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Internal Auditor - Director

Huron Consulting · Chicago, IL · Full time

Posted Aug 25, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a proposal you wrote and won. What made it stand out?

What they are checking: Whether they can contribute to business development, which this director role explicitly requires.

Describe a time you led an audit team across several engagements at once.

What they are checking: Whether they can plan, staff and review work across projects at the director level.

How do you coach a senior consultant whose workpapers keep coming back with review notes?

What they are checking: Whether they develop people rather than just correcting work, which matters for a director's team.

What would you do

A client's management disagrees with a finding you believe is significant. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they hold their ground on evidence while keeping the client relationship workable.

Midway through fieldwork you find evidence that suspicious activity reports were not filed on time. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they recognize when an issue needs immediate escalation rather than waiting for the final report.

About the work

Walk me through how you would build a risk-based internal audit plan for a regional bank's BSA/AML program.

What they are checking: Whether they can scope audit coverage around real risk rather than running the same checklist every year.

What are the core pillars of a BSA/AML program, and where do banks most often fall short?

What they are checking: Whether they know the regulatory framework deeply enough to find the weaknesses examiners will find.

How would you test the effectiveness of a bank's OFAC screening, not just whether a policy exists?

What they are checking: Whether they test controls in practice, including list updates, fuzzy matching and alert handling.

How do you approach issue validation when a bank says it has fixed a regulatory finding?

What they are checking: Whether they confirm remediation is sustainable and working, not just that a document was updated.

How do you think about the role of technology and data analytics in internal audit for financial institutions?

What they are checking: Whether they can bring a modern, data-driven approach that matches the holistic view the posting describes.

What changes in banking regulation are you watching right now, and how would they affect an internal audit plan?

What they are checking: Whether they stay current and connect regulatory change to practical audit priorities for clients.

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The full job description

As published by Huron Consulting.

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. You'll help banks, asset management and insurance organizations own their future by helping them to transform and create new business models to meet changing customer needs and drive sustainability. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. Huron is seeking Director level candidates with experience in Internal Audit, AML, BSA, OFAC within the financial services industry to join our Financial Institutions Advisory team. In this client-facing role, you will leverage your deep understanding of banking regulations, policies, and governance to help clients develop an integrated and sustainable internal audit approach that encompasses a holistic view of strategy, people, process, and technology. As a Director in the Financial Institutions Internal Audit discipline, you will be required to work and support the internal audit team in the market through business development, proposal development, project planning, internal audit project execution, and issue validation. You will deliver the following capabilities to clients: • Assisting with proposal, budget, and timeline development. • Delivering internal audit risk assessment and internal audit planning by conducting research on client background and risks, leading internal audit risk assessment, developing internal audit plan, preparing for kick off meeting with client and other necessary planning activities. • Executing an internal audit plan including conducting interviews with senior management, overseeing day-to-day engagement team, providing guidance to junior team members during fieldwork, reviewing work papers prepared by junior team members, providing feedback, and preparing for kickoff and exit meetings with client. • Managing end-to-end internal audit engagement economics, including monitoring of the scope, engagement progress, budget vs. actual, risks and issues, and billing. • Preparing draft reports and wrapping up internal audit work • Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with client personnel to identify further work opportunities. • Building strong internal relationships across other service lines. • Contributing to the development of thought leadership materials Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or a related field. • Minimum 7 years of experience with internal audit and AML, BSA, OFAC compliance in a big public accounting and consulting firm, regulatory environment or the banking sector. • Strong knowledge of IIA Standards, auditing standards and procedures, relevant laws, rules, and regulations with the Financial Services industry • Broad abilities in process and controls, risk assessment • Extensive experience in developing and implementing internal audit programs including but not limited to financial, operational, technology, and compliance audits • Proven track record in managing co-sourcing and outsourcing engagements and leveraging advanced technology and AI tools, e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Enterprise ChatGPT, copilot, etc. • Excellent client-facing and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong client relationships. • Effective communication skills, both written and verbal. • Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities. • Flexible, multitasking and ability to deliver quality work under tight deadlines. • Willingness and ability to travel to client sites as needed • Industry related certification (e.g., CIA, CPA, CAMS) Position Level Director Country United States of America

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