Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including the Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia; the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke; sites in Newport News and Richmond; and numerous Extension offices and research centers. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $500 million in research annually.
The Office of Audit, Risk, and Compliance (OARC) serves as a proactive partner with management and staff to evaluate and assess institutional risk mitigation strategies, business processes, internal controls, and compliance mechanisms. Reporting functionally to the Board of Visitors and administrative to the Vice President for Audit, Risk, and Compliance, Internal Audit seeks to protect the university by independently and objectively identifying business risks and connects with key leaders and stakeholders to evaluate risk-mitigation strategies.
Position Summary (Responsibilities):
The Director of Internal Audit (Director) reports to the Chief Audit Executive and is responsible for empowering the internal audit team towards completion of the annual audit plan. The Director provides management direction in the planning, executing, and reporting all engagements. The Director is also responsible for executing a quality assurance review of the audit work to ensure compliance with departmental and professional standards. The incumbent will be a proactive partner to colleagues throughout the University. This is a hands-on position which interfaces with senior levels of management, as well as planning, conducting, and/or directing audit engagements. The incumbent must be detail, action, solution, and results oriented and dedicated to continuous improvement. The Director will:
• Maintain the highest level of ethics, integrity, and objectivity.
• Provide leadership to internal audit staff including mentoring and development.
• Apply critical analysis to data, processes, and/or policies that adds value to a given engagement.
• Plan, organize, direct, and/or conduct financial, operational, compliance, and information systems engagements in compliance with the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Global Internal Audit Standards and other standard frameworks.
• Lead and/or supervise work of audit staff, review scope statements, programs, internal control questionnaires, work papers, and assure timely progress and successful completion of engagements.
• Keep the Chief Audit Executive updated on the progress of engagements, major findings, and problems encountered. Attention to detail and project management is an integral component of the job.
• Provide professional reports supported by competent and evidential data, partner with clients to develop recommendations to improve controls and systems, and conduct entrance and exit conferences.
• Develop and maintain thorough knowledge of university systems and utilize advanced techniques (e.g., analytics, AI).
• Propose and implement department-level process improvements.
