Lead Internal Auditor - IT - Payment

At GoTo, our business operates at immense scale, speed, and complexity across a technology-driven ecosystem. As the Internal Audit Lead, you will lead the end-to-end execution of risk-based audits, assessing operational processes, internal controls, and technology-enabled risks across the organization. Working closely with business and technology stakeholders, you will identify control gaps, evaluate risk exposure, and translate audit findings into practical recommendations that strengthen governance and operational resilience. This role offers broad exposure to complex business environments and requires strong technical audit expertise, stakeholder management, and the ability to deliver high-quality, actionable audit insights.

* Risk-Based Audit Execution: Plan and execute risk-based audits across payment systems and processes, covering areas such as payment processing, transaction lifecycle, reconciliation, settlement, refunds, chargebacks, and payment operations.

* Process & Control Assessment: Assess end-to-end business processes to identify control gaps, operational inefficiencies, leakage points, and potential fraud risks, and evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of existing controls.

* Technology & Automated Control Audits: Evaluate application controls, automated controls, system integrations, data flows, access controls, and technology-enabled processes supporting payment systems.

* Audit Planning & Fieldwork: Conduct risk assessments, define audit scope and testing procedures, perform fieldwork and control testing, analyze evidence, and ensure audit working papers meet established audit methodology and quality standards.

* Audit Reporting & Recommendations: Develop clear and concise audit findings, identify root causes and potential business impacts, and provide practical recommendations to strengthen payment controls and mitigate identified risks.

* Stakeholder Management & Remediation: Partner with process owners and business stakeholders to validate audit findings, communicate key risks, and monitor management action plans through to timely remediation.

* Audit Quality & Continuous Improvement: Contribute to enhancing audit methodologies, data analytics, control testing approaches, and continuous monitoring techniques for payment-related risks.