Director of Advisory Services

A remote position based in the USA.

About the role

Lead and manage multiple concurrent advisory and special projects, delivering high-quality, executive-ready outcomes with minimal oversight. Translate enterprise strategy into prioritized initiatives that align with business goals and create measurable value. Identify and pursue advisory opportunities to improve decision-making, enhance controls, and reduce enterprise risk. Evaluate risks and implications at both the enterprise and program levels, and develop practical, scalable solutions to complex business challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple concurrent advisory and special projects, ensuring high-quality, executive-ready outcomes with minimal oversight.
• Translate enterprise strategy into prioritized Internal Audit (IA) Advisory initiatives aligned with business goals and measurable value creation.
• Proactively identify and pursue advisory opportunities that improve decision-making, enhance controls, and reduce enterprise risk exposure.
• Evaluate risks and implications beyond individual projects, considering enterprise-wide and program-level impacts.
• Deconstruct complex business challenges to identify root causes and develop practical, scalable solutions.
• Support senior leadership by establishing structure, tracking progress, and driving accountability for a dynamic portfolio of priorities.
• Synthesize inputs across initiatives to provide clear, actionable insights that enhance decision-making.
• Identify interdependencies, risks, and trade-offs across initiatives; elevate issues and recommend actions.
• Facilitate alignment across stakeholders to ensure priorities are clearly defined, resourced, and executed.
• Standardize how initiatives are planned, tracked, and communicated to improve execution effectiveness and transparency.
• Align IA Advisory engagements with strategic business objectives, ensuring risk management enables performance.
• Partner closely with Legal, Compliance, Finance, and other functions to ensure adherence to regulatory and policy expectations.
• Develop forward-looking perspectives on enterprise risk, connecting insights from engagements to broader organizational implications.
• Leverage data, analytics, and experimentation to improve decision quality and risk visibility.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team, fostering accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Identify development opportunities and stretch assignments to enhance team capability and engagement.
• Dynamically align team resources with evolving priorities and business demands.
• Guide teams through ambiguity and change while maintaining focus on outcomes and delivery excellence.
• Remove barriers to execution and create an environment where teams can succeed.
• Serve as a credible subject matter expert and trusted advisor to senior leaders and business partners.
• Build and sustain strong cross-functional relationships to advance IA Advisory and enterprise goals.
• Communicate complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences, including executive leadership and board-level stakeholders.
• Act as an ambassador for IA Advisory, clearly articulating its strategic value and business impact.
• Lead budgeting and resource planning, ensuring allocation aligns with enterprise priorities and risk profile.
• Ensure consistent adherence to IA methodologies, governance standards, and company policies.
• Drive adoption of IA Advisory operating principles, methodologies, and quality standards.
• Model leadership behaviors aligned with company values, integrity expectations, and professional standards.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Internal Audit, enterprise risk, advisory, or related strategic roles.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives with enterprise-level impact.
• Demonstrated success supporting senior leadership priorities and driving execution discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, particularly in ambiguous environments.
• Experience managing teams, budgets, and multi-project portfolios.
• Exceptional communication skills, including executive-level and board-facing engagement.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and enterprise perspective
• Portfolio orchestration and execution discipline
• Executive communication and influence
• Complex problem solving and root cause analysis
• Team leadership and talent development
• Risk management and governance expertise
• Change leadership and adaptability
• Stakeholder alignment and relationship management

Pay

Salary range: $153,000.00 - $191,300.00. Individual compensation packages may vary based on factors such as skill set, experience, and qualifications.