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Reporting to the Global Head of Internal Audit, this executive will lead Sedgwick's IT internal audit program, including IT audits, IT SOX, SAP controls, and technology risk assurance across a ...

Internal Audit Senior Manager

Northbrook, IL · Hybrid

$123K - $180K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

The Senior Manager, Internal Audit will serve as a member of the Stepan Global Internal Audit team and will report to the Global Head of Internal Audit. As a member of the Global Audit Leadership ...

Sr Manager, Internal Audit

Deerfield, IL · On-site

$91K - $125K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Your at Vantive This position reports to the VP, Global Head of Internal Audit and will be based in the Americas. The Senior Manager, Internal Audit is accountable for leading complex risk-based ...

Sr Manager, Internal Audit

Deerfield, IL · On-site

$91K - $125K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Your at Vantive This position reports to the VP, Global Head of Internal Audit and will be based in the Americas. The Senior Manager, Internal Audit is accountable for leading complex risk-based ...

Support the Head of Internal Audit in conducting Enterprise Risk Assessment and Management, including risk identification, prioritization, and ongoing monitoring of the organization's risk profile.

Support the Head of Internal Audit in conducting Enterprise Risk Assessment and Management, including risk identification, prioritization, and ongoing monitoring of the organization's risk profile.

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

$175K - $227K/yr

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

Senior Manager, Internal Audit

New York, NY · On-site +1

$175K - $227K/yr

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

Senior Manager, Internal Audit

Tampa, FL · Remote

$175K - $227K/yr

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

Senior Manager, Internal Audit

Miami, IN · Remote

$175K - $227K/yr

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

$175K - $227K/yr

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual will serve as a key leader in executing fiduciary audits. What you'll work on: * Lead Circle National Trust's internal audit program, ensuring ...

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How much do head internal audit jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 12, 2026, the average yearly pay for head internal audit in the United States is $138,997.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $109,500.00 and $162,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the responsibilities of a head internal audit?

The Head of Internal Audit is responsible for overseeing an organization's internal audit function, ensuring that financial and operational controls are effective and compliant with regulations. This role involves developing audit plans, leading audit teams, assessing risk management processes, and providing recommendations to improve systems and procedures. The Head of Internal Audit also communicates audit findings to senior management and the board, ensuring transparency and accountability across the organization.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a head internal audit, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Head Internal Audit, you need expertise in risk management, financial controls, auditing standards, and typically an accounting or finance degree with certifications such as CIA, CPA, or ACCA. Familiarity with audit management software, data analytics tools, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems is important. Strong leadership, analytical thinking, and effective communication are essential soft skills for managing teams and influencing stakeholders. These skills ensure the integrity of financial processes, promote compliance, and enhance organizational governance.

What is the difference between Head Internal Audit vs Internal Auditor?

AspectHead Internal AuditInternal Auditor
ResponsibilitiesOversees the entire internal audit function, develops audit strategies, manages teams, and reports to senior management and audit committees.Performs specific audit tasks, evaluates internal controls, and reports findings to audit managers or heads.
Required CredentialsTypically requires professional certifications like CIA, CPA, or CISA, along with extensive experience in internal audit.Often requires similar certifications, such as CIA or CISA, with less managerial experience needed.
Work EnvironmentLeads the internal audit department within organizations across various industries, often in corporate or financial sectors.Works within organizations' internal audit teams, conducting audits across departments.

The Head Internal Audit holds a leadership role, managing the entire internal audit function, while the Internal Auditor performs specific audit tasks under supervision. Both roles require similar certifications, but the head position involves strategic oversight and team management.

What are the common challenges faced by a head internal audit in balancing independence with collaboration across departments?

A Head of Internal Audit must maintain an objective and independent perspective while also fostering constructive relationships with other departments. This can be challenging, as the role often involves reviewing processes and identifying areas for improvement, which may be sensitive for operational teams. Effective communication, diplomacy, and a solutions-oriented mindset are crucial for gaining trust and ensuring recommendations are implemented. Additionally, the Head of Internal Audit should regularly engage with executive leadership to align audit priorities with organizational goals, while preserving the integrity of the audit function.
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Job description

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It's what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there's no limit to what you can achieve.

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VP Internal Audit

About the Role

Sedgwick is seeking a seasoned and highly effective Vice President, IT Internal Audit to help lead and advance the Company's technology audit and assurance capabilities. Reporting to the Global Head of Internal Audit, this executive will lead Sedgwick's IT internal audit program, including IT audits, IT SOX, SAP controls, and technology risk assurance across a complex global environment.

This is a high-impact leadership role for a candidate who combines strategic perspective, technical depth, and strong execution discipline. The Vice President will play a central role in shaping Sedgwick's approach to IT risk, controls, and compliance, while also working directly in complex areas such as IT audit testing strategy, SAP controls, ERP implementation risk, and remediation validation.

A particularly important dimension of the role will be supporting Sedgwick through its global SAP S/4HANA migration and implementation. This leader will help Internal Audit provide meaningful oversight and assurance throughout the transformation, including evaluating implementation governance, controls readiness, security and access design, segregation of duties, testing, data migration, and go-live risk. This is an outstanding opportunity for a proven IT audit leader who wants to help shape a modern internal audit function, partner closely with senior leadership, and make a meaningful impact during a major global transformation.

What You'll Do

Lead the Company's IT Internal Audit program, including risk assessment, planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up.

Oversee and enhance Sedgwick's IT SOX program, including testing strategy and assurance over IT general controls, automated controls, interfaces, reports, and other key technology-dependent controls.

Drive a risk-based IT audit plan focused on areas such as ERP systems, cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud environments, third-party technology risk, and major system implementations.

Provide direct leadership over IT audit testing strategy, including approach, methodology, evidence expectations, and quality of execution.

Serve as a senior subject matter leader for SAP controls, including security, logical access, segregation of duties, privileged access, change management, configuration, interfaces, key reports, and automated controls.

Partner closely with Internal Audit leadership to ensure technology and SAP risks are appropriately addressed in broader financial, operational, and compliance audits.

Play an active role in Internal Audit's involvement in Sedgwick's global SAP S/4HANA transformation, helping assess: o program governance o controls readiness o role design and access models o segregation of duties and mitigating controls o data migration and integration risks o testing and cutover readiness o post-implementation control sustainability

Lead and directly review remediation validation for IT and SAP-related findings to ensure corrective actions are practical, effective, and sustainable.

Collaborate with management and external auditors on IT SOX and SAP controls, including testing coordination, issue resolution, and reliance discussions.

Communicate technology and controls risks clearly and effectively to senior leadership, with a practical, business-oriented perspective.

Help strengthen and modernize Internal Audit's approach to auditing ERP transformation, digital risk, and enterprise technology change.

Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing team and foster strong collaboration across Internal Audit, IT, Finance, and business leadership.

What We're Looking For

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field

12+ years of progressive experience in IT audit, IT risk, SOX, internal controls, or ERP controls, including senior leadership experience Strong background leading IT internal audit and IT SOX programs in a complex, large-scale organization Deep expertise in: o IT general controls o IT SOX and technology-related financial controls o ERP and application controls o IT audit testing strategy and execution o issue tracking, follow-up, and remediation validation Significant experience with SAP environments, including controls related to access, security, segregation of duties, change management, configuration, interfaces, reports, and automated controls

Experience supporting or auditing SAP implementations or major ERP transformation programs, ideally including SAP S/4HANA

Strong understanding of implementation and transformation risk, including governance, testing, access design, data migration, and go-live readiness Ability to assess both design effectiveness and operating effectiveness of controls in a dynamic, global environment

Executive presence and strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively across senior business and technology stakeholders Preferred Credentials

CISA preferred

CIA, CPA, CISSP, or similar relevant certification a plus

SAP or SAP controls-related certification preferred, or equivalent experience in SAP risk, controls, and GRC

Why Join Sedgwick

This role offers the opportunity to help shape the future of Sedgwick's Internal Audit function at a pivotal moment. The Vice President, IT Internal Audit will have meaningful visibility across the organization and a direct role in strengthening assurance over critical technology risks while supporting one of the Company's most important transformation initiatives. You'll join a leadership team that values strong partnership, sound judgment, and practical problem-solving - and you'll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the control environment, the audit function, and the business more broadly.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

When applicable and appropriate, consideration will be given to reasonable accommodations.

Mental: Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment, troubleshooting, problem solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines

Physical: Computer keyboarding, travel as required

Auditory/Visual: Hearing, vision and talking

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Management retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.

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Sedgwickis an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, consider applying for it anyway! Sedgwick is building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and recognizes that each person possesses a unique combination of skills, knowledge, and experience. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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