the risk profile of assigned business areas to ensure relevancy of audit approach.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for assisting the VP – Internal Audit, the CAE, and other Audit Leaders in the execution of major segments of the Visa Inc. audit plan, as approved by the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board of Directors.
• Manages a team of audit professionals, providing direction and ensuring accomplishment of department goals.  Provides ongoing coaching to Audit professionals of various levels and experience, including consultants. Prepares and delivers end-of-job performance evaluations for in-charges, and approve evaluations for all assigned auditors.
• Assists the VP - Technology Audit and Audit Leadership Team with hiring and personnel decision for assigned team.
• Assists VP - Internal Audit and CAE in ongoing risk assessment, development of the audit plan, and reporting to executives, regulators, and the Audit & Risk Committee.
• Ensures each audit has sufficient and skilled resources, an appropriate scope, and is effectively supervised. Makes decisions on issue significance and risk ratings.
• Is considered an authoritative expert in technology audits, and in the professional practice of internal auditing, stays current on industry, accounting, and regulatory issues and best practices for assigned areas, imparting this knowledge to team and clients.
• Represents Internal Audit at stakeholder meetings as required and offers control advisory services to management in a manner that does not compromise the independence and objectivity of Internal Audit.
• Makes presentations to executives on audit plans and audit issues to encourage proactive improvement in the control environment, as required.
• Provides thought leadership and creativity in the approach and delivery of audit services and evaluation of the overall control environment.
• For each audit engagement, provides overall support and leadership to ensure quality of Audit services provided. 
• Specifically:
  • Provide direction to in-charge auditors to ensure that audits are planned and executed in accordance with department and professional standards. This includes assisting in the design of and approval of the audit scope, work program, and testing plan for each audit assignment.
  • Ensure audit work-papers are properly reviewed by the assigned in-charge, and provide second level review of work-papers as needed.
  • Review draft audit findings, and ensure issues are appropriately vetted and constructed given the circumstances and facts.
  • Provide reports to client managers on the effectiveness of their business unit’s internal control structure, along with recommendations that improve the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a control or process.
  • Evaluate the adequacy and timeliness of management’s response and the corrective action (to be) taken on all significant weaknesses noted in the reports and advise management on optimal actions.
• Maintains constructive business relationships with appropriate levels of management to ensure that Audit is aware of changes in business activities and objectives.
• Promotes thought leadership for new ideas and new ways of executing projects and processes to drive continuous improvements in the delivery of internal audit services.
• Participates in activities related to systems development, new products, mergers and acquisitions, and analyze new policies to