Director of Audit

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of a risk-based audit strategy that includes financial and investigative audits.
• Establish audit methodologies, standards, and procedures aligned with professional auditing frameworks.
• Provide independent reporting to leadership on risks, audit results, and control deficiencies.
• Oversee coordination with external auditors, lenders, investors, and regulators when applicable.
• Ensure the audit results deliver both assurance and advisory value to the organization.
• Conduct multiple audits across property management documents and processes, including but not limited to lease files, rent collections, concessions, and vendor management.
• Evaluate and audit financial integrity and control at the properties, including revenue and expense controls to identify areas of potential financial exposure.
• Leverage property management platforms (Yardi, RealPage, MRI, Entrata) and accounting systems to perform data-driven audits.
• Monitor and validate remediation of audit findings and control improvements.
• Conduct fraud investigations, including misappropriation of assets, vendor fraud, leasing fraud, and financial manipulation.
• Develop and deploy proactive fraud detection techniques, including data analytics and exception reporting.
• Partner with Legal, HR, Risk, and Operations on investigations.
• Promote a strong ethical culture and fraud awareness across the organization.
• Develop continuous auditing/monitoring capabilities to identify anomalies (e.g., exceptions reports, duplicate payments, unusual write-offs, occupancy inconsistencies).
• Evaluate system controls, including user access, configurations, and data integrity.
• Partner with Systems and Data Strategy teams to strengthen system governance and report reliability.

Qualifications

• May substitute for education.
• Five years of experience in audit, forensic accounting or investigations, including experience in multifamily property management or real estate.
• Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating internal controls, assessing fraud risk, and conducting operational audits.
• Experience with property management systems (Yardi, RealPage, Entrata) and accounting platforms.
• Preferred CPA, CIA, CISA, or similar certification.
• Experience working with large, multi-state property portfolios.
• Knowledge of real estate investment structures (e.g., REITs, joint ventures).
• Experience implementing audit analytics or automation tools.
• Knowledge of multifamily operational risk and fraud schemes.