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Requisition ID 2026-122656
Category Executive
Position type Regular
Pay range USD $225,000.00 - $375,000.00 / Year
Application deadline 2026-07-02
Your opportunity
Managing Director, Internal Audit - Bank
The Managing Director, Internal Audit – Financial Audit has responsibility for the independent and objective assurance activity designed to improve the firm’s operations by evaluating and improving the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. They elevate control maturity while enabling the business, champion a client-first, risk-based culture, and ensure audit work drives actionable insights, timely remediation, and measurable risk reduction. This position is also responsible for liaising with the firm’s Finance and Corporate Risk Management Enterprises, external co-sourcing providers, and regulators. This role offers the opportunity to work in diverse areas of the business and to gain a broad perspective of all operations and activities. The position requires involvement in major change activities, affording the opportunity to shape the direction of internal audit. Reporting to the General Auditor and an integral part of the Internal Audit leadership team, this is a highly cross-functional leadership role, interfacing with senior leaders within both the Finance Enterprise (Finance, Treasury, Accounting) and Corporate Risk Management Enterprise (Financial Risk Management), who are responsible for managing capital adequacy, interest rate risk, liquidity risk and credit risk.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership & Governance
- Lead the Finance Internal Audit function, including strategy, planning, staffing, and operating model.
- Maintain functional reporting to the Audit Committee and administrative reporting to the General Auditor.
- Ensure the Internal Audit Charter, methodology, and practices align with industry standards (e.g., IIA Standards).
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Board and senior leadership on governance, controls, ethics, and emerging risks.
- Champion a high-performance culture focused on integrity, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
Risk-Based Audit Planning & Execution
- Develop and execute an annual risk-based audit plan covering all corporate/business functions.
- Oversee audits spanning processes within the Finance and Corporate Risk Management Enterprises and across various risk categories (e.g., capital, interest rate risk, liquidity, and credit).
- Ensure audits are delivered with high quality, clear risk articulation, and timely reporting.
- Provide actionable recommendations grounded in root-cause analysis and business context.
- Monitor remediation of audit findings; escalate overdue issues and validate completed actions.
Regulators and Audit Committee
- Serve as the primary Internal Audit contact for prudential regulators.
- Prepare and deliver bank entity reporting to the Audit Committee, including risk themes, audit results, issue trends, and emerging concerns.
- Support regulatory exams and ensure Internal Audit meets supervisory expectations and industry best practices.
People Leadership
- Recruit, develop, and retain a high-performing audit team with strong risk and technical capabilities.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and client-centricity.
- Manage co-sourced or specialized resources (e.g., integrated auditors) as needed.
Data, Technology & Innovation
- Advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as CoPilot, data analytics, automation, and continuous monitoring to increase audit efficiency and coverage.
- Continuously enhance tools and processes to modernize the Internal Audit function.
What you have
Required Experience:
We seek a strong internal audit leader with a demonstrated focus on banking and trust services within the financial services industry, including:
- 12+ years of internal audit experience with increasing responsibility, preferably in a diverse financial services environment and/or with Big 4 Accounting experience; 5–7+ years progressive experience leading audit teams.
- Experience with capital stress testing, capital management, liquidity risk management, interest rate risk management, and credit risk management.
- Strong understanding of prudential requirements and expected practices for liquidity, interest rate risk and interrelationships with capital. Includes understanding of model risk along with relevant interagency guidance.
- Clear understanding of regulatory expectations and interagency guidance in the execution of audit work, issue validation, MRA validation, and the response to regulatory inquiries.
- Stays current on industry and regulatory issues and best practices for assigned areas and imparts this knowledge to the team and the auditees.
- Proven ability to find a balance in developing programs effectively meeting potentially differing regulatory requirements and expectations while being effective for business partners.
- Demonstrated capacity managing internal audits and associated team members within a complex operational and regulatory environment with the ability to lead a project team and cultivate a strong working relationship with external co-sourcing providers, regulators, and internal lines of businesses.
Preferred Experience:
- Thrives on initiating, building and cultivating strong relationships inside and outside the firm; highly collaborative; comfortable with debate and willing to challenge the status quo; navigates and activates alignment across organizational silos.
- Purpose driven leader who displays confidence and courage in business and talent decisions, actions and communications with a demonstrated ability to take decisive action when needed including championing ideas, position or dissent.
- Ability to proactively synthesize information and fully develop insights to guide decision rights. Able to create a vision aligned with the goals and purpose of the business, demonstrating new thinking and encouraging new ideas and creativity across multiple functions.
- An exceptional communicator able to effectively persuade and influence across channels with a purpose. Competence in interacting with and influencing senior leaders across the firm through innovative and creative means.
- Builds extremely strong relationships through collaboration across multiple levels of the organization motivating colleagues to get things done effectively; is sought out for counsel and feedback and contributes to cross-functional teams and initiatives.
- Strong influence skills with the ability to shape, define and present a complete and thorough picture of Schwab’s control environment including developing thoughtfully-written action plans and clear/regular communication to executive management.
- Relationship-oriented and emotionally mature senior leader who manages complex, multi-stakeholder issues with resilience, embraces others’ perspectives both inside and outside of the firm, and understands the limits to their own points of view.
- Exceptionally client focused; able to effectively and quickly build relationships and establish trust, respect, competence and confidence.
- Certifications: CIA, CPA, CFA, CFSA, FRM (mix is ideal; not all required).
- Proven Board-facing experience; strong written/oral executive communication.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
Eligible Schwabbies receive
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans
- Tuition reimbursement to keep developing your career
- Paid parental leave and adoption/family building benefits
- Sabbatical leave available after five years of employment
Location: Westlake, TX
Requisition ID 2026-122656
Category Executive
Position type Regular
Pay range USD $225,000.00 - $375,000.00 / Year
Application deadline 2026-07-02
Your opportunity
Managing Director, Internal Audit - Bank
The Managing Director, Internal Audit – Financial Audit has responsibility for the independent and objective assurance activity designed to improve the firm’s operations by evaluating and improving the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. They elevate control maturity while enabling the business, champion a client-first, risk-based culture, and ensure audit work drives actionable insights, timely remediation, and measurable risk reduction. This position is also responsible for liaising with the firm’s Finance and Corporate Risk Management Enterprises, external co-sourcing providers, and regulators. This role offers the opportunity to work in diverse areas of the business and to gain a broad perspective of all operations and activities. The position requires involvement in major change activities, affording the opportunity to shape the direction of internal audit. Reporting to the General Auditor and an integral part of the Internal Audit leadership team, this is a highly cross-functional leadership role, interfacing with senior leaders within both the Finance Enterprise (Finance, Treasury, Accounting) and Corporate Risk Management Enterprise (Financial Risk Management), who are responsible for managing capital adequacy, interest rate risk, liquidity risk and credit risk.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership & Governance
- Lead the Finance Internal Audit function, including strategy, planning, staffing, and operating model.
- Maintain functional reporting to the Audit Committee and administrative reporting to the General Auditor.
- Ensure the Internal Audit Charter, methodology, and practices align with industry standards (e.g., IIA Standards).
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Board and senior leadership on governance, controls, ethics, and emerging risks.
- Champion a high-performance culture focused on integrity, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
Risk-Based Audit Planning & Execution
- Develop and execute an annual risk-based audit plan covering all corporate/business functions.
- Oversee audits spanning processes within the Finance and Corporate Risk Management Enterprises and across various risk categories (e.g., capital, interest rate risk, liquidity, and credit).
- Ensure audits are delivered with high quality, clear risk articulation, and timely reporting.
- Provide actionable recommendations grounded in root-cause analysis and business context.
- Monitor remediation of audit findings; escalate overdue issues and validate completed actions.
Regulators and Audit Committee
- Serve as the primary Internal Audit contact for prudential regulators.
- Prepare and deliver bank entity reporting to the Audit Committee, including risk themes, audit results, issue trends, and emerging concerns.
- Support regulatory exams and ensure Internal Audit meets supervisory expectations and industry best practices.
People Leadership
- Recruit, develop, and retain a high-performing audit team with strong risk and technical capabilities.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and client-centricity.
- Manage co-sourced or specialized resources (e.g., integrated auditors) as needed.
Data, Technology & Innovation
- Advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as CoPilot, data analytics, automation, and continuous monitoring to increase audit efficiency and coverage.
- Continuously enhance tools and processes to modernize the Internal Audit function.
What you have
Required Experience:
We seek a strong internal audit leader with a demonstrated focus on banking and trust services within the financial services industry, including:
- 12+ years of internal audit experience with increasing responsibility, preferably in a diverse financial services environment and/or with Big 4 Accounting experience; 5–7+ years progressive experience leading audit teams.
- Experience with capital stress testing, capital management, liquidity risk management, interest rate risk management, and credit risk management.
- Strong understanding of prudential requirements and expected practices for liquidity, interest rate risk and interrelationships with capital. Includes understanding of model risk along with relevant interagency guidance.
- Clear understanding of regulatory expectations and interagency guidance in the execution of audit work, issue validation, MRA validation, and the response to regulatory inquiries.
- Stays current on industry and regulatory issues and best practices for assigned areas and imparts this knowledge to the team and the auditees.
- Proven ability to find a balance in developing programs effectively meeting potentially differing regulatory requirements and expectations while being effective for business partners.
- Demonstrated capacity managing internal audits and associated team members within a complex operational and regulatory environment with the ability to lead a project team and cultivate a strong working relationship with external co-sourcing providers, regulators, and internal lines of businesses.
Preferred Experience:
- Thrives on initiating, building and cultivating strong relationships inside and outside the firm; highly collaborative; comfortable with debate and willing to challenge the status quo; navigates and activates alignment across organizational silos.
- Purpose driven leader who displays confidence and courage in business and talent decisions, actions and communications with a demonstrated ability to take decisive action when needed including championing ideas, position or dissent.
- Ability to proactively synthesize information and fully develop insights to guide decision rights. Able to create a vision aligned with the goals and purpose of the business, demonstrating new thinking and encouraging new ideas and creativity across multiple functions.
- An exceptional communicator able to effectively persuade and influence across channels with a purpose. Competence in interacting with and influencing senior leaders across the firm through innovative and creative means.
- Builds extremely strong relationships through collaboration across multiple levels of the organization motivating colleagues to get things done effectively; is sought out for counsel and feedback and contributes to cross-functional teams and initiatives.
- Strong influence skills with the ability to shape, define and present a complete and thorough picture of Schwab’s control environment including developing thoughtfully-written action plans and clear/regular communication to executive management.
- Relationship-oriented and emotionally mature senior leader who manages complex, multi-stakeholder issues with resilience, embraces others’ perspectives both inside and outside of the firm, and understands the limits to their own points of view.
- Exceptionally client focused; able to effectively and quickly build relationships and establish trust, respect, competence and confidence.
- Certifications: CIA, CPA, CFA, CFSA, FRM (mix is ideal; not all required).
- Proven Board-facing experience; strong written/oral executive communication.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
Eligible Schwabbies receive
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans
- Tuition reimbursement to keep developing your career
- Paid parental leave and adoption/family building benefits
- Sabbatical leave available after five years of employment
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Map your degree to the SOC code
Internal Audit roles typically file under SOC 13-2011 (Accountants and Auditors). Confirm your degree field aligns with that classification before applying. A mismatch between your credentials and the SOC code is a common RFE trigger.
Target employers with LCA audit history
Search the OFLC Wage Search to find companies that have filed LCAs for audit roles in your target metro. Employers with repeated filings have established H-1B workflows, reducing the risk of a sponsorship commitment falling through late in the process.
Filter H-1B audit roles on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to browse Internal Audit openings filtered by employers with verified H-1B filing history. That DOL Labor Condition Application data tells you which companies have sponsored audit roles before, not just which ones claim they will.
Get credentials evaluated before interviewing
If your accounting degree is from outside the U.S., a NACES-member credential evaluation confirming equivalency to a U.S. bachelor's degree strengthens your petition. Employers and USCIS both scrutinize foreign credential documentation in specialty occupation cases.
Clarify the prevailing wage level in your offer
DOL requires your offered salary to meet the prevailing wage for your specific role and location. Ask the employer which wage level they intend to certify in the LCA. A Level I wage on a senior audit role invites DOL scrutiny and delays certification.
Negotiate your start date around cap timelines
H-1B cap-subject petitions have an October 1 start date. If you receive an offer in spring after lottery selection, your employment can't begin until October 1. Build that gap into your negotiations so both sides have aligned expectations from the offer stage.
H-1B Visa Internal Audit: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Internal Audit role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. Internal Audit positions qualify because they normally require at least a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a directly related field. USCIS evaluates the job duties and degree requirement together, so the role description in the LCA must make the connection between audit responsibilities and the required field of study explicit.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Internal Audit positions?
Financial institutions, Big Four accounting firms, publicly traded corporations, and large healthcare systems are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for audit roles. These employers file LCAs annually and have dedicated HR processes for visa sponsorship. Use Migrate Mate to find Internal Audit openings at employers with documented LCA filing history, rather than relying on a company's verbal sponsorship claim.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Internal Audit employer mid-year?
Yes. H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer as soon as the transfer petition is filed, provided your current H-1B has been approved for at least 180 days. The new employer files a new I-129 and LCA for the audit role. You don't need to wait for approval before starting, but both petitions must remain valid during the transfer window.
What happens to my H-1B if I move from an external audit role to an internal audit role at the same company?
A material change in job duties, SOC code, or work location can require an amended H-1B petition. Moving from an external audit function to an internal audit position often involves a different SOC classification and a distinct set of duties, which USCIS may treat as a new position. The employer's immigration counsel should review whether an amendment is required before the role change takes effect.
How does the prevailing wage requirement affect Internal Audit H-1B petitions?
DOL requires the employer to certify in the LCA that your offered wage meets the prevailing wage for the role's SOC code, experience level, and geographic location. You can verify the applicable wage tier using the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer. A wage certified at Level I for a senior audit role is a common source of RFEs because it suggests the position may not require specialized expertise.