A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias
Director, Audit
A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84193
Director, Audit – Salt Lake City, UT
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, United States (Hybrid)
To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.
Job Description The Audit Director:
Oversees comprehensive audit functions for designated Church entities around the world.
Leads and mentors audit teams, ensuring high performance and professional growth.
Develops strategic audit plans that align with Church objectives, compliance requirements, and risk profiles.
Builds strong relationships with functional leaders, providing useful insights and fostering collaborative improvement.
Ensure regulatory compliance and effective risk management, contributing to the Church more effectively achieving its mission through sound operational governance.
Contribute to long-term planning and innovation, establishing and carrying out priorities and improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
Leadership and Strategy
Department Strategy: Contribute to long-term planning and innovation, establishing and carrying out priorities and improvement initiatives.
Audit Planning: Design and oversee risk-based audit plans aligned with Church objectives.
Team Management: Lead and mentor audit teams, ensuring high performance and professional development. Demonstrate strong project management abilities to handle simultaneous audit engagements, maintain timelines, and manage resources effectively.
People Development: Coach and develop managers and direct reports.
Trusted Advisor: Collaborate with Managing Directors, Directors for Temporal Affairs, and Affiliate Presidents to develop trusting, collaborative relationships and provide strategic insights.
Risk Assessment and Control Evaluation
Risk Oversight: Continuously assess risk frameworks and identify control weaknesses.
Control Environment: Ensure robust internal controls across financial, operational, and compliance functions.
Project Execution and Reporting
Audit Services: Oversee audits across financial, IT, operational, and compliance areas. Demonstrate excellent analytical thinking, attention to detail, ethical judgment, and adaptability in dynamic environments.
Information Integrity: Ensure reliability of financial and operational data.
Reporting: Demonstrate exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities to present complex issues clearly and advise executive leadership and the audit committee.
Follow-up: Ensure timely implementation of corrective actions.
Audit Standards: Uphold professional standards for quality and consistency.
Process Improvement and Efficiency
Operational Efficiency: Identify opportunities for process improvements that enhance efficiency and improve the quality of Church and Audit Department operations.
Technology Adoption: Leverage tools like generative AI, data analytics and continuous monitoring.
Ethical Leadership
Governance: Promote ethics and integrity in Church operations.
Audit Committee Engagement: Presentations and strategic input to the Managing Director on risk and governance issues.
Regulatory Compliance
Regulatory Awareness: Stay informed on legal and accounting changes.
Global Compliance Services: Coordinate with compliance stewards and ensure appropriate audit coverage.
Financial Reporting: Ensure controls over financial reporting are in place and functioning properly.
External Audit Liaison: Facilitate external audits for affiliates.
Qualifications
CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE, or an equivalent certification required; however, candidates with extensive and progressive leadership experience directing compliance, financial, information systems, or enterprise risk audit functions may also be considered.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field; master’s degree preferred.
Minimum 14 years of audit or accounting experience, including multinational exposure.
Extensive and progressive managerial experience in leadership roles, with demonstrated strength in collaborating with functional leaders to address compliance, financial, internal control, and operational challenges.
Proven ability to lead and mentor audit teams, manage complex and resource-intensive audit services, and collaboratively develop strategic audit plans.
Proven ability to support departmental staff through personnel and workplace matters.
Deep understanding of internal controls, risk management, compliance, business processes, and project management.
Demonstrate excellence in written and verbal communications.
Perform work with integrity, objectivity, professionalism, and competency.
About Us Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings—giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
Note: This posting may close at any time without prior notice. Find out more about the benefits of Church Employment at https://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org.
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To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.
Job Description The Audit Director:
Oversees comprehensive audit functions for designated Church entities around the world.
Leads and mentors audit teams, ensuring high performance and professional growth.
Develops strategic audit plans that align with Church objectives, compliance requirements, and risk profiles.
Builds strong relationships with functional leaders, providing useful insights and fostering collaborative improvement.
Ensure regulatory compliance and effective risk management, contributing to the Church more effectively achieving its mission through sound operational governance.
Contribute to long-term planning and innovation, establishing and carrying out priorities and improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
Leadership and Strategy
Department Strategy: Contribute to long-term planning and innovation, establishing and carrying out priorities and improvement initiatives.
Audit Planning: Design and oversee risk-based audit plans aligned with Church objectives.
Team Management: Lead and mentor audit teams, ensuring high performance and professional development. Demonstrate strong project management abilities to handle simultaneous audit engagements, maintain timelines, and manage resources effectively.
People Development: Coach and develop managers and direct reports.
Trusted Advisor: Collaborate with Managing Directors, Directors for Temporal Affairs, and Affiliate Presidents to develop trusting, collaborative relationships and provide strategic insights.
Risk Assessment and Control Evaluation
Risk Oversight: Continuously assess risk frameworks and identify control weaknesses.
Control Environment: Ensure robust internal controls across financial, operational, and compliance functions.
Project Execution and Reporting
Audit Services: Oversee audits across financial, IT, operational, and compliance areas. Demonstrate excellent analytical thinking, attention to detail, ethical judgment, and adaptability in dynamic environments.
Information Integrity: Ensure reliability of financial and operational data.
Reporting: Demonstrate exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities to present complex issues clearly and advise executive leadership and the audit committee.
Follow-up: Ensure timely implementation of corrective actions.
Audit Standards: Uphold professional standards for quality and consistency.
Process Improvement and Efficiency
Operational Efficiency: Identify opportunities for process improvements that enhance efficiency and improve the quality of Church and Audit Department operations.
Technology Adoption: Leverage tools like generative AI, data analytics and continuous monitoring.
Ethical Leadership
Governance: Promote ethics and integrity in Church operations.
Audit Committee Engagement: Presentations and strategic input to the Managing Director on risk and governance issues.
Regulatory Compliance
Regulatory Awareness: Stay informed on legal and accounting changes.
Global Compliance Services: Coordinate with compliance stewards and ensure appropriate audit coverage.
Financial Reporting: Ensure controls over financial reporting are in place and functioning properly.
External Audit Liaison: Facilitate external audits for affiliates.
Qualifications
CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE, or an equivalent certification required; however, candidates with extensive and progressive leadership experience directing compliance, financial, information systems, or enterprise risk audit functions may also be considered.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field; master’s degree preferred.
Minimum 14 years of audit or accounting experience, including multinational exposure.
Extensive and progressive managerial experience in leadership roles, with demonstrated strength in collaborating with functional leaders to address compliance, financial, internal control, and operational challenges.
Proven ability to lead and mentor audit teams, manage complex and resource-intensive audit services, and collaboratively develop strategic audit plans.
Proven ability to support departmental staff through personnel and workplace matters.
Deep understanding of internal controls, risk management, compliance, business processes, and project management.
Demonstrate excellence in written and verbal communications.
Perform work with integrity, objectivity, professionalism, and competency.
About Us Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings—giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
Note: This posting may close at any time without prior notice. Find out more about the benefits of Church Employment at https://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org.
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