What you’ll do:

Build and Execute GiveDirectly’s Corporate Audit Program

• Lead the design and implementation of a risk-based corporate audit plan, aligned with organizational priorities and the enterprise risk framework.
• Expand IA’s scope beyond field audits to include financial, operational, compliance, and governance reviews.
• Coordinate with the Senior Manager, Legal, Risk & Compliance to ensure risk data and control libraries inform audit planning.
• Conduct independent reviews of the design and effectiveness of internal controls across departments (Finance, HR, Legal, Operations, IT, Procurement, etc.).
• Manage end-to-end audits: scoping, fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up.

Provide Assurance and Insight

• Assess whether systems and processes are operating effectively and efficiently, in compliance with internal policy and external requirements.
• Identify control weaknesses, inefficiencies, and risks – and recommend actionable solutions.
• Partner with management to track remediation plans, ensuring audit findings are resolved and controls strengthened.
• Present concise, high-impact audit reports and recommendations to the Director of IA.

Strengthen Governance and Control Systems

• Partner with GLC and Finance to review organizational policies, processes, and control design.
• Provide independent assurance on critical areas such as:
• Procurement and contract management
• Data privacy and security
• Financial management and reporting
• Regulatory and donor compliance
• Fraud prevention and ethics controls
• Identify opportunities to simplify and strengthen controls without creating bureaucracy.

Promote a Culture of Accountability and Learning

• Work collaboratively with departments to demystify audit – positioning it as a partner in improvement, not a punitive function.
• Support the development of audit readiness and control awareness across teams.
• Contribute to IA’s learning agenda by sharing insights, trends, and systemic lessons.

Conduct investigations

• Where necessary work with the IA team to undertake investigations when systems, processes or controls are found to have been violated
• Present findings of these investigations to Senior Leadership

What you’ll bring:

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or certification (e.g., CPA, CIA, CISA, ACCA) strongly preferred.
• 4-5 years of experience in internal audit, risk, compliance, or assurance — ideally within international NGOs, development organizations, or global enterprises.
• Proven experience designing or executing risk-based audits and evaluating internal controls across multiple functions.