Senior Audit Analytics & Automation Leader

Location: Chicago, IL; Greater Cincinnati Area; or Cental IL

Work Model: Onsite four days per week, with one remote day per week

Compensation: Competitive executive-level package expected to include low-to-mid $200Ks base compensation plus annual and long-term incentive opportunity. We are seeking a senior audit leader to help modernize a large, complex Internal Audit function through advanced analytics, automation, continuous monitoring, and practical AI adoption. This is not a traditional audit-maintenance role. It is a high-visibility opportunity to shape how a global organization’s Internal Audit team uses data, technology, automation, and AI to improve risk coverage, audit effectiveness, and decision-making. The position will lead a team of approximately 10 professionals and partner closely with Internal Audit, Finance, Technology, Data, and enterprise AI stakeholders. What You’ll LeadBuild and execute the Internal Audit analytics, automation, and AI roadmap. Identify opportunities to automate audit planning, testing, reporting, issue follow-up, and risk monitoring. Develop dashboards, reusable analytics, automated testing, and continuous-monitoring approaches. Help Internal Audit use data and technology to improve audit coverage, efficiency, and insight. Establish practical and responsible approaches to applying AI within Internal Audit. Partner with Finance, Technology, Data, and enterprise AI teams to advance audit capabilities. Translate complex technical and analytical concepts into clear recommendations for audit and business leaders. Lead, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 10 professionals. Upskill the broader Internal Audit organization in analytics, automation, and AI-enabled audit practices. Help adapt Internal Audit processes, workflows, and skill sets as technology continues to evolve. Serve as a trusted internal resource for audit analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence. What We’re Looking For12 or more years of progressive experience across Internal Audit, external audit, audit analytics, risk, finance transformation, data analytics, controls, or related disciplines. Strong credibility in audit, risk, controls, SOX, compliance, finance processes, or a closely related discipline. Big Four or national public accounting experience strongly preferred. Meaningful experience using analytics, automation, AI, or emerging technology to improve audit, risk, finance, compliance, or control processes. Experience leading audit transformation, continuous monitoring, automated testing, data-driven risk assessment, or similar initiatives. Demonstrated ability to lead and develop professionals. Experience influencing senior stakeholders across multiple business and technical functions. Ability to connect technical capabilities to practical audit and business outcomes. Strong written, verbal, and executive communication skills. Technical Experience Experience with some combination of the following is valuable: SQLPythonPower BITableauAlteryxPower Automate Microsoft Copilot SnowflakeDatabricksAzureAWSGenerative AILarge language models Machine learning Intelligent automation Continuous monitoring Automated controls testing Data visualization and dashboarding Candidates do not need experience with every tool listed. The most important requirement is the ability to apply analytics, automation, and AI in a meaningful audit, risk, controls, finance, or compliance environment.