Internal Audit Manager
Payward, Inc. is a global financial infrastructure company and the parent organization behind Kraken. It provides trading, custody, payments, lending, staking, tokenized assets, derivatives, and market data infrastructure to consumers, professional traders, institutions, enterprises, fintechs, banks, exchanges, asset managers, and onchain platforms.
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About Payward, Inc.
Payward, Inc. operates a unified financial infrastructure platform powering a portfolio of products including Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, CF Benchmarks, and Payward Services. Its shared architecture provides global liquidity, risk and margin management, collateral and settlement, compliance and licensing, and operational infrastructure across crypto, tokenized assets, and traditional markets. Through Payward Services, the company offers APIs and infrastructure for crypto trading, custody, on/off-ramps, tokenized equities, derivatives, staking and yield, payments, and benchmark data. Payward operates across more than 190 jurisdictions and serves consumers, professional traders, institutional investors, enterprises, fintechs, banks, exchanges, asset managers, and DeFi/onchain protocols.
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About the Role
You will lead risk-based operational and post-acquisition integration audits, assess governance, regulatory, financial, and operational controls, evaluate integration risks, manage audit engagements and remediation, direct specialist support, lead audit teams, and communicate findings to stakeholders and audit committees.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in internal audit, risk management, or regulatory examination
- Financial services, fintech, or crypto experience
- Generalist audit background
- Experience auditing complex regulated environments
- Multi-jurisdiction experience
- Ability to assess unfamiliar business models
- Experience communicating findings to senior stakeholders
- Audit team leadership experience
- Ability to work across multiple time zones
- CIA, CISA, CAMS, CFE, or equivalent certification
- M&A or integration audit experience
- Familiarity with crypto, fintech, or digital-asset business models
Responsibilities
- Lead risk-based operational audits
- Shape audit plan coverage
- Lead post-acquisition integration audits
- Assess acquired entities’ control environments
- Assess integration and change risks
- Perform risk assessments
- Direct co-sourced specialist support
- Apply generative AI and data analytics to audits
- Manage audit engagements from planning through reporting
- Document audit findings and root causes
- Draft workpapers and reports
- Track and validate remediation
- Improve audit methodologies
- Ensure conformance with IIA standards
- Lead engagement teams
- Mentor junior auditors
- Communicate audit results and control recommendations
- Monitor the audit plan and acquisition pipeline
- Coordinate audit coverage with managers and specialists
Benefits
- Bonus program
- Equity program
- Wellness allowance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)