Director, Strategic Initiatives & Innovation – ICFR CoE & Global Functions

As Director, Strategic Initiatives & Innovation, you will drive the planning, coordination, and execution of strategic initiatives across the Internal Audit (IA) ICFR Center of Excellence (CoE) and Global Functions. Your role is critical in ensuring strategic goals are achieved within approved timeframes, scope, and budget while maximizing long-term value through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership:
  • Lead end-to-end strategic and analytics initiatives (ICFR CoE & Global Functions) aligned with Internal Audit’s objectives, impacting audit operations across multiple geographies and functions.
  • Ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget, while partnering with stakeholders to optimize outcomes.
• Executive Communication & Decision Support:
  • Prepare and present executive-level communications on strategic initiatives and change management solutions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop data-driven analyses that enable informed decision-making.
• Innovation & Process Optimization:
  • Conduct current-state analysis of ICFR processes, identifying opportunities for automation and simplification.
  • Lead the delivery of initiatives to enhance efficiency across ICFR CoE & Global Functions.
• Technology & Change Management:
  • Partner with technical teams to translate business cases into scalable technological solutions.
  • Advocate for the strategic use of existing technology to minimize redundancy and ensure Internal Audit platforms are equipped to leverage available tools.
  • Drive change management activities, including pilot programs, feedback collection, training, and deployment, to ensure technology adoption.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  • Interact with senior leaders and diverse stakeholders to ensure technological solutions deliver measurable business value.
  • Provide strategic direction to reimagine operational activities within the ICFR CoE, fostering a culture of innovation.

Impact

This role bridges strategy, innovation, and execution, directly influencing the efficiency, scalability, and technological maturity of ICFR CoE as well as Global Functions. By championing digital transformation and change management, you will enable the organization to meet evolving audit demands while driving long-term value.

Ideal Candidate: A strategic leader with expertise in audit, analytics, and digital transformation, capable of leading teams and driving adoption of innovative solutions in a complex, global environment

Experience Required

An excellent understanding of relevant Audit and ICFR processes that enable delivery of mandate:

• A strong understanding of business transformation, process development and change principles
• Outstanding stakeholder, inter-personal and relationship management skills, with highly developed influencing and negotiation skills
• Highly developed problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to shifting contexts
• The ability to communicate complex technical work to both senior stakeholders and non-experts
• Identify and design solutions for scaling across ICFR CoE and more broadly where applicable to maximizing product usability.
• Agile practitioner, with proven experience implementing processes and frameworks for delivery of enhanced processes

Job Skills

Adaptability, Auditing, Detail-Oriented, Internal Controls, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Long Term Planning, Multi-Level Communication, Organizational Savvy and Politics, Results-Oriented

Additional Job Details

20 KING ST W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeINTERNAL AUDITRegularSalaried2026-05-082026-06-01

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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