Director - Audit Services
As the largest private-sector power producer in the world and the nation's largest producer of clean and reliable energy, Constellation is focused on lighting the way to a brilliant tomorrow. Our portfolio includes 55 gigawatts of capacity from nuclear, natural gas, geothermal, hydro, wind, and solar facilities, powering the equivalent of 27 million homes. We cultivate a workplace where employees grow, thrive, and contribute to healthier communities and a cleaner planet.
Total Rewards
- Competitive compensation and bonus program
- 401(k) with company match and employee stock purchase program
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, including robust wellbeing programs
- Disability and life insurance benefits
- Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick days
Expected salary range of $195,300 to $217,000, based on experience.
About the Role
The Director, Business Operations Internal Audit provides strategic risk leadership for the Company's operational, compliance, fraud, transformation, and business process risk assurance program. This role serves as a key advisor to Management and the Chief Audit Executive, driving execution of a unified, data-driven, forward-looking audit plan and operating model. The position balances core assurance with transformation-related and emerging risk coverage while translating complex business risks into clear, decision-useful insights.
Responsibilities
- Lead development and execution of a unified, data-driven, forward-looking audit plan focused on operational, compliance, fraud, transformation, and business process risks.
- Ensure consistent application of people, methodology, reporting, and risk coverage across a scalable Internal Audit function.
- Balance "run the business" core assurance with transformation-related and emerging risk assurance, aligning audit coverage to business priorities, market dynamics, and regulatory expectations.
- Develop and lead enterprise-wide operational, compliance, fraud, and transformation audit and advisory engagements using a risk-based approach.
- Apply business acumen and domain knowledge to evaluate control design and effectiveness, and communicate practical recommendations.
- Translate complex operational, compliance, fraud, transformation, and business process risks into actionable insights for senior leadership.
- Proactively identify emerging risks tied to transformation initiatives, energy market dynamics, regulatory expectations, and business performance objectives.
- Lead and retain a high-performing audit leadership team, setting clear expectations and accountability.
- Champion a culture of consistency, accountability, continuous improvement, and constructive challenge during organizational change.
- Manage stakeholder relationships across business operations, risk management, compliance, legal, finance, and external auditors.
- Maintain expertise in operational, compliance, and fraud risk assessments, including planning, execution, issue evaluation, and stakeholder communication.
- Build trusted partnerships with business leaders to assess control effectiveness and communicate findings and recommendations.
- Leverage technology, data analytics, and digital audit approaches to reduce the total cost of controls and increase audit efficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 12+ years of progressive professional experience, including significant leadership responsibility within internal audit, compliance, fraud risk, enterprise risk management, public accounting, or a comparable control-focused environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading teams focused on risk-based operational, compliance, fraud, transformation, or enterprise risk audits across complex business operations.
- Experience leading operational, compliance, fraud, and business process risk assessments, including audit planning, execution, issue evaluation, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
- Demonstrated success supporting organizational transformation, operating model changes, or continuous improvement initiatives within Internal Audit or a related risk function.
- Strong business acumen and ability to assess emerging risks tied to business operations, energy market dynamics, regulatory expectations, and strategic priorities.
- Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and communicate complex operational and compliance risks in a clear, business-oriented manner.
- Experience leading and developing teams, including managers and/or geographically dispersed teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree.
- Professional certification (e.g., CIA, CPA, CFE, CISA, CRMA, PMP).
- Experience leading operational, compliance, fraud, enterprise risk, or assurance programs within Fortune 500 organizations, particularly in power and utilities, energy, advanced manufacturing, or other highly regulated industries.
- Expertise auditing and assessing risks across engineering, generation and plant operations, operations and maintenance (O&M), asset management, capital projects, outage management, procurement, and end-to-end supply chain functions.
- Deep understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements applicable to regulated industries, including governance, environmental, reliability, safety, market, financial, and operational compliance frameworks.
- Experience evaluating and improving business processes, operational performance, and controls within complex, asset-intensive environments.
- Experience developing and leveraging data analytics, automation, AI-enabled solutions, digital tools, and continuous auditing techniques.
- Familiarity with internal control frameworks, enterprise risk management practices, fraud risk management programs, and regulatory compliance programs.
- Proven ability to provide strategic insights and challenge management on risks and opportunities affecting operations, maintenance, engineering, supply chain resilience, regulatory compliance, capital investments, and enterprise performance.
Skills
- Transformational Audit Leadership: Drives a forward-looking audit agenda balancing core assurance with transformation and emerging risk coverage.
- Digital Literacy: Leverages technology and data-driven approaches to improve audit execution and reduce the total cost of controls.
- Business Acumen and Strategic Orientation: Demonstrates deep understanding of business operations and enterprise priorities, strategically architects risk-based audit approaches.
- Change Leadership and Stakeholder Alignment: Builds trust across business leaders, risk partners, and external assurance providers.
- Executive Presence: Establishes credibility and influence with executive leadership and Audit Committee members through sound judgment and trusted advisory relationships.